Numerous outcrops of shield rock like this are scattered throughout the construction site awaiting their encounter with explosives. It was disturbing to see the vegetation clinging to these last remnants of the original forest floor. The forest floor habitat on these rocky outcrops was still largely intact and the contrast between that and the surrounding destruction was disturbing. Notice the contrast between the gray weathered rock that has endured centuries of exposure and the freshly exposed pink rock.
 
There were numerous singing birds in the woods beyond including Ovenbirds, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Northern Parula. I also heard a Barred Owl calling. In previous years this was an easy spot to see and hear Wood Thrushes and Scarlet Tanagers.