May 17 2021 - Ipswich: Willowdale State Forest
Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail . To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left. If you are curious how this all started, go here . From B to D Google misled us on the way to the trailhead (I do seem to write that a lot!) but we figured it out and enjoyed a picnic lunch where we left off at Linebrook Road last time. We enjoyed lamb sandwiches from local favorite Dave’s Fresh Pasta . We were charmed to see wild columbines lining our path. From L to R: Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea), Starflower (Lysimachia borealis), Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastum cinnamomeum), and Azure Bluet (Houstonia cerulea) Many species of birds were taunting us from the trees. Frogs calling in the marsh drew our attention and we stopped to listen more than once. We recorded the bullfrog songs at one sp...