Hot day in the forest. Deer flies followed us as we strolled up to Guppy Falls. We heard and then saw a red bellied woodpecker in the woods. Went to the Cornell ornithology site, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-bellied_Woodpecker/id, to listen to the call of this woodpecker. We saw this little blue eyed grass hiking up to the falls. Spring wildflowers have given way to blackberry flowers wherever a little sun gets to the forest floor.

Hot day, but much cooler in the woods. Scared up two deer beating the heat under a tree. The may apples are looking pretty good.

Saw this pretty bush on the trail up to the waterfall at the Guppy Farm. Does anyone know what this is? Met up with four people near the waterfall. One was climbing the falls and two were at the top. As we we talked to one of them the boy climbing the falls slid down ten feet or so bringing quite a lot of debris along the side. It is not a good idea to climb the falls from an erosion or safety viewpoint.

Under the hemlocks on the O'Loughlin property many star flowers are blooming.

This poor turtle had been hit by a car before I saw him on Gully Road. I picked the turtle up and moved it to the side of the road where it moved off into the brush. I don't know if the cut on the shell will heal but certainly hope so.

The brilliant sunshine of high pressure today, looking much warmer than it felt. Good amount of water going over Guppy Falls today. Ferns are unfurling all over the place.

Mother's Day 2010 and we awoke to snow! Walked the Bob Syke's trail this afternoon and saw many new leaves down from yesterday's wind. The honeysuckle looked nice although the smell was diminished due to the cool temperature.