Work-related field trip

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This Monday I attended my Society's Annual Meeting and Conference. It was more interesting than that sounds:

The morning meeting was held at Endicott College.



In the afternoon we broke into smaller groups for field trips. I went to the Ipswich River Sanctuary.
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Ipswich_River/index.php


This was the most frequently encountered wild animal:


This was the second-most frequent:


Here's some evidence of the animal that has affected the sanctuary most profoundly:


And more:


Of course I was on the lookout for mushrooms--most of what I found was old:


Then I found a beauty!


Back at the nature center. Everyone gets squirrels at their birdfeeders, but...