A seasonably warm week with plenty of sun, and enough rain to break the back of the drought.
Water forget-me-nots, Wild Geranium, Fleabane, immature Mayapple fruit, closeup of Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Plume, Brambles (raspberry or wineberry)
Catbird, Wood Thrush, Northern Flicker, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Robin's Nest
I look in on the Green Heron nest every day.
The Umbrella Magnolias are blooming
Philadelphia Fleabane has been blooming al over the park in the past week. It's hard to miss, it looks like a small daisy on overdrive. What appears to be a single flower is actually a central disc of hundreds of tiny yellow blooms surrounded by more than 150
Sign up for Nature Walks at Anson B. Nixon Park — Tuesdays 9:30–10:30AM The late April frost damaged many tress at the park, but they have a fallback strategy. Frost damaged leaves stop producing hormones that suppress dormant buds - those buds grow and replace the damaged leaves.
The last two weeks of Tuesday Nature Walks have been great fun. Sign up here for May nature walks, every Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 am. If these days and times don't work for you contact me here and we'll see if we can make other
The last two weeks of Tuesday Nature Walks have been great fun. Sign up here for May nature walks, every Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 am. If these days and times don't work for you contact me here and we'll see if we can make other
