Pawcatuck River Trail: Phantom Bog

This morning we set out to locate the Burlingame canoe campsites in Phantom bog located beside the Pawcatuck River. We had also taken a class at the Audubon the day before, so we were also on the look-out for 'tracks & scat'!

After looking at a lot of poop pics, I'm thinking this may be deer poop. 

This site desertexposure.com helped me decide.

This looks like Owl pellets. The yellow arrow is pointing out a tooth of it's prey. Basically it's all the stuff the Owl cannot digest (fur, bones, claws & teeth).

We eventually discovered the Burlingame canoe campsites about 2 miles from the trail head. There is an unimproved road that leads directly to these sites, not sure if it is for state access only or not, but someone brought in a split stack of wood. Wood was wet, but not very aged.

2nd campsite off 3 we found.

Campers have installed a swing! Looks like the stuff ABC's funny videos are made of.

Scotty discovered a Canoe / Kayak mooring chain

Pawcatuck River looking North. Looks really flat & calm.

 Great spot to take a break

Much of the trail was a white blazed un-improved road not often traveled by vehicles.

Lots of stone walls & cellar holes around the area, including this neat waterway.

A hunter gutted this deer and left the carcass 10 ft from the parking area. I don't think they are supposed to do that.

But, we also learned that bones & antlers do not last long in the wild since they are loaded with Calcium and other nutrients. These deer bones had evidence of chewing.

To view a GPS track & map of our hike: Click Here