August 28th. All that recent carpentry is for new forms being built at the perimeter of the deck.

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) as I headed back east through the marsh.

 

Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) at the left. Two males at the right (that I hadn't noticed until I started editing pictures).

 

Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) in an Evening Primrose (Oenorthera biennis) flower where they often spend the day.

 

Mid-afternoon, back at Old Colchester Road. A section of the new form giving fitting fits to the workers.

 

That sticking out bit shouldn't matter.

 

 

 

Friday, so no more significant work before Monday.

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) hanging out by a Wood Duck house.

 

 

 

The usual two male Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa). Not sure where the female was.

 

Other than staging a couple more panels, looks like no more work after I left yesterday afternoon.

 

People have wondered about the red caps on these sections of rebar. They're to prevent a worker being impaled should they fall on one (e.g., if climbing down from above).

 

August 31st. Male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa).

 

 

 

Closed Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii).

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius), as usual.

 

Young female and male Wood Ducks.

 

Roughly 3:00 P.M. and the last form section is going up.

 

Last screws.

 

Rebar on the outside of the forms so there will be further cement work there eventually.

 

That task complete.

 

Now some heavy lifting. Big concrete blocks lowered towards the base of the wall...

 

 

 

...and stacked two high.

 

 

 

Another stack to the left. (I think there were 4 or 5 stacks in all.)

 

 

 

 

 

Partridge-pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) right by the construction site.

 

September 2nd. After rain yesterday, today the crew are adding rebar and wire to the surface that will be covered in concrete soon.

 

There must be thousands of joints that will be clipped together.

 

 

 

Black Tooth fungus (Phellodon niger) growing beside the trail.

 

 

 

Grey Garden Slug (Deroceras reticulatum).

 

Brief stop around 3 P.M. I was surprised to find them adding another layer of rebar.

 

Ah, the big cement blocks offer a place to stand just outside the area to be poured.

 

A lot of time spent studying the plans. Rain coming tonight. Guessing they'll get a late start at work tomorrow.