Nature & Wildlife Thread

[JBtheExplorer]

Pretty fun morning hike. Ended on a sour note when I watched someone litter in front of me. But don't worry, I picked up their crap and threw it in a garbage can that he walked past 60 seconds after he threw his crap on the ground.

Wood ducks

Canada geese

Red-winged blackbird

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I meant to go for a 20 minute walk and it turned into two hours.

Wood duck and female mallard. I've seen these two together multiple times now. Wood ducks and mallards do breed and make hybrid ducks.

I saw three wild turkeys today! That's the most I've ever seen at once in this park.

About three minutes later I found a turkey feather.

red-winged blackbird

canada geese

great horned owl

And then I got home and saw the european goldfinch back again.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Went out for another hike again today. I wanted to check out the hidden cascade since we had some thunderstorms this morning. It was flowing well.

And a walk through the steaming prairie.

And the first turtle sighting of the year.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I ended up hiking nearly 6 miles yesterday, which is about three times as much as I usually hike in a day.

Tree swallows are back. They were all over the place along the Pike River.

A marshy area with a wood duck house. And they're not visible but there were lots of western chorus frogs calling.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Cold hike tonight but not bad.

golden-crowned kinglet

eastern phoebe

pussy willow

pussy willows and redtwig dogwoods

 

[JBtheExplorer]

We had heavy rain this morning so I knew it'd be a good time to check out the hidden cascade. This is possible the most this stream will flow until next year unless we get any really heavy rain.

While out, I also got to see some birds. I've been lucky to see a decent amount of bird activity this year. It helps that I've also gotten out more than I have the last few years.

Coopers Hawk

Belted kingfisher across a pond.

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