Habitat: Open, wooded area; river area

Natural history: Historic highlights of the trail include the Hannawa and Sugar Island dams and powerhouses, the extinct and working sandstone quarries, log boom anchors, and remnants of the Hannawa-Potsdam Railroad. Natural highlights of the trail include the Hannawa gorge with its Class Four rapids, the quiet Sugar Island Flow, majestic pines and hemlocks, and an abundant stand of blue beeches. Spotted from the trail in just the last few years have been wood ducks, minks, otters, owls, fishers, turkey vultures, blue herons, and signs of coyote.

My interest: I was looking around my area during the reflective writing, and I came across this crawling. Something about the symbolism of such a small, quick creature, in a large area, where its perceived to be the weakest predator. However, moments ago, it was crawling up my leg.