Hey everyone!
This is a drawing of my spot from a arial point of view.
I drew a picture of my spot from a bird’s eye view. In the picture I included prominent features such as the large Green Ash tree, a large clump of tall shrubs, and the river that separates my spot from the mainland.
In the week since I had last visited my site, water levels in the dry river bed had risen by almost two feet. This made crossing over to my spot slightly more challenging, as well as impacting some of the vegetation. There were some areas on the river bed where grass and some weeds had been growing, but now a lot of that area has been covered by the water. Furthermore, a lot more of the leaves on the trees have started to turn and more have fallen on the ground. When I went last week, most of the leaves were still green, but there is definitely some color now. The underlying foliage still looks the same as it did last week.
There is some solid evidence of wildlife using this area as a habitat. There seems to be a used deer bed in my location, as well as some scat near the bed. The scat looks somewhat older, so I do not think there were any deer there for a couple of nights, but it still seems that deer come through this spot. Also, along the shoreline, there is a lot of evidence of beaver activity. Many of the large trees have beaver teeth marks all around the base of the tree. The marks go at least an inch into the tree, but do not look very recent. I have also seen bird poop on the ground under the Ash tree on my site, which tells me that birds use that tree in some capacity. Overall, there is definitely a lot of wildlife in my spot, and I am excited to see more!
This is a picture of the deer bed near my spot!
Thats all for now,
More to come in the future
From the desk of Colin Brown Esq.