Pictured: Looking down the hill into the swamp where the Oregon Ash trees live.
| The log had some cute chipmunk antics, birds still succeeded in being somewhat elusive, and the trees are full of color! Enjoy! Amy | Table of Contents: ~ Spying on Wildlife: Trail-cam Videos! ~ The Birds: Discovering with the Merlin App ~ Woods Walks: Hidden Finds & Nature ~ The Blog: Upcoming Editions |
Spying on Wildlife: Trail-cam Videos!
Chipmunk with attitude! First we have our little buddy trying to take an acorn across the log and it sounds like he fell in the creek with it. Next he sees a Wood Duck on HIS log and was NOT happy about it!
The Birds: Discovering with the Merlin App
No life birds this week though 3 I haven’t seen yet popped up on my Merlin App. Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hutton’s Vireo and the Pacific Wren. All of these birds are super tiny so it’s no wonder I haven’t spotted them yet! I was looking in the wrong spot for the kinglet too. Didn’t realize they like to be high up in the fir trees.
Some of what was making noise down in the woods:
Woods Walks: Hidden Finds & Nature
The Ash are really turning yellow and dropping a ton of leaves! Some more than others. I noticed a few oak leaves are beginning to brown up as well though most are still pretty green. Late autumn is coming but it’s not here yet!
Saw a mushroom along the trail, though I left it alone so no clue what it might be.
The Blog: Upcoming Editions
We’ll see you next week on October 12th for the next Hedge & Hollow blog post, where we see what new changes are happening in the woods!
Be on the lookout late autumn (when the oak and maple leaves change color) for our seasonal Horticulture & Harvests blog post, where we talk about final harvests for the year and what can still be planted!
The next Hair Sheep & Hens blog post will come out early November where we will discuss pasture lockdowns and see what the sheep were up to during their last few pasture rotations leading up to it!
In case you missed the latest blog posts:
- Hedge & Hollow: September 28th 2026
- Hair Sheep & Hens: Late September 2026
- Horticulture & Harvests: Mid-Autumn 2026
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