Today’s Hike at the Albany Pine Bush

As nobody showed up to the Save the Pine Bush hike this month, I decided to do my own self-guided hike which included parts of the Truax Barrens and other lands off of Kings Highway. Great day, lots of wildlife in the woods. I saw several antler-less white tailed deer, including a big blood spot, which I was hoping to find a shed but no luck. I saw a chipmunk and a gray-squirrel. I also saw a cotton tail, and a red tail hawk flying around probably looking for said rabbit. Ran into two hunters with 20-gauge shotguns, I’m sure they would have liked to get that rabbit too. Maybe they did …

Overlook Trail

I walked back along Old State Road, which was fine, but motorists really seem to fly along that road and act like they own it. I don’t know, I think as a pedestrian I have just as much of a right to walk on it as the motorist have to drive it.

SVGZ Graphic: Albany Pine Bush Study Area - Population Density
SVGZ Graphic: Land Cover in the Southern Pine Bush - 1985 through 2023
SVGZ Graphic: Percent Developed, Taxable Properties in Albany Pine Bush
Terrain Map: Albany Pine Bush 1952 High Resolution
Terrain Map: Albany Pine Bush Study Area 1893
Terrain Map: Albany Pine Bush Trails Today vs. Historical Sand Roads
Terrain Map: Blueberry Hill
Terrain Map: Hunger And Kiakout Kill
Terrain Map: Kings Road Dunes
Terrain Map: LiDAR – Crossgates Maul And Blueberry Hill
Terrain Map: Pine Bush East Barrens Soil Map
Terrain Map: Pine Bush Lidar with NAIP Imagery
Terrain Map: White Pines Along the Kiakout Are More then 100 Foot
Thematic Map: Albany Pine Bush Population Changes - 2000 through 2020
Thematic Map: Land COver in Albany Pine Bush, 1985-2023
Thematic Map: Natural Communities in Albany Pine Bush.jp
Thematic Map: Pine Bush 1927
Thematic Map: Sunset Throughout the Year from Overlook Dune
Photo: Heldebergs
Photo: Man Made Wetlands
Photo: Pitch Pine
Photo: Rotten Stump
Photo: Dam on Kiakout Kill
Photo: Along the Yellow Trail
Photo: Sun thru White Pine
Photo: Colors
Photo: The Cliff or Dune
Photo: New Kings Barrens Connector Trail

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