We are finishing up our study of seeds next week. So, our Town Forest walk this month was a quest for cones. Groups conducted a scavenger hunt looking for different kinds of cones and types of evergreen leaves/needles. The trickiest item was trying to find a tree with overlapping scales instead of needles. A picture of this type of leaf (from a cedar tree) is shown below.
It was a warm, sunny walk with a beautiful fall landscape. Pictures below capture some of our great finds.
The tip of a squirrel's tail. We hope that that is all he lost to a predator!
Fisher tracks
An upended pine tree showing its shallow root system.
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