Saturday, February 10, 2024

Haverford Reserve and Dog Park (2/10/2024)

Saturday, February 10, 2024
Another spring-like day, but gray.
Entrance to Haverford Reserve Dog Park
Sloane (pink collar) was able to run and run
Haverford Community Recreation and Environmental Center
The back of the Community Center
We started on the Orange Northbrook Trail;
trails were well marked
Trail through the woods
A bench along North Brook
We were also meandering through a disc golf course
Now on the Red Meadow Trail, crossing North Brook
The Meadow (this looks like winter!)
Meadow Trail blaze
Kent and Brynne with Sloane have
crossed North Brook again
Symplocarpus foetidus/Skunk Cabbage
have started coming up in North Brook
Red Meadow Trail sign with a missing winter hat
Back at the meadow again, a fire circle
Logs are available for the fire circle
Spotted lantern fly tree tape is covered with
metal grating to protect birds from getting stuck
A disc golf tee
At the disc golf tee you are given the distance
This fallen tree has damaged the fence that keeps us
well away from the ubiquitous I-476 highway
Hmm, a platform and three nesting boxes;
only Purple Martins will nest this closely
A recent fallen tree has been cut to clear the trail
More cutting was required at this point
Saw a few of these nesting boxes much
higher on trees than any cub scout
could reach; usually only Tifted Titmice
and Nuthatchers will nest on tree-mounted
nesting boxes, but these were not
baffled and were too close to each other
A birdwatching blind
Other side of the blind.

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