Yes, I am a little obsessed with this place. I am loving heading there early in the morning and walking around the trail and just watching the wild life. I have been lucky enough to see not one but 2 ospreys fly in, dive down, catch a fish and then fly off. Awsome. Yesterday I saw a kingfisher- so beautiful and a reminder of Africa where I saw some of his relatives. The swans are waiting on the hatching of their babies and the carp are having a field day mating or whatever it is that they do along the banks of the water. I saw a molestation of a female duck by a male mallard, at least it seemed like a molestation, the female did not seem too happy. This morning a muskrat swam almost right up to me before he dove down under water to disappear. I just love being there.
Can you blame me? This place is so beautiful and nestled in, right there in the middle of surburban Bergen County NJ.
Ok, picture this... I am walking along the trail and I hear some tapping. "Ah, must be a woodpecker I say to myself," and I start searching the trees where I Hear the noise. I see nothing..I am actually looking at the wrong tree... until I see a woodpecker come flying up and land on the tree next to where I am looking. Another woodpecker peeks her head out, flies out of the tree and the male woodpecker pops in. Tap..tap..tap..tap. It goes on for about 5 minutes(or maybe it was one but it seemed like 5 minutes) and they switch places again. I watched for a couple of switches before moving on along the trail. What a cool experience. Tomorrow Jay wants to come with me and see this place I keep talking about.
Yes, I am a little obsessed with this place. I am loving heading there early in the morning and walking around the trail and just watching the wild life. I have been lucky enough to see not one but 2 ospreys fly in, dive down, catch a fish and then fly off. Awsome. Yesterday I saw a kingfisher- so beautiful and a reminder of Africa where I saw some of his relatives. The swans are waiting on the hatching of their babies and the carp are having a field day mating or whatever it is that they do along the banks of the water. I saw a molestation of a female duck by a male mallard, at least it seemed like a molestation, the female did not seem too happy. This morning a muskrat swam almost right up to me before he dove down under water to disappear. I just love being there.
Can you blame me? This place is so beautiful and nestled in, right there in the middle of surburban Bergen County NJ.
Ok, picture this... I am walking along the trail and I hear some tapping. "Ah, must be a woodpecker I say to myself," and I start searching the trees where I Hear the noise. I see nothing..I am actually looking at the wrong tree... until I see a woodpecker come flying up and land on the tree next to where I am looking. Another woodpecker peeks her head out, flies out of the tree and the male woodpecker pops in. Tap..tap..tap..tap. It goes on for about 5 minutes(or maybe it was one but it seemed like 5 minutes) and they switch places again. I watched for a couple of switches before moving on along the trail. What a cool experience. Tomorrow Jay wants to come with me and see this place I keep talking about. 
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