To counter my disappointment...
Jun. 23rd, 2007 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebrit...at not having my camera yesterday, we wandered up the Jordan River Parkway, because that's apparently a good place for birding.
It's probably better very early in the morning, rather than in the afternoon in hundred-degree heat. However, we did see a good number of birds, from your everyday Mallard duck (with babies), to Red-winged Blackbirds, possibly a Goldfinch, several Barn Swallows (babies in nests and adults tending them FTW), and a Bullock's Oriole.
Not only that, but there's a littleswamp excuse me, wetland just off the trail, and we saw a big old green frog, some smaller brown frogs, a bunch o' tadpoles...
And a garter snake!
It was a fairly good-sized one, too. It was in the water, and once it decided that yep, those are humans and I'd better book my scaly butt outa here, it moved. IT WAS SO COOL.
And I found a dollar in the parking lot next to my car when we got back.
Good times.
What? Did I take pictures??? Of course I took pictures. You want to actually see them?
Working on it.
It's probably better very early in the morning, rather than in the afternoon in hundred-degree heat. However, we did see a good number of birds, from your everyday Mallard duck (with babies), to Red-winged Blackbirds, possibly a Goldfinch, several Barn Swallows (babies in nests and adults tending them FTW), and a Bullock's Oriole.
Not only that, but there's a little
And a garter snake!
It was a fairly good-sized one, too. It was in the water, and once it decided that yep, those are humans and I'd better book my scaly butt outa here, it moved. IT WAS SO COOL.
And I found a dollar in the parking lot next to my car when we got back.
Good times.
What? Did I take pictures??? Of course I took pictures. You want to actually see them?
Working on it.
