Miles hiked: 8/9.5
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1:18 non DSLR lens.
This weekend I came across more wild life than I normally due on the Wabash Heritage Trail. Saturday I drove to Battleground and walked the south end of the Wabash Heritage Trail. While there I hiked a small trail called Prophets Rock Trail. Its a short trail up a small hill. Its maybe about a mile or mile and a half loop. Its mostly just a steep climb.
After Prophets Rock Trail I continued on to the south end of the Wabash Heritage Trail. This trail follows and cross's Burnett's Creek which feeds into the Wabash River. At the begining of the trail off to the side is an open area with some wild flowers. Here are some shots of the flowers.
In the creek I spotted the remains of a turtle.
A green frog in a small swamp.
Some moss on a log
Sunday I walked from my house to the trail. I passed through the Downtown area and took a few shots.
This "beach" is where I was headed. It has gotten bigger since the last time I was here. This is the same place that I found all the dead fish. This time I found a skull of some kind. I am guessing its from a deer. I packed it up a brought it home. An other addition to my Halloween collection.
This was a surprise. It was moving along the edge of the river off of the beach. I have never seen a mussel in action.
Just a log in the sand.
Next are some photo's of some mushrooms I found. They were on a small mound leading up to a old tree stump. I took about 20 pictures but I was not really happy with most of them. I failed to capture the scene. Here are a few OK shots.
I found this molting Cicada..
And finally, this Garter Snake had just finished swallowing a small toad or frog. All I saw was the legs sticking out of the mouth. But by the time I had the camera ready the legs were gone. I got off a few shots then it stuck its tongue out at me and zipped off.
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