~9am: Overcast w/ mist, ~50° F, Calm wind, sun just breaking through.
-Robin, starlings, towhee, chickadees, stellar's jay, sparrow, junco, winter wren
- moles in park
-Trees, shrubs & other flora: Western Red Cedar, Big Leaf Maple, Douglas Fir, Pacfic Willow, Red Alder, Bitter Cherry, Sword Fern, Salmon Berry, American Holly, Himalayan Blackberry, English Ivy, Oregon Grape, Salal, Bracken Fern, Lady Fern, Grand Fir, Trailing Blackberry, Licorice Fern, Hawthrone, Creeping Buttercup, Indian Plum, Skunk Cabbage.
~ Later: Drizzle, swinging in the maple, and happy for a park to wander
tromped through the rain with my lover; got caught admist the plethora of blackberry bushes which line the maze-like paths… a peace for peace
March 2nd, 2009
-4pm: Last years Equisetum dry and pale in the brambles like a dozen snakes had shed their skin -SRKR
~ 11pm Clear ~35° F: 2 Ensantina under log at Edison entrance one juvenile, one adult. saw slugs and worms mating and heard tree frogs singing. Stars shining and moon a nice crescent.
March 3rd, 2009
~ saw and small woodpecker and an opossum near Edison entrance.
March 4th, 2009
-7am foggy with sun breaks: male and female mallards in standing water North of Edison entrance, yellow catkins on beaked hazelnut trees, towhee in the blackberries
March 5th, 2009
~I think I was the only human, with the only dog, in the whole park this late morning. Ahh, the solitude of windy cold rain in the woods, Yet the birds sing ever more consistently, Spring will prevail despite this last grab attempt by winter.
-Last winter (2007/2008?) neighbors worked with Olympia Parks VIP program to remove fence that separated the meadows from the wetlands at Lynbarger St trailhead. This opened up the area to wildlife and for vistas to enjoy this remarkable habitat- Jack Horton.
March 6th, 2009
~ Some one tagged th ecedar and the San Francisco entrance, & the footbridge, plus a tree at the Ethridge entrance. How do we clean a tree?
~6pm Fox sparrows chirping merrily, robins and towhees too. Tree frogs singing, but not to be seen! Too bad about the tagged Cedars.
-A fine fellow asked me if there was any interest in developing an Olympia specific urban forest restoration project. Because several of you have expressed interest in just that I thought I would share their information and their vision with you. They would be more than interested to hear any of your comments...
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Hello neighbors, I wanted to apologize for this Sunday's erroneous posting. I was a bit under the weather ( as we have all been under a lot of strange and shifting weather these last 3 days) and made a large number of typos and forgot to include several pages of notes! Hopefully I have remedied most of those mistakes and will be a little more careful in the future. I'll try and have the latin and hyperlinks up by tomorrow. Thanks for you patience -FTW
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