Eclectic Unschooling
Monday, April 16, 2007
Some photos to share ...
Posted in Exploring Creation
The signs of Spring are popping out all over the place. Most of the trees have budded out. Lilies and daffodils are coming up in the yards. We're anxious to plant, though we have another six weeks to wait for the danger of frost to pass. We had the opportunity to watch a pair of nuthatches preparing their nest. They took possession of a woodpecker hole in a birch tree. As we watched, they would disappear into the hole and emerge with a mouthful of the inside wood. The bird would fly up to a nearby branch and drop all the shavings out of it's mouth, then return for more. We are looking forward to seeing babies, if they don't abandon the nest.  We have seen the same type of butterfly on the Trail the last two times we've walked there. It's the only kind we've seen so far. Our oldest daughter wanted a picture so she could more easily identify it. This is when a good zoom lens comes in handy.  A creek parallels the Trail where we walked today. A lone duck was paddling his way upstream, sometimes walking more than swimming because of the shallows. He took to the far bank when he passed us, but soon resumed paddle-walking his way upstream.  I couldn't resist taking pictures of a pretty cardinal and he was kind enough to sit still for the photo session. The scrub will soon be leafed out making this type of picture more difficult to capture.  This crabby fellow meandered his way across the road and into the brush, obviously annoyed with our presence. Thankfully our pictures of this porcupine were snapped from the Suburban along the highway, rather than on foot on the Trail.  |
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