October 6

October 6, 2009 by OrientSee.

 It was a brilliant day full of light and light breezes. Rosie’s Thicket was quiet but a single beam of sunlight fell through the gloom to highlight this one weed in full bloom.

The flats were busy way out. A dozen mixed Egrets were feeding in one of the drainage ditches along with a Great Blue Heron. A pair of Red Tail Hawks were floating about. One ended up perched on a light in the T yard.

Walking over the Goldenrod had butterflies in attendance. I wonder how much longer the Dragonflies and the Butterflies will last.

Geoff’s Path was full of YellowRump Warblers. It seemed like every bush and tree had a few.

The Overlook was quiet and it certainly looks different in its autumn camouflage.

I walked over to the tail end of the Muskrat Pond through the reeds and got to watch this Great Blue cleaning himself.

It soon was aware of me and after one move too many, it flew off.  It is a lot of bird to see this close.

The Boardwalk was quiet. One last Snowy Egret was poking about in the pool. The Snowies won’t be around much longer. They leave well before the bigger Great Egrets do. This may well be the last I get to see this year.

The meadow was still bright with wild flowers like this.

Today was another gift. The marsh was full of things to see.  Actually, it is a kind of amusement park. There’s no roller coaster but there are some terrific views.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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