Warm Winter

We're having a pretty snowless winter with temperature above normal.  After a recent warm rainy day, someone told me they found a spotted salamander wandering through their yard headed toward the vernal pool. 

Some sightings from a recent hike:

Mallards enjoying a warm misty morning

A beaver lodge with freshly added sticks

A beaver food cache just outside the lodge

A beaver scent mound

Evidence of white-tailed deer

This deer track should be in snow!