Hailey Lynch
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Hailey Lynch
@always-walking.bsky.social
Environmental educator and someone with a biology degree who lives in the woods instead of using it.

SUNY ESF alum, AT thru-hiker, enjoyer of public lands
Living in Baxter State Park has its perks. Mountain heath (Phyllodoce caerulea) on Katahdin.
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This past winter, my partner and I took a spontaneous trip to northern Minnesota for a chance to see a great grey owl during a mass irruption. We saw several, including this one through the scope.
June 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Kalmia polifolia, bog laurel, found on the alpine ridgeline of Mt. Mansfield in Vermont.
June 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Salix uva-ursi, commonly called bear-berry willow. This one is in the tablelands of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain. Close to it is a sign asking to keep their feet off alpine plants.
June 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Pink Lady’s Slipper, Orchidaceae
Thornton, New Hampshire 6/5/25
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I haven’t backpacked for fun since finishing the Appalachian Trail in 2022. While I still don’t like sleeping in stinky clothes, there’s nothing more mind cleansing than being outside for a while.

Bolton VT, May 13th 2025
May 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trillium undulatum, Painted Trillium. Found growing in a stand of eastern hemlock. Bolton VT
May 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today was my most successful morel search by far. All of them are black morels (Morchella elata group). In the last photo, you can see some little ones poking up through a gravel road. Very tough!
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
How does something so small make me so happy?
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The large wefts of Hylocomium splendens caught my eye from quite a ways away. It wasn’t until I took out my hand lens that I noticed the smaller Atrichum sp. taking shelter under the larger moss.

Belvidere Vermont, 5/4/2025
May 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
While on a run this afternoon, I had to stop to watch 3 beavers attempt to shoo away this black bear from their dam. One of the coolest wildlife moments I have ever experienced!
May 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’ve seen a few of these lately, one of the first mushrooms to pop up for the year in northern New England. Now called Maublancomyces korfii but familiarly Gyromitra korfii.
May 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Spring is just getting started here in northern VT.
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’m looking for fun things to do while cross-country driving to Washington from Vermont and was amused by this exchange under Shasta-Trinity National Forest”.
April 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A recent trip to West Texas has me wanting to ditch dreary New England for the diverse deserts of Big Bend.
April 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM