Category: fauna

Doodads — The Highlands Park in Grand Rapids

Per the website: The Highlands is a collaboration between the Land Conservancy of West Michigan and Blandford Nature Center to transform a former golf course into a healthy and thriving urban natural area. I met up with my two sons, my daughter in-law, and my baby granddaughter at The Highlands on Saturday.  Located in an…

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Doodads — busy week, pics of this and that

It’s been a whirlwind week.  Monday I met with former work friends for lunch and did a lot of catching up.  I also hosted at dVerse for the prompt about Uvalde victims.  Finally, I called and had a lawn service nearby come out and mow the tall, tall grass, as the mower will be in…

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Flora and Fauna Friday plus June tanka

And now, for the grand finale, a video of a Great Blue Heron hunting that I took yesterday.  I should have kept the conversation my mom and I were having during the filming, but I added a soundtrack to it instead. Long legs step tall grass as neck keeps time with the breeze, while happy…

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Doodads — Busy Sunday!

I went to my mom’s place today from noon-about 4 and from about 4-6 I went on a long bike ride.  The geese family and the dove video are from my mom’s and the calf walking in the field is from the bike ride.  Will try to post pics tomorrow but I’m pretty tired right…

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tanka — spring willow hula

Tender willow fronds hula in early May’s warm breeze. Birds sing their hearts out; confirm to each listener: I’m happy to be alive!

Have you heard of Spinosaurus? Me neither before yesterday

image by Davide Bonadonna “Bigger than a T-Rex, water loving Spinosaurus throws dinosaur orthodoxy for a loop” Michigan Radio | By Stateside Staff Published September 30, 2020 at 5:36 PM EDT I listened to this “podcast” on NPR yesterday on my drive back from Grand Rapids. Just when we thought we knew everything (tongue firmly in…

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