Nature Abounds
If anyone's concerned about the impact the construction is having on the local inhabitants, don't worry. There's still plenty of wildlife roaming around, even during the construction. New deer tracks are abundant just a day after a heavy rain washed away previous tracks.
See if you can spot the camouflaged frog in this photo from November 20th.
Snake warming up a reptile's cold blood in the sun near a pine tree.
Early frost on November 11th creates intricate patterns in the ice on a wetland puddle.
Despite the day's bulldozer activity 10 feet away, a
pileated woodpecker
looks for dinner on April 23.
Comparison of three footprints found June 3rd on the southern edge of the construction site.
Bulldozing all the topsoil off the site didn't stop this plant from popping up, watching
the construction progress from across the future parking lot on June 28th.
Eric Carle (author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar,
The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket...) might be proud to know that SIS is
host to an actual click beetle. In 1999 he wrote The Very Clumsy Click Beetle.
August 31st - summer sunset over SIS
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