Many of you will already know my beloved husband Rick has a foot injury so we are scaling back his hiking to the lower portion of Hot Springs Mountain. His therapy at Levi Hospital begins next week and hopefully this will heal the damage to his ankle. This blog reveals Nature’s beautiful creatures on the edge of the Forest. Sometimes we forget they are our neighbors living only a couple of minutes from our front door. As we took an early morning stroll through the park today we were greeted by a sweet serenade from an old friend Hook Beak the Mockingbird. A family of Brown Thrashers appeared in the Trees including a lovely chick with Blue Eyes (they change to yellow as they get older). Lively adult Squirrels foraged and battled of territory as juvenile Squirrels practiced hunting for their breakfast.
It was a beautiful (HOT) morning with my beloved husband at the foot of Hot Springs Mountain.
Let all plan to have a play date with friends at our favorite Nature spaces!
Love to ALL,
Lee
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher Chick
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Brown Thrasher Chick
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Field Garlic
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Juvenile Mockingbird
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Juvenile Mockingbird
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Juvenile Mockingbird
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Juvenile Mockingbird
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Male Cardinal
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Mockingbird Hookbeak
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Mockingbird Hookbeak
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Mockingbird Hookbeak
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Mockingbird Hookbeak
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Squirrel
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- Hot Springs National Park Promenade Wildflower
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The park was so alive today….never seen so many squirrels, birds of every type; the hookbeak mockingbird flew across the park right in front of us; at the very top of a tree to do the duet that lasted 30+ minutes and that was not enough; flew across to the lampost to sing yet more. It was amazing and such a fun day. The territorial baby squirrels were too fast to catch on film but great fun to watch. Love the thrashers too. Never knew what they were; what a great lone cardinal eh? Love ur DH Rick X0X0X0