Paw Paw Tunnel, C&O Canal

Photos by Ken Clark, 2007/04/21.

The group, at the south (upstream) end of the tunnel. You can see all the way through to the north end.

A little waterfall by the north tunnel entrance.

A bird nest from last year, suspended over the edge of the canal.

This shadbush was one of many near the tunnel.

Winnie checks out a large patch of Early Saxifrage by a canal lock.

A pair of red-spotted newts in the canal.

A Mining Bee on Virginia Bluebells.

A bee collecting pollen from a Yellow Trout Lilly (Erythronium americanum).

Painted turtle showdown, high noon on the C&O Canal.

A Pine Warbler (left). A large snapping turtle dwarfs the painted turtles (right).

A black rat snake stretching out to full length, over five feet.

A patch of Moss Phlox / Moss Pink (Phlox subulata).

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