Walkabout- Wading Birds In Hatchery Pond 051026
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Walkabout- Wading Birds In Hatchery Pond 051026

While out for my morning walkabout I came upon several wading birds working one of the drained hatchery ponds. The usual suspects were there the sandpipers and killdeer. I was pleasantly surprised to see a pair of lesser yellow legs and my first green heron of the season also working the pond.

The lesser yellow legs usually come through the area this time of year for a brief period. I have also seen them later in the year as well but they are not permanent residents like the kill deer. The green heron will summer here and leave to go south when the cold weather sets in.

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Walkabout 050226

Collection from my walkabout at Alumni Filed Park in Hackettstown New Jersey.

It was an overcast day on the trails but per usual the park never disappoints and the encounters were numerous. Some unexpected like my sighting of an owl on the trail-not quite what I expected but an owl sighting non the less. The usual suspects were spotted as well. Even though I see the red-wing blackbirds and the deer and now the sandpipers along with the rest of the residents of the park every encounter reveals something new to me- a behavior, a new color of their fur or feather, even the flora grabs my attention. Like a skunk cabbage leaf growing on the river bank in an unexpected location growing larger. My eye is drawn to something different or out of place while I walk the hatchery ponds or woods or paved trail of the adjacent River Front Park loop. Like the hunter I continually scan my surroundings looking for disruptions in the patterns of the landscape I have learned so well. My captures are the results of my daily observations and these are the stories of the day.

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Musconetcong River Paddle 031126

Amazing day exploring the Schittz Creek section on the Musconetcong River. Such a unique tributary on the river. Access is tricky in warmer months as the water lever drops and gets choked with lily pads. Nice to venture out with the higher water due to the snow melt run off.

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