Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.

Here’s the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the photos in
this post are compliments of Don.)

Today’s post was written by Don Hunter
and Dale Hoyt.

Seventeen Ramblers met today.

Announcements:

Gary
Crider will present a program on control/eradication of invasive plants next Thursday,
May 4, at the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society meeting.

Today’s reading was
read by Linda Chafin, an excerpt from an essay titled The Death of a Tree from the book Dune
Boy: The Early Years of a Naturalist, by Edwin Way Teale. You can find the
text in the email with the link to today’s post. Teale was a
popular mid-twentieth century nature writer. His most well known books were
devoted to the North American seasons: North
with the Spring, Journey into Summer, Autumn across America and Wandering through Winter. These all
became Book-of-the-Month club selections and the winter book won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1966.

Today’s route:
We went down the cement walkway to the Dunson Native Flora Garden and wandered
our way through the DNFG until it was time to return.

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Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.

Here’s the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the photos but one in
this post are compliments of Don. The other photo is compliments of Emily.)

Today’s post was written by Don, Linda
and Dale.

Nineteen Ramblers met today.

Announcement:

Don will be doing a lunchtime presentation of the wildflowers, natural
arches, and waterfalls he photographed during a recent photography safari to
the region around Cumberland Falls, Kentucky. It will be in the Adult Classroom
in the Visitor Center immediately following the Ramble and social hour next
Thursday, April 27. Bring or purchase a lunch.

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Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.

Here’s the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. Don also has posted a sequence of photos showing the aggressive encounter between two Carolina anoles; description later in this post. (All the photos in this post
are compliments of Don.)

Today’s post was written by Don Hunter and Linda Chafin with a
few additions by Dale Hoyt.

Twenty-two Ramblers met today.

Announcements:

Emily
announced that the cancelled April 5th walk at Sandy Creek Nature Center has
been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 3. 
Mike Wharton will lead the walk through the managed forest project areas
recently cleared and planted.

There
are still a few openings for the Rock and Shoals walk this Saturday.  Meet at the Shade Garden arbor to car pool
over to the trail head. An excellent survey of the geology, history and flora
of Georgia’s granite outcrops is available at this
link.

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Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.

Here’s the link to Don’s Facebook album from today’s Ramble. (All the photos in this
post are compliments of Don.)

Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.

Twenty-nine Ramblers today.

Red-bellied snake

In lieu of a reading this morning we passed
around a small Red-bellied snake, brought in by Jeff. He found the snake in

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