Posts Tagged ‘animals’
A walk in the woods, part 2
April 12, 2020
Closer to home there is the Shaker Nature Center with its new, improved boardwalk that is a pleasure to walk. While compact in size, it covers a wetland marsh (with red wing blackbirds that nest in the cattails – they have just returned to the area), and a creek that connects a series of lakes developed by the Shakers, who settled in this area, for their mills.
The area is also on a migratory path for birds such as cedar waxwings, warblers, Virginia creepers, wrens, Canada geese, and mallard ducks. We have also seen buffleheads, coots, mergansers and occasionally a loon. Turkey buzzards are a pretty common sight, as are red-tailed hawks. A surprise this weekend was a bald eagle soaring overhead. I know they nest along Lake Erie, but this is the city dog-gone it! It was a thrill and he gave a good show.
enlarge this photo and you will see a bunch of little fish in the stream
If you enlarge this photo (a lot) you can make out the eagle’s white head and tail – near the daytime moon.
In this area, all of our dogs can read.
On the way back home, we saw a turkey. Again, a first for me to see here in the burbs. I am glad they are in the park!
A walk in the woods, part 1
April 11, 2020
We’ve been walking for exercise and, fortunately, as a number of wonderful locations close by that provide an opportunity to stretch our legs.
Above is Sunset Pond at North Chagrin Reservation on a relatively gloomy day, that still enabled me to get a photo of some early coltsfoot blossoms.
The Metroparks around here (The Emerald Necklace) are wonderful and, so far, are still open for walks. It is comprised of a ring of parks that encircle the city and offers picnic areas, trails, golf, bike trails, the zoo, interpretative centers, nature classes, etc., etc.
Something to do until the cows come home
April 6, 2020“Kulning is an ancient herding call that Swedish women have practiced for hundreds of years.
The herds grazed during the daytime, wandering far from the cottages, and thus needed to be called in each night. Women developed kulning to amplify the power of their voices across the mountainous landscape, resulting in an eerie cry loud enough to lure livestock from their grazing grounds.”
Monday Update
March 30, 2020
A flock of lawn flamingos can pick a T-Rex clean in under 30 seconds.
Warning: Ours are on the move.
What am I osprey blogging?
March 27, 2020There is nothing sappy about this fellow
For more information and more spectacular photos, go to this link
Gunsmoke and Knitting 