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3-21-20 - Co-leader Mark Biser shows us where we are (Cranberry Lake, Mason County)
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3-21-20 - Mark knew the couple who set aside this land 50 years ago, Ken & Kitty Frank, and he shared the stories about it.
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3-21-20 - Male Common Mergansers, a male Bufflehead, and 3 PB Grebes (male, too?)
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3-21-20 - The big White Pine
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3-21-20 - Yes, Beavers have their own path!
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3-21-20 - The second growth forest was not planted; hence, a more natural variety of tree species
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3-21-20 - Red-winged Blackbirds know it's spring
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3-21-20 - A good look at Cranberry Lake from the boardwalk
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3-21-20 - Anchoring the boardwalk in the marsh with rocks
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3-21-20 - Perfect woodpecker trees. We heard and saw several Flickers
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3-21-20 - Beaver work!
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3-21-20 - The swallows are back in force! Violet-green and Tree.
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3-21-20 - No dead tree goes unused
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3-21-20 - Canada Goose
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3-21-20 - Check out the Tree Swallow swooping down on the Bufflehead and Merganser, far left.
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3-21-20 - This time the swallow is attacking the center Merganser
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3-21-20 - Really great boardwalks, at least 10 years old, looking brand new
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3-21-20 - Looking straight down from the boardwalk.
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3-21-20 - A huge variety of trees, more of which will show when the deciduous leaf out
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3-21-20 - Not just good boardwalks,, but excellent trails.
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3-21-20 - Some of the group
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3-21-20 - Fuzzy stuff growing on the trees
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3-21-20 - Fuzzy stuff growing on the ground
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3-21-20 - Large old trees abound
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3-21-20 - Best trail signage anywhere!
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3-21-20 - The really great rain shelter at Cranberry Lake
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3-21-20 - Reflections in the lake behind Jacob as he comes up to the rain shelter
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3-21-20 - Group photo showing social distancing during the virus scare.
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3-21-20 - Leaders Jacob Miller & Mark Biser, shown with Diane Y-Q