The section
of the trail traversing Raymond Brook Marsh is especially beautiful
in the foggy chill of early morning.

Giant
Reed Grass (Phragmites australis (communis)).



The beavers
have been active - cutting trees for their winter food supply. Note the cache of cut branches to the right.

And here's
the beaver - hauling a stick to its stash.


Barberry
(Berberus sp.).




On November
23rd, I went looking for color! I found that if I focused small, there
was still color out there - rich pinks, maroons, and greens.


Any doubt
that this is a shagbark hickory?



Bracket
fungi. Specifically the Many-colored polypore (Coriolus versicolor)


"Princess
Pine" - not a pine at all but a club moss (Lycopodium
obscurum).


Barberry
(Berberus sp.).

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