The opened seed pod, overwintered, of a milkweed plant, Asclepias syriaca, in Sun Valley last week. © BCP 2011 Traipsing about in Sun Valley last week (Thursday, April 7, if memory serves, I came across an area of the field where there were countless milkweed plants, all with their pods exploded open. For some reason, […]
An eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus, munches on a dried stalk on the footpath at Ashbridge’s. © BCP 2011 Thursday, April 7, 5:30 p.m.-ish. The fog was so thick it obscured everything in the bay at Ashbridge’s. Only the nearest boats, now back at the yacht clubs from their winter’s hibernation, were visible. The far shore, […]
A killdeer, Charadrius vociferus, searches for dinner in the grass as Ashbridge’s Bay is enveloped in a dense fog. © BCP 2011 The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. — Carl Sandburg Yes, that’s exactly what happened on Thursday evening this […]
A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) soars above me in Sun Valley yesterday. © BCP 2011 As promised, here is a shot of the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that kept me company Thursday as I was tromping about in Sun Valley, looking for some flowers in bloom. I saw this hawk and what I am guessing […]
Early blooming coltsfoot (Tussilaga farfara) makes an appearance in Sun Valley. © BCP 2011 After my nature walk earlier this week in Taylor Creek Park — in which we did not find a single flower blooming, (with the exception of some lovely snowdrops that had escaped from a long-gone garden) even though we are well […]
