green(ish) frog
This green frog seemed as big as many bullfrogs, but the ridges continuing along the back (and the relatively pointy snout) distinguish it from the bullfrog.
white pine, white birch
White birch (paper birch) has a good foothold in Wadsworth park, though these trees may be the descendants of planted trees, since they rarely grow naturally this far south. White pine, of course, ...
Holly soaking up the spring sun
Range maps seem to disagree about whether American holly lives wild in Connecticut. Perhaps this tree was planted many years ago when this land was in a more cultivated state? Months ago, I had see...
hollow paper birch
Paper birch bark resists rot so well that cylinders of bark sit, nearly unaffected, after the wood has entirely rotted away.
yellow birch scales, beech leaf skeleton
… and nutlets… https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/
beech leaves, white as snow
A Boundless Moment Robert Frost He halted in the wind, and—what was that Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost? He stood there bringing March against his thought, And yet too ready to believe th...