Past Due for an Adventure

Well the time is fast approaching for another Arsan adventure.  San and I haven't gone exploring for months.  So we both decided to take tomorrow off and hit the woods.

We are thinking of venturing back to the David Weld Sanctuary.  These are a few reasons why we might go back:

At the David Weld Sanctuary, you get bluff-top vistas of Long Island Sound, flowering fruit trees, a hardwood forest highlighted by colossal tulip trees, colorful swamps, birds galore, a remote group of kettle-hole depressions, and even a few glacial erratics. All that and more, without being nicked for an admission fee! Scenery: Splendid variety of habitats includes fields, swamp, deciduous forest, beach frontage, and kettle-holes.

We are scheduled to start at 6:00am!! eeek!!!  But it gets so hot during the day, we need to start early and be ready for some Slushes by the afternoon.

I would also like to venture over to Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.  This 2,550 acre refuge on the south shore of Long Island is bisected by the Carmans River—New York State-designated wild and scenic and one of the largest. Wertheim hosts a variety of habitats including oak-pine woodlands, grasslands, and fresh, brackish and salt water wetlands. These habitats attract and support many types of wildlife including white-tailed deer, osprey, muskrat, fox, turtles, frogs and fish. The refuge also serves as a haven for waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and songbirds.  There are four miles of hiking trails and the best canoeing on Long Island on the Carmans River at Wertheim. There you can also enjoy wildlife viewing, nature photography, fishing, environmental education, nature interpretation, hiking, and cross-country skiing. They say Bird watching at Wertheim during the spring and fall migrations allows you to view a variety of birds including raptors, waterfowl and songbirds. So here is another spot we might try.

Have any of our fellow Bloggers been there, if so why not leave a comment about the Refuge.