Flag Ponds Nature Park, MD

Photos by Ken Clark and Todd Vanderdonck, 2004/06/26.

A surprise find inside this huge old hollow tree...

... a newly hatched turkey vulture baby (white!). The parent is trying to hide.

We saw many of these tiny frogs, and even more little toads. [Todd]

This Flat-backed Millipede (Polydesmus angustus) is checking out a Red Raspberry Slime Mold (Tubifera ferruginosa).

This old tree stump looks like a sculpture.

Indian Pipes (the flower of a saprophytic plant) are just beginning to emerge.

A black snake sunning itself in a bush.

Mushrooms growing from the side of a log, Scaly Ink Cap (Coprinus variegatus/quadrifidus).

Paw paw fruit is exceptionally plentiful this year.

The swamp. [Todd]

Nina and Ken taking a break near the beach. [Todd]

A fence lizard, on a log by the beach.

Last stop, the beach! Vivan Ron Ken James. [Todd]

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