Sunday, April 12, 2009

Some Firsts of Spring


It's not all pussy willows and mergansers out there this spring. I saw my first wood tick today but to make up for that, I saw a yellow throated vireo and a red bellied woodpecker too. I spotted several mourning cloak butterflies. Offspring #2 and I went to enjoy the spring weather and pick up trash at River's Bend Park. As we drove away, our eyes spotted more bottles and cans in the weeds. After hunting trash for a couple hours, your eyes automatically keep searching for a while. In any case, there are 4 fewer bags of trash in the woods than there was before we came.

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Aso

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