3.19.11 While I was out checking hemlocks for the woolly adelgid (count 0 for today!), I came around a giant old sugar maple with sunny side-hill exposure. A fox sparrow attracted my attention by his two-footed scratching in leaves much the same color as it is. Welcome back!

Thursday, I did make a positive identification of yet another infestation of HWA. The count in Dummerston is rising as we all get out there and look.