Enjoyed a real taste of spring while out on the Nashua River in Harvard and Bolton yesterday. Launched at Oxbow NWR and worked my way 3 miles upriver to where this bank-to-bank wall of tree limbs/debris (pictured below) became my turnaround point...
At a spot where lunch was taken I came across this footprint in the snow...
...seen next to my booted foot. While I'm no expert in animal prints, it looks to me like a black bear's footprint. If it is the print of a bear, it indicates they're out of hibernation and that's yet another sign of spring.
This slough still has a wintry look...
Quite a bit of trash along this stretch of the Nashua...lots of plastic bottles, 47 nip bottles, a Mylar balloon, and more than a few cigarette lighters. Pictured is what was gathered up along a 1.5 mile stretch...
One less usual item was a case full of Karaoke CD's...
...which hopefully has the party going strong inside the dumpster!
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