Not much has changed in my corner of Nolde Forest since I last visited. A blizzard blanketed the leaves in a foot of snow, but a warm spell left them bare again a week later (just a good bit damper). The lichen on the trees seemed a little brighter in the high humidity, and the ferns may have perked up. Unfortunately, there’s not much vegetation to observe this time of year. I did get to see the woodpecker I’ve suspected lives nearby, pecking in the same holes I noticed on the dead beech on my first visit. I’m pretty sure it’s a downy woodpecker.This picture isn’t very good for ID, but it’s the only frame of the woodpecker in flight that I have.
