Howard County Bird Club
David Force NRA Photographs
Natural Resource Area
![Header with Logos A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Header-with-Logos.jpg?fit=1000%2C141&ssl=1)
The hiking trail goes down to the Little Patuxent River
![alpha-ridge-scrubfield J Solem](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alpha-ridge-scrubfield-300x225.jpg)
![alpha-ridge-scrubfield J Solem](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alpha-ridge-scrubfield-300x225.jpg)
![alpha-ridge-scrubfield J Solem](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alpha-ridge-scrubfield-300x225.jpg)
and through the forested upland.
![david-force-forestedupland-1 david-force-forestedupland-1](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-forestedupland-1.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1)
![david-force-forestedupland-2 david-force-forestedupland-2](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-forestedupland-2.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1)
![david-force-forestedupland-3 david-force-forestedupland-3](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-forestedupland-3.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1)
In the floodplain, see evidence of beavers, ferns, wildflowers, salamanders,
![david-force-beaver Beaver](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-beaver.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-ebonyspleenwort Ebony Spleenwort](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-ebonyspleenwort.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-rueanemone Rue Anemone](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-rueanemone.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-spottedsalamandereggs Spotted Salamander eggs](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-spottedsalamandereggs.jpg?fit=225%2C169&ssl=1)
and mushrooms.
![david-force-smoothchanterelle Smooth Chanterelle](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-smoothchanterelle.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-oakcollybia Oak Collybia](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-oakcollybia.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-commonlaccaria Common Laccaria](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-commonlaccaria.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)
![david-force-lobsterfungus Lobster Fungus](https://i0.wp.com/howardbirds.website/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-force-lobsterfungus.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1)