AT archaeology, and vernal pools.

[Jason Berard]

I got some time to wander along and off the AT in Hanover the last couple of days, and found some cool things:

The top pulley of an old rope tow in Hanover near the AT

The power for the rope tow

Salamander in a vernal pool

Two woods frogs...get a room!

A different kind of salamander...about 9" long!

more wood frog love

A Beech tree with bear claw marks

A funky rock with a fissure filled with....Quartz?

someone forgot to take this bucket down.....years ago!

An old pond filled with herons sitting on nests

A skull? No! After searching it seems to be a heron pelvis...

 

[Toe Cozy]

Wow, Jason! Thanks for that great set of pictures. So fun to poke around the woods. I haven't been out since before the end of winter due to other priorities, but you've inspired me! Thanks.

Jen

 

[Puck]

jason I would agree that it is a heron pelvis. I am trying to get scale for the leaves and the grass. It seems right.

Did you find any other bones in the area? These carcasses have a way of getting scattered.

 

[Jason Berard]

Thanks, Puck. There were feathers, but they looked like they'd been there a while. I spent a few minutes looking for other bones, but not too long. It was neat to see so many herons in one place! The nests looked more than a couple years old....some had grass growing in them....Do they use reuse nests? Is it the same birds each year, or first come, first served?

Anyway, it was a cool place to happen across in the woods!

 

[Puck]

Thanks, Puck. There were feathers, but they looked like they'd been there a while. I spent a few minutes looking for other bones, but not too long. It was neat to see so many herons in one place! The nests looked more than a couple years old....some had grass growing in them....Do they use reuse nests? Is it the same birds each year, or first come, first served?

Anyway, it was a cool place to happen across in the woods!

I would have to look that one up...few birds reuse old nests. Great horned owls will take over old Red tail nests but for the most part birds build from scratch.

I was thinking about you sap bucket....if you could whittle out the spout, I think it may be one of the old cast iron ones, you could sell it in an antique store for $1.25 to a flatlander.

 

[Fisher Cat]

I was thinking about you sap bucket....if you could whittle out the spout, I think it may be one of the old cast iron ones, you could sell it in an antique store for $1.25 to a flatlander.

Excellent, I could make a quick $6.25 myself then.

 

[Puck]

Excellent, I could make a quick $6.25 myself then.

Not a bad haul!

I wonder what kind of money Jason will make if he sold all of this Frog porno he posted here?

 

[Jason Berard]

Do you think there's a niche market for that!?

 

[grouseking]

Love the pics!! But I'm at work, so I'll comment more later...

grouseking

 

[rocket21]

Nice! There are quite a few of those old rope tows areas out there, aren't there? It's amazing how many of them still have remains if you look closely.