President Sandy greets group

Charting the course

Middleton Stream Team displays their banner

Ready to start...

Beaver dam

Wood frog tadpoles

Yellow spotted salamander egg mass

9 of 30 plus participants netting vernal pool specimens.

Netted specimens for inspection

Examining fallen paper wasps' nest

Pike's always teaching about nature...

Underside of hemlock twig has wooly adelgid insects (not seen within protective white masses they exude), which suck juices from leaves