A few Spring hikes

With the onset of daylight savings time, there's been daylight enough to hike after work in the evening. The trails are generally clear, and the ground is cold enough that there's little mud so far.
On a Sunday morning hike, we found this tree impressively destroyed by pileated woodpeckers. It was surrounded by wood shavings. It is on the Pigpen Path, just uphill from the main/Luscomb trail.
The gorge has calmed down with the drop-off in rain and snow melt, and Falulah Brook is running only slightly above average right now. We found ice clinging to some rocks where water occasionally laps up into cold air overnight.
There are confirmed reports of deer carcasses in the woods--hard to ignore when your dog comes out of the woods with a deer leg in his mouth--but unless you have a dog with you, you are not likely to find them. I haven't spotted one so far.