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The birds do too (plastic and otherwise)
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Rode as much as I could – lots of trail closed signs (and bunnies)
That only took almost three months – are birds even real? This cute house finch is the first visitor to our little yellow feeder…
Read that this storm doubled our snowfall for the season. Still waiting for our first bird buddy…
Some of our favorite zoo experiences ever: Lorikeet Landing, feed the flamingos and the return of meerkats were all very fun
Hadn’t walked that path in a while – windy and rainy, but no bugs and beautiful colors
Hit the early “member’s hour,” but I think all suburban moms must have memberships now. My take after one quick loop around: it’s very scenic, but large sections have no animals and I’m not sure they have all the signage up yet. Do heed the signs that warn of static shocks, though. Love the new section close to the bison and can’t wait for the prairie dogs to return (sign said they will be back).
A hilly 10K+ around Afton State Park with deer, a rabbit, a snake, some tiny frogs, a hawk and a bunch of other birds that Merlin said were there (but I didn’t visually see), including cardinals, crows, cedar waxwings, goldfinches, house wrens, mourning doves, blue jays, red-bellied & downy woodpeckers, eastern wood-pewees, wood thrushes, sparrows and eastern kingbirds.
The Spring Lake Park Reserve herd was in another area (farther away), but it was so cool to watch them in the binoculars during the big thunderstorm
Just a lovely, warm summer afternoon with the Nive Man in Northfield