tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26400145755888608892024-03-06T19:34:19.079-08:00Pacific Northwest Nature for FamiliesAutumn 2017
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Share our family's nature adventures in the Pacific Northwest.</p>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-52779526796715807832017-11-02T12:18:00.003-07:002017-11-02T12:18:39.069-07:00Five Years!Over five years have gone by since I posted in this blog. I'm so sad at all the memories I have missed writing about, because as time goes by details get fuzzy, and my kids have grown so much! They are now 21, 18, 16, and 13, all still living at home, for which I'm grateful! And I want to capture these moments and am going to start writing and posting pictures again. <div>
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About ten years ago we began a tradition of going for a nature walk on the first day of each new season, and I take pictures of them while we are on the walk. It's wonderful to celebrate and enjoy the beginning of the seasons with them, and it's been wonderful to watch my children grow and keep record of it through the seasonal pictures. Here's a picture of the first-day-of-fall walk we took this year.<br /><div>
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I want to write at least once a week, even something small, and I invite you to follow along as I write about our adventures!</div>
JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-90316700119595823142012-07-04T08:45:00.000-07:002012-07-04T08:46:32.133-07:00Pekin Ducks at DeCoursey ParkAbout a week and a half ago we visited <a href="http://www.cityofpuyallup.org/services/parks-recreation/city-puyallup-parks/decoursey-park/">DeCoursey Park</a> in Puyallup, WA. It's a small, pleasant park with the sweetest ducks. It<span style="background-color: white;"> was wet at the time, and part of the pathway was covered, but we enjoyed our time there much in part to these two adorable ducks. I think they are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin_duck">Pekin ducks</a>, also known as Long Island ducks, a type of domesticated duck. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The park has a small lake, and we went out on a dock and saw the ducks swimming in the water.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Then as we left the dock to walk on the pathway, they followed us around the lake, quickly waddling and quaking all the while!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">They were such wonderful characters! Apparently Donald Duck is a Pekin duck, and I can see the resemblance. ;) </span><span style="background-color: white;">Here's a short video of them following us. I'm sorry it's blurry, but it'll give you an idea of how friendly these sweet ducks are and how much we enjoyed them. :)</span><br />
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And today is the Fourth of July, so Happy Fourth of July, everyone!! :-)</div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-6955339652037563552012-07-03T15:20:00.000-07:002012-07-04T01:38:42.148-07:00Ocean Spray (Holodiscus Discolor)There's a beautiful shrub I really like called ocean spray. I put this series of pictures of ocean spray together in a post last year, but never finished it, so I'm going to go ahead and add a few words and publish it now while ocean spray is in bloom so you can keep your eye out for it. We see it a lot on our walks, and we even have some in our yard. <br />
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Here's a little info from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodiscus_discolor">wikipedia</a>:<br />
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Holodiscus discolor, commonly known as ocean spray, creambush or ironwood, is a shrub of western North America. It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate elevations.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.nwplants.com/business/catalog/hol_dis.html">Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database</a> describes ocean spray so beautifully. . .<br />
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The leaves, lobed and triangular, are ¾” – 2 ½” long.The flowering habits of this plant are very distinct. First the flower buds form – dense, cream-colored clusters of tiny droplets. Then lacy masses of fragrant flowers bloom for many weeks between May and July. The seeds form from the brownish, dried flowers and persist throughout the autumn and well into the winter.</blockquote>
The <a href="http://nativeplantsalvage.org/nativeplants/9009-oceanspray-holodiscus-discolor">Native Plant Salvage Foundations</a>' website has a great article on ocean spray. They share the following information about the plant's name:
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Oceanspray is part of the widespread, diverse Rose Family (Rosaceae) that brings us plants with large flowers and fleshy fruits as well as tiny flowers and dry fruits. The scientific name is Holodiscus discolor. “Holodiscus” is from the Greek, meaning “entire disk,” and is a technical reference to a section of the flower below the pistil. “Discolor” means “two-colored” and refers to the leaves being green above and hairy-grey below. The common name “oceanspray” is clearly derived from the profusion of flower clusters that resemble the creamy-white spray of crashing waves.</blockquote>
And its flowers really do resemble the spray of crashing waves! <br />
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<br />JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-10242623011740821852012-07-03T10:11:00.000-07:002012-07-09T01:50:17.196-07:00Indian Pipe (Monotropa Uniflora)I've been wanting to see a unusual type of plant called Indian Pipe (Monotropa Uniflora), also known as Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant, for awhile now, and this week we saw it, and plus we also a relative in the same genus called Pinesap. When we saw the plants, they were in a forest at a park, off to the side of the trail.<br />
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We saw Indian Pipe on a walk on Sunday. We were talking through the forest at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, WA, and Windchime called out excitedly, "Mom!" When I went back and looked, there it was. . . Indian Pipe. :)<br />
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Then yesterday we went for a walk at Banner Forest Heritage Park in Port Orchard, WA, and we saw a plant that looked to me very much like Indian Pipe, but it was red! I looked it up later and found that apparently there are both white and read Indian Pipes, and at first I thought it was an Indian Pipe. Here's what the Wikipedia entry on Indian Pipe, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora">Monotropa uniflora</a>, says:
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Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll. Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, more specifically a myco-heterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees. Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest. The complex relationship that allows this plant to grow also makes propagation difficult.</blockquote>
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The plant is sometimes completely white but commonly has black flecks and a pale pink coloration. Rare variants may have a deep red color.
