Another stop at Wildwood Park

 Because my daughter lives in Harrisburg PA and

I have been visiting more than usual this summer

I make it a point to go to Wildwood, my favorite park

 the White Egrets are always there

 And the Great blue Herons are always somewhere to be found

fishing and hanging out by the water

 It's fun to watch all his movements and see him up close

 It had just rained that day and the lily pads were full of droplets

 

Then!!  As almost always I spied a bird flying low along the water and so I followed closely and sneaked in to have a look

I was happy to see this black-crowned Night Heron

 Judging by his colors I would say he is an adult

 Juveniles have grey then yellow eyes and only adults have red, so our guy is probably about 3 years old

 Night Heron's have long head plumes ...and in breeding season they become even longer

They feast on not only fish but invertebrates, lizards, snakes, and

small rodents.  

That was my thrill for the day!

To God be the Glory  ~~ Great Things He Hath Done 

From my yard

I was ever so surprised last week to hear 'witchety witchety'

in my back yard...

I got my ipod and  he came right in ..

 

At first he was in a dense bush popping up and down

 Then amazingly he came close and was right in front of me

  It pays to to be able to ID what you hear.  Something that I am not very good at yet..

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

Can I make you smile?

You've no doubt heard of a 'teacup' chihuahua

but have you seen a 'flower pot' chihuahua? 

Meet lady

and her best friend Manny

I hope you are smiling on this beautiful Memorial Day Weekend.

God Bless our troops and America!!

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

Grapes, Grape Jelly and Oranges

 A Juvenile Baltimore Oriole decided to try the grapes

for breakfast one morning

 Seemed like he was doing ok in trying to eat it

  

But somehow either through inexperience or lack of focus

  

He dropped it right out of his mouth

  

Looking around at his options, he can either eat oranges or jelly

Jelly looks good so he chooses it

 Good choice! He likes it

 

Grape jelly is sought by the Northern Mockingbird as well

And Robins will eat it and also carry it to their young when they are born

Fruit it a good thing at the feeder. 

 To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

A Walk on the Wildwood side

 Wildwood Park in Harrisburg PA is one of my favorite places

to visit when I am in the area

 The Towpath Trail borders the lake and is the one I chose to walk today

 There has been a lot of rain so everywhere you look there is water

It's quiet, peaceful and serene to just walk along and watch for what you might see

 On my list of things that have been spotted this week is the Great Egret...

 There he was flying gracefully or walking in the lake fishing

Since this is the first sunny day in a while the turtles are sunning everywhere you look

An Egret and Great Blue Heron share a common perch

 Oblivous to each other as they preen

 The water was almost moving and jumping as I watched so I tried to catch a glimpse of what was under there causing the raucous ....

an orange fish appeared!!

 Always an ever present Red-winged Blackbird

A very welcome and happy surprise for me to see the Yellow Warbler

Then, out there where the water was jumping and splashing I saw a Blue Heron fishing

As  hard as he tried

Diving right in

 Head submerged

He either swallowed it or I missed it all together

I sure didn't see the fish if he got it

 Looking a little wet and angry he doesn't stick around

Up and away he goes

 

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done