An as-cute-as-they-come mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos) at Ashbridge’s earlier this week. © BCP 2010 Arrrgh! And superarrrgh!! Just when I was getting ready to do today’s post — which was going to be about how I spent a fascinating half hour right near dusk watching a family of eastern kingbirds feeding one hungry chick — […]
Sea buckthorn bushes (Hippophae rhamnoides) create a canopy over the path at Ashbridge’s Bay. ©BCP 2010 I actually took the photo above last week, on one of the hazy humid days that could make you damp just thinking about going outside for a walk. So this photo should have been posted last week. But somehow […]
A raptor surveys his domain overlooking a small, wild lake in the Madawaska Valley on Friday. © BCP 2010 Wild About The City was off on a jaunt to the Madawaska Valley recently and, on a solo paddle into a completely wild and undeveloped lake, found this raptor atop a snag right by the edge […]
A banded wood snail (Cepaea nemorialis) finds a comfy home on the flat flower head of Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota) in Tommy Thompson Park on Monday. © BCP 2010 I recently discovered a charming website called naturewriting.com that asks the simple yet profound question “What is nature writing?” Then the site’s author, a gentleman […]
The good parent — a robin (Turdus migratorius) is off to feed its chicks at Ashbridge’s Bay Tuesday. © BCP 2010 Really, I ought to get up earlier. By mid-morning, when I finally arrived at the bay, (Ashbridge’s), it was sweltering, even by the water and in the shade. A hundred degrees in the shade. […]
