There was a community clean-up day for the ravine trail. (We weren't able to participate.) A lot of fallen leaves were raked away and downed limbs were cut up. Many trees were tagged. I assume the tags indicate trees to keep, but I will have to verify that. Most of the wildflowers have gone by, though I did see one sprig of phlox in a sunny spot. A heron lifted off from the creek but he was too quick for this photographer.
Trailville.com has a wiki page about this trail. It does not mention the creek, which I erroneously called Kellogg Creek until I looked it up. It is part of the
Kellogg Creek subwatershed of the Lake Michigan Watershed -- but it is Dead Dog Creek. How did it get that name? I will have to look that up.
Dead Dog might've been a Native American's name too.
ReplyDeleteWe have some weird creek/stream names here in Oklahoma too.