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© August '11 photo by smck |
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Near the shore the conifers, such as this spruce, often survive the trauma of the on shore winds and salt by spreading wide and staying close to the ground. Here is a hornet's 'paper' nest nestled only a foot or so above the ground in one of the group that we were transversing. The grey-white of the nest is quite visible but if you're not watching your step you could be in for a not-so-nice surprise. This particular nest was about eight inches in diameter - and similar to one that previously I did step into coming back from the hay-field across from our house. I'm not allergic to bee stings but the several shots to my legs by the quickly swarming defenders gave me great pain sensations for a couple of hours.
(as my young son used to say when he was little and did some klutzy falling from a tree or such - "what a rush Dad, what a rush").
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