May 1st, 2015

I love May Day. I miss putting little gifts together for the little old ladies that lived across the street. I think I enjoyed ringing their doorbells and running away. I wish I had some one to give a May basket to now.....

Oh well, here is what I saw on my walk this morning.... yes, I went in the morning!

"Oh Hai!" said this slug.

I have never seen a slug sit up and look around like this one!

And there was a ladybug!

I passed by each little flower,

And made a tiny squirrel glower!

I think this is a Douglas squirrel.

Here's a sparrow just before flight.

I hope you all have a goodnight!

April 26th, 2015

I went to Summer Lake Park in search of goslings.  There are tons of Canada Geese there so I figured there were probably lots of babies.

Here is what I saw on my search.

Two kinds of fuzzy bumble bees!

Lots of wonderful flowers and scenery.

This little bird sat and posed for me!

This one was pulling up grass.

There was a VERY FAT squirrel!

I hope this is a symbol of good luck hanging in the tree!

I think these two are barn swallows.

I found a Canada Goose!

 

Then here they come! (these were the only babies around!)

Then they hopped up on the shore right next to me! Eight little babies!

Dandelions are so delicious!

Then I found something almost better then the little babies!

A Brown Creeper!
These guys can hang upside-down by there feet! I watched this one do it!

I hope your day was as awesome as mine!
Have a great night!

January 15th, 2015

The world was hushed today, as if it were waiting for something.

Even the Stellar's Jays were silent.

The tress were still.

Nothing disturbed the surface of the pond.

The ducks sat waiting.

The sparrows even stop their song.

Only the tiny spotted towhee made small scritching noises as she foraged though the dead leaves, on her one good leg.

The air grew heavy with anticipation of the coming rain.



I barely made it back to the care in time.

Hope you have a great night!

January 14th, 2015

I had this feeling that I needed to go back to Summerlake Park, so I did. I am really glad I went.

Yesterday, I saw these chew marks but didn't photography them, but I did think, beaver!! I was very excited at the prospect of seeing a beaver. I looked around the area but didn't see a dam.

I asked Jen what she thought. She told me that nutria will chew trees like beavers. I had no idea.  I kept an eye out for nutria around the lake, but I should have looked behind me. This nutria walked down the hill and went though all the duck like I wasn't even standing there.

It exited the water just a few feet from where I stood and just looked at me.

It seems to have a small wound near its eye.

Yeah, I guess those could chew down a tree....

It turns out the Great Blue Heron was not a statue after all. It was only pretending so it could find some food.

I saw these little birds yesterday and didn't get a good photo of them. Turns out this isn't some sort of duck! It is an American Coot.

It has creepy red eyes.....

These are male American Wigeons.

I think this is a little song sparrow.

And this might be a non-breeding male house sparrow.

The crows were very active at Summerlake. The other parks I have been too haven't had as many crows.

He was yelling at a cat on the porch, the cat didn't care.....

This is my favorite picture from today!

There were many American Robins out today!

And this Varied Thrush was digging though the leaves with his best girl.

Jen said it was pretty rare to see these birds out in the open.

It was such a neat trip to the park. I feel so lucky that I get to interact with wild animals so close to my house!. It is amazing to have these parks in urban areas.

Hope you have a great night!