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mistressofmuses) wrote2025-04-29 07:55 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2025-04-29 07:55 pm
Monday: local greenbelt
Yesterday, after stopping by the vet to get Cy's sample foods, we went on a walk along the greenbelt. (Not with Cy - these sorts of longer walks are too much for him, anymore.) It was a nice day, fairly warm but not terribly hot. I did get my first sunburn of the year, and I think even poor Bella got a little burned on her nose. (Not badly! Some aloe and we're all good today.)
The usual spot we park at was going through repaving, so we started our walk at a different point, and went the opposite direction that we usually do, so we saw a slightly different stretch. We still looped back to see a few favorite points along the part we'd been originally planning on.
Nice dramatic tree, with the smaller flowering trees in front. (These are the ones that remind me of the plums in our yard as a kid, but I think they're actually sand cherry.)
The creek and a lone female merganser. She had a pretty great mohawk.
There's a little historic house that you can rent from the city for events and such. There was someone sitting on the bench by it, so didn't want to take pictures, but there's a little garden area with a few nice flowers.
Tulips
Little purple flowers that I don't know the name of.
Some fish, hanging out.
The merganser again, after flying to the other side of the bridge.
A nest!
There are sewer access points periodically along the trail. I like the stencils someone painted around this one.
Bella, bravely approaching a (tiny) waterfall.
A hawk overhead!
More of the probable sand cherry.
Crabapple, maybe.
We went over to a particular area in the hopes of seeing an early frog or two. Alas, no frog spotting.
Though we did see a nice bright mallard.
But it turned out it was a good spot for us to sit and rest for a few minutes, because Alex saw...
Little great-horned owlet! :D
From the other side: so fluffy!
Not the best images, since it was perched very high up, but so cute! Glad we got to see it. This is the same general area we saw an owlet a couple years ago, when someone else allowed us to use their spotting scope to get a better look, so we'd hoped to see an owl this time!
Judgemental prairie dog.
And within a minute or so of getting back to the car, Bella was OUT, haha.
The usual spot we park at was going through repaving, so we started our walk at a different point, and went the opposite direction that we usually do, so we saw a slightly different stretch. We still looped back to see a few favorite points along the part we'd been originally planning on.
Nice dramatic tree, with the smaller flowering trees in front. (These are the ones that remind me of the plums in our yard as a kid, but I think they're actually sand cherry.)
The creek and a lone female merganser. She had a pretty great mohawk.
There's a little historic house that you can rent from the city for events and such. There was someone sitting on the bench by it, so didn't want to take pictures, but there's a little garden area with a few nice flowers.
Tulips
Little purple flowers that I don't know the name of.
Some fish, hanging out.
The merganser again, after flying to the other side of the bridge.
A nest!
There are sewer access points periodically along the trail. I like the stencils someone painted around this one.
Bella, bravely approaching a (tiny) waterfall.
A hawk overhead!
More of the probable sand cherry.
Crabapple, maybe.
We went over to a particular area in the hopes of seeing an early frog or two. Alas, no frog spotting.
Though we did see a nice bright mallard.
But it turned out it was a good spot for us to sit and rest for a few minutes, because Alex saw...
Little great-horned owlet! :D
From the other side: so fluffy!
Not the best images, since it was perched very high up, but so cute! Glad we got to see it. This is the same general area we saw an owlet a couple years ago, when someone else allowed us to use their spotting scope to get a better look, so we'd hoped to see an owl this time!
Judgemental prairie dog.
And within a minute or so of getting back to the car, Bella was OUT, haha.