Showing posts with label Woodchuck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodchuck. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2011

Spring pictures from the park

Cherry tree buds
Common Grackles in tree

Woodchuck curled into a ball
Lots of beauty out and around Bassett Creek Park after a very long winter.  One surprise was seeing a muskrat along the shore.  It was all curled up in a ball when I first spotted it.  Then as I got nearer it started to slowly move around.  Good thing I wasn't a predator or it would have been breakfast ;-)

Also pictured are a couple of female birds; a Cardinal and Red-winged Blackbird.  Their more flashy male counterparts tend to get most of the attention. I think that these female birds are also quite attractive.

Woodchuck by shoreline

Female Red-winged Blackbird
Female Cardinal

Cherry tree budding out by Bassett Creek Park