March 15th, 2009:
-Snow and Slush (~2") everywhere ~34° F 29AM, S wind 5-10. Crows cawing and robins singing. 2 mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) male & female quacking where Pine Street crosses wetlands, Roosters heard near Edison entrance. First blossoms I have seen on the Indian Plums.
March 17th, 2009:
-Indian Plum (Olemleria cerasiformis) blooming & leaves coming out. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) catkins out in full. Heard roosters Crowing
March 18th, 2008:
-Saw a small black & red butterfly today!♥ Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum) beginning to come up by the bridge over the creek. Thank you to the brothers who cleaned grafitti off the cedars♥
-Spied a pair of birds, a bit larger than crows (although not crow shapped) dark back/wings lighter chests, striped tail when it took flight- reddish brown/ dark brown stripes in tail feathers. One was making a sound not unlike a dog's squeaky toy (although not quite as high pitched). Was a little hard to get a good look as they were silloutted against bright clouds. Perched in red alder (Alnus rubra) near San Francisco entrance (somewhere between SF and Etheridge).
March 21st, 2009:
-2 varied thrushes at Edison entrance, 2 towhees at Fir entrance. Skunk cabbages up at San Francisco entrance.
-Pulled some Ivy and Holly. Towhee and other birds were sighted. Flicker call.
March 22nd, 2009:
- Hooligans struck last night spraying names/signs on the large cedar uphill form the San Francisco boardwalk. Have you looked into the Center of the fern and seen the curled up ferns waiting for spring?
-I talked to the young, considerate couple who discovered the huckleberry bushes (vaccinum spp) lying like they had been pulled up and abandoned. They thought they were protecting them from further vandalism.
-11am -Heard a frog "R-I-B-B-I-T" in the marsh to the right of Edison street.
- Haven't been in these woods in a long while. As always, I am welcomed by the chickens down the street, but today I also hear the littlest birds sining the prettiest songs as I begin my walk into one of my favorite spots in Olympia.
-Just saw a deer- on the right side of the main path-about 20 feet between us. We were both surprised-it stared at me for awhile and then looked away-pretending to be relaxed-all the while keeping one gigantic brown eye fixed on me until I moved on. Wow! What an amazing welcome back to the woods. I love it here…Thanks for the books. I've always wanted to write about what I see here.
-Sprinkling. It sounds like spring here… I keep hearing tiny feet running through the crunchy leaves then an a occasional flash of brown wings passes by. Also, frogs are out singing to one another.
- 5pm cool, clear, sunny, windy. Entering at Lybarger entrance I hear lots of wind against the trees & randomly hear some songbirds. (I think this is such a neat project! Writing my observations will add to my observations will add to my walk, and viewing and being part of the neighbors sightings makes me aware of participating in this neighborhood community!J Thank you!)
There are 8 mole hills around the Park Message Board
When the wind dies down I can hear more birds.
The mole hills continue!
Just past the first meadow on the right, there is a (20' tall) tree with small round crimison berries. They look like cranberries of sort of.
I see a couple big cedar trees & lots of beautiful rust-colored branches against blue sky-awaiting spring
- ~9:30pm, partly cloudy cold wind, stars shining. pacific chorus frogs (psuedocris regilla) thrilling throuh out park. 2 ensantina (Ensantina eschscholtzii) under an log. Indian Plum sparkling in flashlight. FISH! Followes a trail of green ribbon & came to an old culvert crossing North of San Francisco boardwalk & saw 2 small Sculpin in pool. Diving beetles and water striders too. -FTW
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