It's been a snowless winter....
Along Hedge Drive, Maudslay State Park - Newburyport, MA.
Heading to Wells Walk and the greenhouse and garden area.
Walking the trails at Maudslay State Park - Newburyport, MA.
An espalier. A little bare this time of year.
The knot garden...
On the original site of the Main house.
Looking to the Merrimack River.
Frozen spillway into the Merrimack.
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus.
Winter hiking at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary - Topsfield, MA.
Along Innermost Trail.
Not much January snow....
From the Observation Tower , Bunker Meadow Trail.
Beaver tracks.
Along the Ipswich River Trail.
Moss peeking thru the ice.
The Gazebo on South Esker Trail.
Quiet along Stone Bridge Trail.
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor).
Ice and moss....
Mallard, female (Anas platyrhynchos).
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Black-capped chickadee, (Poecile atricapillus), fleeing the scene.
From the Stone Bridge looking over Hassocky Meadow.