Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at
4:53 pm
“Although I didn’t see a lot of different species, I did get some very good shots of the ones I saw. :)”
From Birds at Peninsula, 05/02/2010, posted by Karin Hankwitz on 5/04/2010 (14 items)
- Two swans performing their mating dance in the bay by Weborg Marsh. It was a very int…
- A cute little Chipping Sparrow hops atop a boulder in the Weborg Point picnic area.
- An extremely friendly male Palm Warbler sat right next to me in a maple tree, allowin…
- I had been led to this tree by his call. Needless to say, I learned what the Palm War…
- We were MAYBE 10 ft apart at this point, and he seemed completely unfazed by my prese…
- The Palm Warbler is not only unique for its coloring, but perhaps even more telling i…
- Palm Warbler
- A new addition to my Life List, this Sora was hiding in the cattails in Weborg Marsh,…
- Right after I snapped this picture, he took off, and pretty much couldn’t trip over h…
- Another cute and VERY LOUD Chipping Sparrow clung to a hump of last year’s dead catta…
- The Chipping Sparrow, looking at me.
- A really nice shot of the Chipping Sparrow, showing its head and shoulder coloring ve…
- A Chickadee landed RIGHT NEXT TO ME on the Hemlock Trail sign at the trailhead, by We…
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Other birds seen or heard but not photographed:
- 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers (Weborg Marsh)
- 1 Black-Throated Green Warbler (Weborg Marsh)
- Multiple White-Throated Sparrows (Weborg Point)
- Multiple Yellow-Rumped (Myrtle) Warblers (Weborg Point)
- 1 Brewers Blackbird (Weborg Point)
- Multiple Red-Winged Blackbirds (including 1 female, Weborg Marsh)
- 3 Turkey Vultures
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at
12:57 am
“The hepaticas are blooming… here are some of my favorite shots. :)”
From The Hepatica Gallery, posted by Karin Hankwitz on 4/15/2010 (4 items)
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010 at
4:30 pm
April 10, 2010: One of my favorite harbingers of spring, Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), is blooming at Peninsula State Park.
You can find a beautiful little patch of it at the head of Hemlock Trail, which is a hiking trail just across the street from Weborg Point campground.
More info about Bloodroot HERE (wikipedia).
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at
9:45 pm
I’m not sure how many times I’ve mentioned this, but there is one thing that holds true for me: Weborg Marsh never disappoints.
Sunset over Weborg Marsh, Sept 25, 2008
I can drive the whole park and see nothing noteworthy, unusual, particularly special, odd or new (not counting the park’s inherent beauty, of course — and I’m not at all discounting that!), but get at least one treat, for sure, on a drive through Weborg Marsh. It is incredible, the power of that one little spot to deliver.
In however many years I’ve been frequenting the park, I cannot think of the last time Weborg Marsh let me down. I’ve seen everything you can imagine… Bald Eagle, Osprey, Red-Tailed Hawk, this year’s very first … Read the rest of this entry
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 at
9:30 am
Autumn Forest at Nicolet Bay
Hard to believe I’m uttering the “w” word (winter) in October, especially since my brain is still stuck back somewhere between August and September. I have this total disconnect with the red, yellow and orange leaves outside my window. They are supposed to be green. Or so says my brain. ;)
My brain may be late for its own party, but the Coast Guard isn’t. I heard the Coast Guard cutter MOBILE BAY announce on the scanner this morning that they were “doing ATON in the Strawberry Islands” … which means they are likely pulling up my dearest, favoritest bell buoy off Peninsula Park.
Bell Buoy #6
I don’t know why I have such a love for this buoy. But I think of her as being my soulmate in the buoy world. She is always there, rain or shine, night or day. Her bell clangs with the rhythm of the waves, especially loud up on Svens Bluff and along Sunset Trail. At dusk her bright red light flashes, on and off, on and off, persistently piercing the darkness all night long, ’til dawn assumes command and takes over lighting duties.
The clouds are supposed to clear later today, and I will make a reluctant trek to the park to see if my dear buoy has been tugged from the water for her long winter’s sleep. I hope not! But if she has, I will at least have the memories of a few hikes on Sunset Trail during which time was marked by the irregular but constant clang of my buoy’s bell. ##
