Mike Drew: Storm of forest activity … without an actual storm yyc
These larch — or tamarack — needles are so interesting. Unlike the spruce and pine they share the forest with, their needles grow new every year, just like the leaves on the aspens and poplars. Because of that, they don’t get hard and spiky like the other conifers, so they’re soft to the touch.
It was mid-afternoon now and the sun was shining with a bit of a smoky tint — there are still fires to the north — as the clouds blew by. Any thunderstorms that were going to build up would be well to the east by now so I wasn’t likely to get the dramatic skies I thought I might. But to tell the truth, I’d kind of forgotten about that anyway.Article content
A little deeper into the forest there were bluebells opening up in the grass among the trees and strawberry blossoms along the ground. But the ones that really caught my eye were all the arnica. But under it all was a thumping that I almost felt more than heard. It was a ruffed grouse drumming. And it was close by.
They do put heart and soul into it, these guys. They work every muscle in their bodies to make that thumping sound and they project it well even though up close, I felt it more than heard it. But maybe those low frequencies travel better through the forest so they don’t need to be loud.I poked around the forest for a bit longer, listening to the birds and crawling around among the flowers and grass on the forest floor and then headed back over to the lake.
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