Two days in a row of brisk weather. Perfect for the marathon yesterday - bright, sunny, cool. Today it was overcast and felt and smelled like snow. Weather was not quite cold enough - in the 40's. Everything in the Park looks like it is preparing for winter. Leaves turning color and falling - piles of them, some being raked up. The Port-a-Johns have been taken away. Back in Virginia and West Virginia, people who have outhouses use them all year round, but New York city slickers must have more tender bottoms. Not sure where people will go when desperate. I they're expecting fewer visitors.
The duckweed has been eaten, and even the phragmites are looking less lucious - more beaten down and eaten up. Grandpa, the Lone Swan, was sitting on a grassy hill next to the road, feasting on grass. Some of the cygnets are starting to fly. I guess they have enough pin feathers now. And there seem to be way more Canada geese in the Parade Grounds than in the park. Do you think they heard about the park's geese extermination policy?
Beautiful photos of the swans and geese. Curious to what the bird on the tree branch is?
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Anne and Ed are out there to monitor what is happening with the birds. And glad you write this journal to let the rest of us know. Great job!