05/28/2012

I visited a park on Bainbridge Island called Meig’s Park, which was part meadow and part wetland. The wetland could not be walked on but a lot could be seen. The meadow had many daisy’s and grasses, with some alders and other trees. There was a lot of Himalayan blackberry growing. The wetland had waterfowl such as Great Blue Heron and ducks. After walking down a path to the edge of a wetland, a giant Great Blue Heron flew across and its colors were very clear. I wanted to know what it was feeding on but I am still unsure. There were stinging nettles in this park which I had to step carefully around, and I continued down one dirt path until there were too many blackberry’s and I had to turn around. There were a lot of birds , including the already mentioned waterfowl and some robins. I saw a distant hawk but couldn’t see it well enough to identify it, though it appeared to be a red tailed hawk. I saw one bird which was a Steller’s Jay I learned, which was bright blue. There were some salmonberry plants in this park as well. One thing that was very interesting was not the natural wildlife but instead things people had put there – seemingly intentionally. There were bathtubs all around the park that looked old and rusted, as well as a collapsed cabin. It was interesting to see the natural plants, but these other things were interesting as well. In times I have visited this park in the past I have seen Barred owls, but I didn’t see any this time though I wish I had. After a while I could hear frogs but did not see any. This meadow/wetland was quite unique and interesting.

Publicado el mayo 31, 2012 08:18 TARDE por skylarwilkins skylarwilkins

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