Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Bowers, DE, 9/21/24

 Ironwood tree

 Planned on hiking the loop at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge only to find that the trail actually was a road used by visiting birdwatchers.  An alternative, the friendly ranger at the Visitor Center told us, was to explore newly created Forest Discovery Tree Trail.  

The 2.7-mile trail wandered through hardwood forest and vernal pools. Posts, as the one in the above photo marked a series of 19 native trees.  Trail was not well marked and we ended up meandering until we finally turned back. Managed to locate about 12 trees. 

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