North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
This post is a little delayed, but I figured it was still worth sharing. Fittingly for the last day of winter (March 19), I was able to take a snowy walk in the vicinity of the Quabbin Reservoir in Petersham, MA. Unlike Cape Cod that received mostly rain from the “blizzard” the previous week, there was still 8+ inches of snow in Petersham, despite warmer temperatures and some melting over the previous few days. The snow, in addition to providing…