Lake Mingo Mushroom Walk
Jul. 19th, 2008 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tigertoyI didn't really have the time, but I really wanted my walk today, so even though I didn't get my ass out the door until 11, I walked around Lake Mingo. I wanted to see how it was to walk with just the binoculars I'm borrowing, so no camera -- which is good because it rained (the binocs are waterproof, as am I, but the camera not so much), but sad in that I have no pictures. You see, while I don't consider mushrooms edible, I find them interesting to look at, and there were tons of mushrooms and other fungi, some very pretty ones and some that looked quite unusual to my not-wise-in-the-ways-of-mushrooms eyes.
Other than mushrooms, the most noteworthy nature things were an abundance of noisy great blue herons, and one bird that I really wish I knew what it was. It was hiding along the lake shore like a heron, and making some noises that were vaguely heron-like. I only saw it briefly as it flew. I'm confident it wasn't a green heron, and it was definitely not big enough to be a great blue. Because as it flew away, I had the distinct impression of yellow on the outside edges of its wings and/or tail. Would a night heron show yellow as it flew?
I also found a lovely flicker feather on the path. (I picked it up to admire it, and then set it on a weed beside the path where someone else might be more likely to see it than step on it.)
Other than mushrooms, the most noteworthy nature things were an abundance of noisy great blue herons, and one bird that I really wish I knew what it was. It was hiding along the lake shore like a heron, and making some noises that were vaguely heron-like. I only saw it briefly as it flew. I'm confident it wasn't a green heron, and it was definitely not big enough to be a great blue. Because as it flew away, I had the distinct impression of yellow on the outside edges of its wings and/or tail. Would a night heron show yellow as it flew?
I also found a lovely flicker feather on the path. (I picked it up to admire it, and then set it on a weed beside the path where someone else might be more likely to see it than step on it.)