Perhaps You'll See Me There: An Inside Scoop On the Wildlife at Cedar Bog (By: A)

     Yesterday. It was a bright, cheerful, and warm day outside. A, J, M, and D went to Cedar Bog. All the animals seemed to be coming out to visit us. We ended up spotting about five snakes,

a big toad, a skink, and a mouse. We also happen to come across a rotting carcass of some sort of animal. (We think it is a raccoon.)

   The birds and frogs didn't cease to make noise, almost the whole time we were there. The spring peepers and cardinals were the sounds we recognized.

   Our family did some photography of the trip. I, (A) took video; M, D, and J took turns taking photos. ( I think they did a great job, by the way.)

  We tried to keep quiet with our footsteps, hoping to spot more animals. But we only sighted one more creature, after which we decided to be quiet.

    M brought a sketchbook, she made a sketch of the water. I haven't seen it yet, but I know it is a great piece.

The stream that runs through the park makes it so beautiful. It has such clear, crisp water.

The water is so clear, you can see the details on the bottom of the water, as if there was no stream there at all.

   Over all, the land was pretty wet. It was muddy in most areas of the park. The snakes, I'm sure, liked that. (That, I'm sorry to say, is probably why they came out of hiding. Not us.)

   As I have previously mentioned, there are many animals that we saw; but we also saw various types of interesting plants. There were lots of marsh marigolds, skunk cabbages, snow trilliums, poison sumac,

and poison sumac... It could go on and on.

   Think it's about time to visit Cedar Bog, yet....? Well, you should. Perhaps you'll see me there.