Post #3078635

2026-05-14 17:27 UTC

I'll start: I live surrounded by sugar and silver maples, eastern hemlock and balsam poplar, occasional stands of shagbark hickory and yellow birch. At just slightly higher elevations and sandier, rockier soil, the eastern white pines thrive. In spring the woods are filled with red and white trilliums, and yellow trout lilies, and the vernal pools sing with spring peepers, wood frogs, and boreal chorus frogs. Beavers and muskrats populate the marshes, ponds, and lakes. Three species of terns can be seen along the major rivers--common, Caspian, and black--along with six species of swallows--tree, cliff, bank, barn, northern rough-winged, and purple martins. Where am I?

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@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run 2026-05-14 17:31

@idzie@kolektiva.social are you sure this isn't the beginning of an epic poem

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@vapaad@wandering.shop 2026-05-14 17:45

@idzie@kolektiva.social I live lower than the mountains, higher than the desert, in the valley directly next to mancos shale formations that once held marine life but now house tough drought resistant animals including prairie dogs, coyotes, red-tailed hawks and golden eagles. Saltbrush and sagebrush rule the land, but hookless cacti and junipers add variety. One of the few North flowing rivers brings life to the area before joining the river strong enough to carve many of my continent's steepest canyons.

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@CedarTea@social.coop 2026-05-14 19:00

@idzie@kolektiva.social Your ecology sounds so much like mine, other than that you have elevation lol

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@rancholibertad@climatejustice.social 2026-05-14 20:17

@idzie@kolektiva.social Hmm. I would say Great Lakes Region but you mentioned elevation. Somewhere in upstate NY or otherwise the northern East Coast of the US?

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@cynblogger@sfba.social 2026-05-14 22:48

@idzie@kolektiva.social What a great (beautifully descriptive & knowledgeable) afternoon break from grim political posts! Thank you!😊

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