tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post7211661120687996432..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: When a tree falls in the forest..Carolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-79002104617460593732009-10-22T08:23:57.778-04:002009-10-22T08:23:57.778-04:00Cathy: there used to be a dead snag atop Hawk Mou...Cathy: there used to be a dead snag atop Hawk Mountain's North Lookout that was a magnet for flycatchers--especially olive-side flycatchers. I bet I could name 20 people who got their lifer o-s flycatcher there and no doubt hundreds more I didn't know. When that snag finally fell over, I felt as though I was losing an old friend.<br /><br />Carolyn h.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-11090085930801117702009-10-22T08:22:06.876-04:002009-10-22T08:22:06.876-04:00Griz: I've had trees fall close enough to giv...Griz: I've had trees fall close enough to give me a good scare. it's when you hear the crack overhead and don't know which way to move--now that's close!<br /><br />Carolyn H.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-4681318088030459872009-10-21T21:22:10.415-04:002009-10-21T21:22:10.415-04:00You're lucky nothing hit the house or you. My ...You're lucky nothing hit the house or you. My favorite dead tree finally fell last week, I use to see it on my walks. I'll admit, I miss it.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-60435484634145365692009-10-21T20:34:30.498-04:002009-10-21T20:34:30.498-04:00I really like this post, as it brings up so many p...I really like this post, as it brings up so many points and thoughts. <br /><br />Just this afternoon I was walking through a nearby upland woods with lots of maple and hickory, a few oaks, and a fair number of beech. This is an older woods, so some of the trees are pretty large. I got to noticing that a lot of the big beech were down—not recently, but within the last year…and then I remembered the aftermath winds which swept through with Hurricane Ike. Almost all the downed beech were big trees, three feet through and more—the old monarchs. A lot more had been topped at the same time. I was just thinking that well beyond my lifetime, an astute botanist could walk through this woods and still see evidence from that one particular Sunday's weather. Talk about living history! (Or still decaying, anyway.)<br /><br />I've heard my share of trees falling lately, too. Spend enough time in the woods and you do indeed hear 'em…and sometimes they fall so close and suddenly they scare the daylights out of you!<br /><br />Again, great post.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.com