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The stems reach heights of 10–30 cm, clothed with small scale-leaves 5–10 mm long. As its scientific name suggests, and unlike the related Monotropa hypopitys (but like the closely related Monotropastrum humile), the stems bear only a single flower, 10–15 mm long with 3-8 petals. It flowers from early summer to early autumn.</blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;">It's important to note that Indian Pipe has only a single flower. Pinesap has 1-11 flowers. Also, Indian Pipe can be </span><span style="background-color: white;">white, commonly has black flecks, pale pink, and rare variants may be deep red, while Pinesap are, according to Wikipedia, "pale yellowish white to reddish-tinged."</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Here's some more info from Wikipedia about Pinesap, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_hypopitys">Monotropa hypopitys</a><span style="background-color: white;">: </span><br />
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Plants are fleshy and grow 10–35 cm tall. True stems are nonexistent. Instead, the only part which emerges from the soil are unbranched adventitious inflorescences which are developmentally similar to adventitious roots. All parts of the plant are pale yellowish white to reddish-tinged. The bracts are 5–10 mm long scale-like structures, which cover most of the inflorescence. Plants flower from April to December depending on the geographic region (June to September in North America). The flowers are pendulous when young, but become erect when they begin to mature into the fruit which is a capsule. The flowers are 9–12 mm long and produced in a cluster of 1–11 together at the apex of the inflorescence, which is a raceme. It flowers between early summer and mid autumn; plants that flower in summer are yellow and sparsely hairy, while those that flower in autumn are red and densely hairy. These two color "forms" overlap in flowering time. It has been suggested that yellow individuals are largely self-pollinating.
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I had to update this post, and I'm going to probably come back and edit this post more as I understand these plants better. If anyone has anything you'd like to share about these plants, please comment! If you can verify if the first plants pictured are Indian Pipe and the second ones are Pinesap, I'd be grateful. </div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-20951124607132784872012-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:002012-03-11T20:51:11.187-07:00Banana Slug! First Slug of 2012We've been wondering when we would see a slug for the first time this year and have been watching for one. This afternoon my younger daughter came and excitedly told me she saw a slug, a banana slug! They are native to this area and are the best type of slugs to find. I went and grabbed a camera and took these pictures of it crawling... slowly... on our front porch. Don't you love its eyes? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gorgeous leaves on the ground at Burfoot Park!</span><br />
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Back on November 6th our family visited Burfoot Park and Beach in Olympia. We had never been there in the fall before. The forest was lovely to walk through. The leaves, many of which were from bigleaf maple trees, some still in the trees, while many had fallen to the ground, were gorgeous pale green, yellows, oranges, and browns, and there were green ferns and moss growing along the pathway and on the trees and patches of bright green grass in some of the clear areas on the ground. Various types of mushrooms grew amongst the fallen leaves and other debris, and on logs or hillsides. <br />
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After we walked through the forest we reached the beach. It was beautiful as well, though the tide was high. We took a different path through the park than we had taken in the past, one that took longer to get to the beach, but we enjoyed the beauty of the forest, and we came out on the far right (or north) side of the beach, where a house used to sit, instead of the main entrance to the beach. We are glad we decided to go that way, because the tide would have been too high to walk over there on the beach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We saw a barge with logs on it.</span><br />
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Here are links to past posts about Burtfook Park/Beach:<br />
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<a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/07/burfoot-park-olympia-wa.html">Burfoot Park, Olympia, WA</a><br />
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<a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/09/august-14th-at-burfoot-beach.html">August 14th at Burfoot Beach</a><br />
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<a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/08/monarch-butterflies-at-burfoot-beach.html">Monarch Butterflies at Burfoot Beach </a><br />
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<a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/08/eccentric-sand-dollar-dendraster.html">Eccentric Sand Dollar (Dendraster Excentricus)</a>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-91923673632700569352011-08-26T12:38:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:07:19.021-08:00Clouded Leopards at the Point Defiance ZooThe Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, WA, sometimes has members-only events, and last night they had a special event to celebrate this coming weekend's grand opening of the new <a href="http://www.thezoosociety.org/page.php?id=549">Cats of the Canopy</a> clouded leopard exhibit. A long line of people waited to see the clouded leopards, and zoo employees urged people not to take too long looking at the leopards. Even though I understood the need to hurry and give others the chance to see them, I felt disappointed we couldn't look at them longer. We truly enjoyed seeing them, though!<br />
