Trail buddy.....not, North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
Along North Meadow Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Taking another route. North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
Salamander - Juvenile Eastern (Red-Spotted) Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens).
These salamanders were everywhere! Along Birch Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Dutchman's Pipe - Monotropa hypopitys.
Along Otter Pond Spur. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Along Brown Hill Loop. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Otter Pond.
Not much of a view. At the Summit of Brown Hill - 1312'.
Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
At the Summit of Brown Hill - 1312'.
Beautiful ferns...
Along Chapman Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus.
Along Hemlock Seep Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Black Trumpet/Horn of Plenty - Craterellus cornucopioides.
Along Pasture Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.
Marble mound.
Along Fern Forest Trail. Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary - Princeton, MA.