Big Buck and Does

Lots of does very agitated. 

 

Buck in the Preserve

The buck was following this doe.

 

Bear Eating Apples

Apple tree in August.

Huge pile of yellow scat full of apple pieces.

Apple tree today, apple branches gone. 

Licorice Ferns

Polypodium glycyrrhiza, commonly known as licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root, native to western North America, where it is found in shaded, damp locations. Spores are located in rounded sori on the undersides of the fronds, and are released in cool weather and high humidity.  In the wild Polypodium glycyrrhiza grows on maple or red alder trunks, or on mossy rocks, old stumps or on the ground where they landed after falling out of a tree.  They lose their fronds as the season dries and grows new ones in summer, keeping them through winter.

 

Flock of Migrating Geese

I often hear them but don't often get a picture. 

Deer in the Preserve Today

Saw a total of 5 near Schmitz entrance. 

Young one behind doe. 

Doe very vigilant. 

Native Hawthorn Tree

I saw some birds in this tree by the fence.

Noticed berries.

Native Washington Hawthorn. (no e) ?

Shelf Fungus, False Turkey Tails

White shelf fungus on piece of log.

False turkey tail fungus are back.

These are on the log by the corral. 

Chocolate Lily Seeds

These seed pods are still hanging on but seeds are gone.