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While waiting in line, first of all we saw a beautiful adult clouded leopard. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my 10-year-old daughter)</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my daughter <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a>)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my daughter <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a>)</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Then we came to the nursery where the adorable baby leopards frolicked. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my 6-year-old son)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my daughter <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a>)</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I'm linking this post <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/">Weekend Reflections</a>. :)</div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-12712119352556761902011-08-24T21:39:00.000-07:002011-08-24T21:39:13.356-07:00Faces, Flowers, and FruitThank you so much for the get well wishes! I'm feeling a lot better and should be all well soon! My kiddos all got sick, too, and we haven't done much this past week. I am looking forward to us all being back to normal.<br />
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Today is the day for the letter "<b style="color: blue;">F</b>" for <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/">ABC Wednesday</a>, and I'm going to share with you about some of the <b style="color: #38761d;">f</b>aces, <b><span style="color: magenta;">f</span></b>lowers, and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">f</span></b>ruit we found while walking on the trails at <a href="http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/parks/SHillPark.htm">South Hill Community Park</a> in South Hill, near Puyallup, WA, last month. The park has two trails -- the South Hill Park Loop Trail and the <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-memory-of-hero-nathan-chapman.html">Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail</a>. The trails connect and make a very nice place for families to walk through wetlands and forest. It's a peaceful place, and the trails are paved, flat, and easy-to-walk. At the park there is a play area, too, for children, and a restroom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We walked the trails at South Hill Community Park.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my older son)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-memory-of-hero-nathan-chapman.html">Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail</a> is at South Hill Park.<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my older son)</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>That day the sun shone brightly in the sky and filtered through the trees creating a wonderfully green and shadowy walk. We enjoyed seeing the various plants and enjoyed the coolness in the shade, and, surprisingly, we kept seeing <b><i style="color: #38761d;">faces</i></b> in the leaves on the ground! Have you ever had that happen?? Here is a picture of my younger son finding a face on the ground. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The leaf has a face!!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here is a collage of the faces we found that day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(You can click the collage to see a larger picture.)</td></tr>
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Obviously the tree face above is man-made. ;) Do you think someone might have torn the leaves to look like faces? I had thought it must have just been coincidence that we saw faces in the leaves, but then we kept seeing them. It was so funny!! <br />
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On our walk we also saw flowers and fruit. . . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(You can click the collage to see a larger picture.)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here is a list explaining what the pictures in the collage are, starting from the top left, going to the top right, and then continuing down from left to right:<br />
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1. I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but I think the flowers are some type of sweet pea. There was a field of them, and it was beautiful! <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by me)</i></span><br />
2. The berries my older daughter is holding are <a href="http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/rubus-spectabilis">salmonberries</a> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by me)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. My children walking along the trail. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by me)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. I think that's a <a href="http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/rosa-nutkana">nootka rose</a>!</span><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my older son)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">5. Those are blooms and unripe berries on a blackberry bush. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my older son)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. The next picture is a red huckleberry bush growing on a tree stump. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by me)</i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">7. This is a picture of a <a href="http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/rubus-parviflorus">thimbleberry</a> bush. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by me)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">8. This pretty flower's ugly name is <a href="http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/spiraea-douglasii">hardhack</a>. It also can go by </span></span>the name of western spiraea. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my younger daughter)</i></span><br />
JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-76266579975587006142011-08-20T18:14:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:06:10.151-08:00Birds in Our Yard: Downy WoodpeckerI started this post toward the end of last month, and I'm sick today, so I thought it'd be a good time to post it. By the way, I hate being sick when the weather is so gloriously sunny and warm outside. :(<br />
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Last month when my younger children and I were walking through a little forest of beaked hazelnut trees in our yard, we came upon this energetic and interesting little bird. I think it's a <a href="http://www.seattleaudubon.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=274">downy woodpecker</a>, the smallest type of woodpecker we have in Washington state. <br />
