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In 16 years, No Walks Have Been Cancelled: Sept. 12, 2022

When schedules are sent out, the line:  In 16 years, no walks have been cancelled is included. People seem to have gotten used to this and come prepared for any weather.

StilI, I was surprised to have 19 walkers appear and walk through the dark forest and wet riverbank at Lambton Woods in steady rain.

Area scenes:

a Muskrat:

Muskrat
Muskrat under water

Some birds:

Solitary Sandpiper
Great Egret
Hairy Woodpecker
Solitary Sandpiper
Double-crested Cormorants
American Black Duck (female)
Osprey
American Black Duck (female)
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Great Egret
Mallards
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow

Some botany:

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Bur Marigold (Megalondonta laevis)
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Indian-hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Miscanthus (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

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Hi Miles,  I thought you’d like to see this. (Ignore the sappy music 😏)

NATURE VERSE

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. – Leviticus 26:

Miles Hearn

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