Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Great White - 8 of them no kidding
vGreat Egret Earl Plato
Three or four at the mouth of the creek in other years. Not so this May 1st, 2009. Eight Great White egrets at the mouth of Frenchman’s Creek just north of he town of Fort Erie. I see it as one of the most magnificent of our heron species. Audubon says that like its cousin the Great Blue heron “… it feeds alone.” We saw eight of them stalking fish, frogs and probably crayfish. Explanation anyone?
Three or four at the mouth of the creek in other years. Not so this May 1st, 2009. Eight Great White egrets at the mouth of Frenchman’s Creek just north of he town of Fort Erie. I see it as one of the most magnificent of our heron species. Audubon says that like its cousin the Great Blue heron “… it feeds alone.” We saw eight of them stalking fish, frogs and probably crayfish. Explanation anyone?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
May in Trail Wood
Trail Wood #96 Earl Plato
Years past I inherited Teale’s great effort - A Walk Through the Year. Over the years in my circa 20 year weekly nature writeups I often referred to Teale’s works. April has ended and May is here.
On May 1st Edwin Teale wrote as follows:
“ April is a promise/ May is fulfillment.
May is the time when everything seems happening, when life rises to a peak.”
Writer’s note: We in Ridgeway (Fort Erie) Ontario are on the same latitude as Trail Wood, Connecticut. Four seasons here - four seasons there.
“ May is the birdsong month. May is the time when we rebel most of all against routine, when we want the largest margins to our lives, when we desire to wander through the woods and over the fields completely free - as John Muir and Henry Thoreau were free - of all entangling engagements. Perhaps the walks of this month should be headed: Sauntering Through May. May in Spring and October in Fall - these for the average person are the two best loved among the twelve chapters that make up The Book of the Year.”
Years past I inherited Teale’s great effort - A Walk Through the Year. Over the years in my circa 20 year weekly nature writeups I often referred to Teale’s works. April has ended and May is here.
On May 1st Edwin Teale wrote as follows:
“ April is a promise/ May is fulfillment.
May is the time when everything seems happening, when life rises to a peak.”
Writer’s note: We in Ridgeway (Fort Erie) Ontario are on the same latitude as Trail Wood, Connecticut. Four seasons here - four seasons there.
“ May is the birdsong month. May is the time when we rebel most of all against routine, when we want the largest margins to our lives, when we desire to wander through the woods and over the fields completely free - as John Muir and Henry Thoreau were free - of all entangling engagements. Perhaps the walks of this month should be headed: Sauntering Through May. May in Spring and October in Fall - these for the average person are the two best loved among the twelve chapters that make up The Book of the Year.”
Monday, April 27, 2009
Trail Wood
Trail Wood #95 Earl Plato
The Connecticut Audubon Society maintains Trail Wood Sanctuary. It is a beautiful 168 acre setting. This is where Edwin Way Teale and his wife Nellie lived so many years. It is the subject of many of this Pulitzer Prize winning author’s writings on nature. Teale named various natural settings as you can see on the accompanying map. The woodlands, fields, wetlands and pond habitats abound with wildlife/ There are well developed trails that we have walked.
93 Kenyon Road, Hampton, CT 06247
The Connecticut Audubon Society maintains Trail Wood Sanctuary. It is a beautiful 168 acre setting. This is where Edwin Way Teale and his wife Nellie lived so many years. It is the subject of many of this Pulitzer Prize winning author’s writings on nature. Teale named various natural settings as you can see on the accompanying map. The woodlands, fields, wetlands and pond habitats abound with wildlife/ There are well developed trails that we have walked.
93 Kenyon Road, Hampton, CT 06247
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