HANOVER AREA

Stalking crayfish, collecting pollen: Nature scenes from a September hike on Laho Trail

Harrison Jones
Hanover Evening Sun
A great blue heron holds a crayfish in its beak as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A great blue heron holds a crayfish in its beak as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A great blue heron stalks crayfish along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A great blue heron stalks crayfish along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A common eastern bumblebee collects pollen on goldenrod along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A common eastern bumblebee collects pollen on goldenrod along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
An American goldfinch forages along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
An American goldfinch forages along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
Water glimmbers in the sun as a great blue heron eats a crayfish along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Water glimmbers in the sun as a great blue heron eats a crayfish along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
An American goldfinch perches on a stick along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
An American goldfinch perches on a stick along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
The burs of a common cocklebur plant are seen along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
The burs of a common cocklebur plant are seen along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A great blue heron holds a crayfish in its beak, tangled in lake plants, as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A great blue heron holds a crayfish in its beak, tangled in lake plants, as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A great blue heron pulls on lake plants as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A great blue heron pulls on lake plants as it hunts along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
An American nursery web spider sits on a nursery web on a leaf of a common cocklebur plant along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
An American nursery web spider sits on a nursery web on a leaf of a common cocklebur plant along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A long-legged fly stands on a leaf of a common cocklebur plant along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A long-legged fly stands on a leaf of a common cocklebur plant along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun
A common eastern bumblebee collects pollen on goldenrod along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
A common eastern bumblebee collects pollen on goldenrod along the Laho trail, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the Manheim Township section of Codorus State Park.
Harrison Jones, The Evening Sun