From Sidewalk Trail on Sunday morning, we hooked up with Marsh Trail. As the name implies, Marsh Trail runs through a marsh. It then branches into a more wooded area called Ridge Trail. Ridge Trail runs parallel to and above Sidewalk Trail. I guess the whole loop is about 4 miles or so, and you get to walk through a lot of diverse ecosystems.
One thing I really like about Ridge Trail is that it's so far inland on the peninsula, but it alternates back and forth between a typical wooded path:
and spots so sandy that it's as if you're walking right on the beach.
We saw lots of birds in the woods...I wasn't quick enough to get pictures of most of them, but this Red-Headed Woodpecker stayed still long enough.
We saw at least 50 turtle egg nest sites! All of them seemed to be hatched and not destroyed by scavengers. Some of them were a long distance from the water!
We also saw the cute...
and the not-so-cute.
15 comments:
Great outing, Amy! What a neat neat place to hike. The sand shots make me homesick; I had places like that in Michigan growing up.
Your nature pics are to die for!! I totally suck at photographing nature :( I love the deer and bunny shots...so cute!
Wow, what an adventure! You certainly got your share of wildlife shots huh? That looks like such a peaceful place to walk. I love it.
(LOVE the new blog look too!!!)
Such beautiful nature shots. You captured so many great things here! Love that last one of the spider web!
oh those are gorgeous shots..i love the last one of the spider web..i have yet to get a good picture of a web!!
What a beautiful place for an outing and photography! You got some AWESOME shots!!!
another great nature walk! Great shots!
These are gorgeous. I love the last two. They have great detail.
That spider web is so intricate and amazing. Love all your shots of wildlife though...phew! Just awesome.
Excellent photographs. What lens or filters are you using these days? You are capturing distance and up-close shots very well! And I am intrigued by what you've done to your layout to give it a scrapbook feel. Nice!!
Oh WOW these are beautiful!
what an amazing place to get to visit! i love all the variety of pics you caught here.
Great shots.
I want to go on a hike with you--you see cool stuff!
The sidewalk trail is one of my favorites at PISP! That Red-headed Woodpecker is probably the same Red-headed Woodpecker that I have photographed! Love your other bird . . . . it's an Eastern Towhee! Great photos as always!
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