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Speckled Trout: More Views From the Hill
“The streams were full of speckled trout until they built the saw mills.”– Dennis McGraw, Pioneer Life in Greenwood, 1888 The term “speckled trout,” in this report, does not refer to the saltwater species of that name, but refers to Salvelinus fontinalis, … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, Dennis McGraw, Dryden Hill, Greenwood, Marcellus Shale, NY, pioneer life, speckled trout
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Views From Dryden Hill Revisited
I was splitting wood early in the morning when the crows got rowdy. I put down the maul and glanced at Dryden Hill. The crow commotion was directed at a soaring eagle, species unknown at this point, but I took … Continue reading
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Tagged farm ruins, fisher tracks, global warming, graveyards, Greenwood, Kind of Blue, raccoon tracks
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Views From Dryden Hill
I walked from the hollow underneath a leaden morning sky. In a bare-bones season all I carried for the hike was a camera, binoculars and walking stick. Passing through my grove of pine and spruce, I knew it was almost time … Continue reading
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Tagged Dryden Hill, fisher movement, fisher tracks, Greenwood, hiking, natural mysteries, pruning, wild forest
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