If you walk the loop of Perimeter Road and the Big Oak Path, it is about a mile. But....
If you include Friends Way in your walk,
and take the loop past the barn,
and stroll past Woolman Storage,
and amble down the Loop Trail,
and meander along Shady Ramble, you can double the length of the walk to two miles. Try it!
A beautiful male towhee seen this morning on my patio.
A cherry little chipping sparrow seen this afternoon near the wetland.
Our birding group took off this morning for Swamp Creek Road in Sumneytown.
As you can see the Unami Creek was high and muddy, but we did see some fishermen.
We listen and look for birds from the bridge, and finally see a ruby-crowned kinglet, or hear it.
This chipping sparrow was seen at Green Lane Park.
The blackbird in the tree turned out to be nothing but a starling.
Back at Foulkeways, the bees were buzzing. Don't forget there is a program which will be given by our beekeeper this Thursday evening.
Our mallard pair is swimming on the pond, and no geese in sight today.
A beautiful star magnolia at the Fitness Center.
Several star magnolias at Gwynedd House.
The beautiful magnolia at "C".
There was drama in the wetlands this morning.
Will the appearance of this Canada goose pair deter our mallards from nesting?
The presence of this male mallard intruder caused much consternation with our resident pair. They were trying to drive him off.
Cabbage white butterfly. The first of the season and it will be the last seen in the fall.
Canada goose taking a drink.
Cardinal.
Cormorants.
Cowbird. Then we also saw....
Blue jay.
Goldfinch is beginning to turn yellow.
Tree swallow on the line.
The turtles were everywhere enjoying the sun.
A white-throated sparrow. The winter birds are still here.
A downy woodpecker on the suet.
We visited the wetlands at the Germantown playing fields, but there were many there for field hockey, and only geese and mallards in the wetlands.
Stream at Germantown.
We then went to the Wissahickon Watershed and here is the stream. But we saw only winter birds and there are no leaves on the trees.
We saw some scilla competing with the celandine.
A robin in the stream bed.
Hellebores in our fern garden.
I took the camera along to get a photo of the time tunnel at Verizon Hall.
Here are some of the photos from the bus.
This is City Hall reflected in a bus window.
There is always much construction.
The street light was on at Saint James St.
One of the many murals.
High voltage! Which would describe the concert, which was excellent.
If you include Friends Way in your walk,
and take the loop past the barn,
and stroll past Woolman Storage,
and amble down the Loop Trail,
and meander along Shady Ramble, you can double the length of the walk to two miles. Try it!
