Here are some photos from previous 2022 winter walks:
January 18
Trumpeter Swan
February 5
February 11
February 14
House Sparrow (male)House Sparrow (male)
March 3
Mute SwanCanada Goose
Though we didn’t have any new migrant birds today, the air was ringing with bird song including Gulls, Geese, Mourning Dove, House Sparrow, Song Sparrow, House Finch, Carolina Wren, Chickadee, Hairy and Downy Woodpecker and, of course, Red-winged Blackbirds.
Park scenes:
Canada Goose tracks
Some botany:
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)Amur Cork Tree (Phellodendron amurense)Dog-strangling Vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum)Common Burdock (Arctium minus)Missouri Willow (Salix eriocephala)Red-osier (Cornus sericea)Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Some birds:
Ring-billed GullRed-winged Blackbird (male)MallardsRock PigeonsCanada GeeseRock PigeonHouse Sparrow (female)American Robin in SumacRed-winged Blackbird (male)Ring-billed GullAmerican Robin in SumacMute SwansRing-billed GullsCanada GeeseMute SwanAmerican Robin in Sumac
Today’s group:
NATURE POETRY
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. – Robert Frost (1874–1963)
