This morning, as I drove into Dan Daniel Park, I saw two deer on the hillside. I turned the car around, rolled down my window, got my camera ready and went back to take a photo of the deer. By the time I got back, they were gone.
However, there were a couple of squirrels there, and one was eating a pine cone. I took its picture instead of the deer.
As we were walking up a hill to a place I had seen a hawk the day before, Sadie ran through the tall grass, and took some pictures of her. One is posted here, and I used a special effect to make the shot more interesting. The hawk wasn't there.
We saw a number of different song birds along the trail, but the most interesting was a chickadee I saw eating berries from a tree near the river. I have a couple of shots here.
On the way back to the car, a fellow walker told me that he had just see a couple of river otters playing around and fishing at the bridge near the Public Works Department. We walked back the mile to the bridge, but by the time we got there, there was no sign of the otters. There will be another day for taking pictures of otters.
It was a very good morning on the Riverwalk Trail.
Sadie and I got to the Riverwalk 3 times today. We went shortly this morning before church, around 3:00 and then back at sunset. There wasn't a lot of nature stirring about, but the trail was full of people, bikers, dogs and children during the sunny afternoon walk. It was during the evening walk that I noticed the beauty of the full moon. The photo posted above I call: Moon on a stick. As we began our walk, I saw a hawk flying over carrying some nesting materials. The quality of the photo isn't the best, but it takes my breath away to see such a beautiful creature. It was a very good day on the Riverwalk trail.
