Friday, October 15, 2021

Savannah

Today I had an errand in Pierz to get my third Pfizer jab so I stopped to enjoy the oak savannah at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge drive. Blue jays and sand hill cranes were talking.

I used to say the oak forest was my favorite but I also like a boreal forest and an eucalyptus forest. I guess any forest I am in is my favorite unless it is a forest of invasive buckthorn. Look at the burn mark on this oak. Some may call the burn mark a scar or a blemish. I think the burn mark is a good thing because this oak savannah is being managed correctly with fire.

I guessed I saw 4 trumpeter swans but I was wrong. From the left you see a trumpeter swan, a pelican, another pelican and another pelican.

The Canadian geese are probably discussing border restrictions but what are the pelicans debating? Travel plans?

 

-
Labels: , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Hostel

  I found a new and wonder place to stay when I come to Duluth. The Hostel Du Nord is right across the street from the Holiday Inn where I p...

  • My Class
    My class was on television. I am pretty good at hiding from the cameras! http://kstp.com/news/anoka-county-residents-citizens-academy-poli...
  • What Bird Sounds Like a Manual Typewriter?
    A yellow rail, one of THE MOST ELUSIVE birds around, sound like a manual typewriter.   And if you're too young to know what a manual ty...
  • This Time Next Year We Will Be Laughing
      Jacqueline Windspear is the author of her memoir This Time Next Year We Will Be Laughing. She starts out with her parent's stories. H...