Yesterday afternoon I hiked (or walked) a portion of Dryden's "Freeville Trail" from Springhouse Road, past George Road and into land about halfway to the Village of Freeville. I was joined by Dryden Town Environmental planner Dan Kwasnowski - he has walked and planned most of the trail and knew a lot of the history that I wanted to learn.
Along the way we saw a number of animals and signs of animals. I've posted a set of pictures to flickr. The first animal we spotted was a large beaver swimming in a beaver pond that was diverting Virgil Creek. We spotted a large group of blue birds swooping down along the inlet of "Lake George" and the circle around and swoop again. My bird photography skills are lacking, but you can see a few pictures of the large group and a few blue blurs. I also spotted two deer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmakar/sets/72157600051608866/
Other items to note in the photos:
- A large group (gaggle) of Canadian Geese circling over Lake George
- The brambles that are growing between the trail and the inlet
- The snow falling (it was 30 degrees and windy when we started, probably 25 and snowy when we finished)
- The large tree gnawed by a beaver
- A traditional beaver hut
- A junkyard beaver hut (where we saw the beaver swimming)
- The beautiful (and foggy) land that has giant pines on the south (left side) and a tractor road down the middle of the trail
When the Freeville Trail is completed people will be able to walk from Dryden Lake to Freeville with limited street crossings. This portion of the trail goes through mostly undeveloped land and was mostly quiet.
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