Taking Shape

Visitors exit welcome center  onto the south porch; then directly onto the main trail and into the sanctuary.

exit from inside

The generous porches are taking shape.  They will be wonderful shelters and gathering places for visitors.  Visitors leaving the welcome center will exit right onto the main trail where the ladder is in the foreground.

south porch from trail 2

A view of the south porch looking up from the native plants garden.

south porch

In the fields,  asparagus gone wild looks fern-like, but look for red berries.

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Bullfrogs are making their “Jug-o-Rum” calls from the marsh.  While this bullfrog looks greenish, look at the line that runs from behind the eye, around the “ear” (Tympanum) and down to the left foreleg.

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Green frogs have a dorsal line all the way down their backs from behind the eye.  They sound like a banjo being plucked and sometimes they squeek.

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