For the first time ever I looked under a Christmas Tree fern. A fern which is an evergreen, dark green, and considered once cut. The leaflets are not divided. I do not think of themselves as indicating a particular site, although I often feel near wet areas. Underneath the leaflets were a thick coated of spores near the edge. Probably the last third were spores.
We heard the sound a Red Shoulded hawk which goes Peer, Peer, Peer, in a descening pitch. Much different from the Red Tailed Hawk which goest Peerrrrr, Peeeeer, Peeeer.
Found a cetipede that was when folded up into a tight circle, looked like the most unusual caterpillar. But then we could see the number of feet and realzed it's true general species