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  • Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk – Birding and Mindfulness

    Birding and Mindfulness walk collage

    Thanks so much for attending our Birding and Mindfulness Walk held on Saturday, April 20 – 10:00 am.  Hope you had as good a time as I did! I looked up the swallows that were so gracefully flying over the pond and then, prompted by a list of swallows, clearly remembered that they were Rough-Winged swallows.…

  • Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk in Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area

    Spring 2024 Cycles of Life & Death Walk

    This was the first of four Serendipity Walks held on Saturday, April 6. These are some of the things we saw:

  • 2024 Spring Serendipity Walks in Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area

    Field of trillium

    Join us for one or a series of leisurely walks for folks who want to explore this neighborhood treasure – Families welcome, but please leave your pets at home. Meet at the main entrance to the woods: West of Scarlett Middle School; south of the bus turnaround loop. A Spring walk in the woods is…

  • Night Walk in the Woods

    Marsh at night after a snow

    Ann Arbor got four inches of snow on January 30, 2024.  That night, I went for a night walk in the woods with my family.  We walked the loop trail and then the trail to Turnberry.  One of my favorite spots to see on the Turnberry trail is the view of the marsh from the…

  • Before and after invasive removal

    Before and after entrance tree line

    A big thank you to the volunteers who showed up on Saturdays October 22, November 4 and December 2 with loppers, saws and buckthorn pullers. A job well done! ]

  • Oak Wilt

    Oak Wilt Cycle

    Oak wilt has come to Ann Arbor. It has been identified in trees in Bird Hills. Oak wilt is caused by a fungus called Ceratocystis fagacearum.  The fungal disease is transferred by the water conducting (vascular) system of the tree directly below the bark. One way trees are infected is by tree trimming or storm…

  • Blossoms and Pollinators

    Blossoms and Pollinators

    Some of these images are taken in the Scarlett Rain Garden and other images from gardens in the area. Pollination and Pollinators article –   Penn State – Constance Schmoltze. Syrphid Flies, aka Hover Flies or Flower flies by US Forest Service. Chart of Common Bees of Michigan

  • Smoothcap Moss

    Moss

    This image of moss (Genus Atrichum) was photographed on May 9th, 2023. It was photographed along the north south leg of the loop trail (that is head straight south from the school drop-off loop entrance). Wikipedia

  • Cow parsnip (avoid it)

    Dangerous Cow Parsnip

    Cow parsnip’s (Heracleum maximum) sap contains a phototoxin that reacts with ultraviolet light to cause skin irritation ranging from a mild rash to severe blistering. This photo was taken at the entrance near the Colonial Square big court. At least 5 plants can be seen to the right of the entrance. Department of Environmental Conservation

  • Honeysuckle

    Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae family)

    Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae family) is not native to the Michigan woodland forest. This is one of the main invasive species in Scarlett Mitchell Woods. Honeysuckle will crowd out native plants. Honeysuckle is one of the first plant to have green leaves in the spring and is one of the last plants to have leaves in the…