June 30

 At least it wasn’t raining or fogged in this morning. Before Gaia could change her mind, I went for a walk. Coming through the thicket towards Rosie’s Pond, a break in the tree branches framed a Great Egret feeding in the tide filled pond.

I looked out across to the train yard. I still haven’t seen any hatchlings in the nest but I was surprised to see a second nest, smaller to the left of the main nest. I’m not sure that I had ever seen this before. I wonder what’s going on. Both the Ospreys showed up later but they were perched on the two poles in the flats. Neither even approached the nests.

The Overlook was quiet, as quiet as it gets with Redwings, Cowbirds, Starlings, Robins and Grackles.  It does seem like a lot of Mourning Doves were all around. I think that the new generation of doves just launched from the nests recently. The Overlook panne featured a very stately Great Egret.

Just beyond the panne, I found this Ribbon Snake laying on a piece of driftwood. I was surprised since this is a very wet part of the marsh flats and any passing hawk would have had an easy snack.

Looking back to the water, I noticed this mixed pair of egrets feeding side by side.

The Boardwalk overlooking the east flats had five Glossy Ibis spread out feeding in the little puddles.

The park meadow is still in bloom but except for a Song Sparrow there wasn’t much flying around except for the swallows. By the park entrance, a bumblebee was feeding on top a very large thistle.

Further along Bennington St., a small clump of lillies have gone wild and provide real relief from the dull pavement.

“While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.”

The Lake Isle of Innisfree - W.B. Yeats

The weather this June has been wet and gray. Rain, fog and wind have set new records for this month. Getting out is the best medicinal. Belle Isle is my pharmacy.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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