Susan's Birthday and Beaver Dick Park
Today was Susan's birthday (35 years old and as gorgeous as ever). We went to dinner and did some shopping in Idaho Falls last night without the children. Aside from a couple of birthday things today was a pretty typical Sunday. Church, snack, Susan opened presents (which wasn't typical), nap, dinner, birthday cake (also not typical), Sunday drive/walk, put the kids to bed, and chill.
I got a little restless this afternoon. I wanted to get in a little birding (Fall migration is quickly coming to an end) but didn't want to go too far today, so I went to Beaver Dick Park. Beaver Dick Park is a park (obviously) along the Henry's Fork of the Snake River a few miles west of Rexburg. The front part of the park is groomed lawns, a parking lot, campgrounds, a boat ramp, and public restrooms. The back end has a few trails cutting through grassy fields, ponds, wetlands, and cottonwood river bottoms. It's a nice place for a walk and is pretty good during fall migration for song birds. I took a walk out there this evening carrying a camera and binoculars hoping for a few good birds and things to photograph. There were a few birds, mostly the regulars including: Wilson's, Orange-crowned, Yellow, and MacGillivray's Warblers, Cordilleran and Willow Flycatchers, White-crowned and Vesper Sparrows, and Hermit Thrushes among others. I did see a new bird for my Madison county list, a Long-eared Owl that I flushed from some willows bordering a pond. Here are a couple of the cottonwoods in the park.
Cottonwoods, Beaver Dick Park
I got a little restless this afternoon. I wanted to get in a little birding (Fall migration is quickly coming to an end) but didn't want to go too far today, so I went to Beaver Dick Park. Beaver Dick Park is a park (obviously) along the Henry's Fork of the Snake River a few miles west of Rexburg. The front part of the park is groomed lawns, a parking lot, campgrounds, a boat ramp, and public restrooms. The back end has a few trails cutting through grassy fields, ponds, wetlands, and cottonwood river bottoms. It's a nice place for a walk and is pretty good during fall migration for song birds. I took a walk out there this evening carrying a camera and binoculars hoping for a few good birds and things to photograph. There were a few birds, mostly the regulars including: Wilson's, Orange-crowned, Yellow, and MacGillivray's Warblers, Cordilleran and Willow Flycatchers, White-crowned and Vesper Sparrows, and Hermit Thrushes among others. I did see a new bird for my Madison county list, a Long-eared Owl that I flushed from some willows bordering a pond. Here are a couple of the cottonwoods in the park.
Cottonwoods, Beaver Dick Park
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beaver dick park! hmmmmm, what goes on there?
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