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I'm linking this post to <a href="http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/">Camera Critters</a>. :)JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-91400448896102238772011-08-19T17:17:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:06:40.433-08:00Barn Hearts and the Missing SwallowsWe really enjoy visiting the barns at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, WA. There are about 6 or so old barns at the park, and there is a lot of history behind the barns. Fort Steilacoom Park used to be the site of Western State Hospital (the hospital is now across the street from Fort Steilacoom Park). A sign at the park helps explain the history of farming at Fort Steilacoom Park. In 1871, state funding for what was then known as the "Insane Asylum of Washington" was scarce, so they started a small farm to grow food for the patients and staff. <br />
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By the early 1900's the farm had grown to about 200 acres. Hospital patients worked at the farm as part of their occupational therapy. My mom told me that many years ago she used to do the hair of a lady who was in charge of overseeing that at the hospital, and the lady felt that the farming activities helped the patients at the hospital. As times changed, it ended up costing too much to keep the farm operations going, and farming ceased there in 1965.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading a sign which shares information about<br />
the history of farming on the site of Fort Steilacoom Park </td></tr>
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Each barn is different, and the barns have amazing character. The Blue Barn is a brick barn with a wooden part at the top which is painted blue. For some reason, people seem to like to write hearts on the outside brick walls of the Blue Barn.<br />
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I think the blue is so pretty.</td></tr>
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You can <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-barn-at-fort-steilacoom-park.html">see this past post</a> for more pictures of the Blue Barn.<br />
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I also wanted to mention that earlier this month when we visited the twin barns (also at Fort Steilacoom Park) with the double silos, the cliff swallows I <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/07/birds-and-barns.html">mentioned in an earlier post</a> were mostly gone. Yesterday we didn't hear or see any of them. I was so sad at first and afraid something had happened to them. I think, though, they have just migrated South. According to <a href="http://www.seattleaudubon.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=326">birdweb.com's page about cliff swallows</a>, they migrate "to and from southern South America in large flocks, over a considerable period of time. . . . The date of fall departure varies from year to year, although fall migration typically begins by early August, soon after the young become independent." I hope they return next year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silos where most of the cliff swallows lived</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">♥ I'm linking this post to <a href="http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/">Guest Heart Thursday</a>. ♥</div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-31667477635714852222011-08-17T11:05:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:01:21.929-08:00Eccentric Sand Dollar (Dendraster Excentricus)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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When we visited the beach at Burfoot Park in Olympia last month, we noticed a lot of eccentric sand dollars lying on the wet sand. The eccentric, or Pacific or Western, sand dolla<span style="font-size: small;">rs are the only type of sand dollar in Oregon and Washington, and they are only found on the northeastern shores of the Pacific Ocean.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> They</span> are called "eccentric" because of the off-center star or flower pattern which is positioned toward the back of the animal, and because the off-center position, it can stand itself up by burying its front end partly in the sand and feed on small organisms and other organic matter that pass by in the current (you can learn more about that at <a href="http://baynature.org/articles/web-only-articles/the-west-coasts-living-sand-dollars">The West Coat's Living Sand Dollars</a>). This type of sand dollar can grow up to four inches in size and can live 10-13 years.<br />
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We visited the beach when the tide was out (but coming in!), and sadly, we saw many dead sand dollars on the beach, and in one area the sun-bleached tests ("tests" are what their skeletons are called) of dead sand dollars covered much of the ground. Some, though, were alive.<br />
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Sand dollars that are alive are pale gray-lavender to dark purplish black in color, and they are covered with thousands of velvet-textured spines. Those that are dead are light in color and smooth, lacking the velvety spines. This next picture shows a dead one on the left and a live one on the right.<br />
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If you, very gently, pick up a sand dollar and turn it over, you can see its spines and tube feet moving. <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfetlYJkRmpZHQvCgv1ah7JhHRda1B_r4KFzfN1BZwbpdMMcuVv4N8QW4L35CPfJDQUGImCJSfgf0cey3qYzxEXfMQHO02-S5jBR3wLaI0MImZGLvZB8K674nVrrS4CmtEGrKtOEVaa8/s1600/sanddolloar_jl6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfetlYJkRmpZHQvCgv1ah7JhHRda1B_r4KFzfN1BZwbpdMMcuVv4N8QW4L35CPfJDQUGImCJSfgf0cey3qYzxEXfMQHO02-S5jBR3wLaI0MImZGLvZB8K674nVrrS4CmtEGrKtOEVaa8/s320/sanddolloar_jl6.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My older daughter carefully looking at the bottom an eccentric sand dollar. <br />
The velvety spines of the eccentric sand dollar are purple.</td></tr>
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My younger daughter is examining a sand dollar in the picture below. . . <br />
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</tbody></table>Here are pictures she took of a sand dollar. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the top (or aboral side) of a live sand dollar</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the bottom (or oral side) of a sand dollar</span></td></tr>
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I took this picture of her holding a sand dollar. . . <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">another picture of the bottom side of a sand dollar</span></td></tr>
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Here my daughter is standing in a "graveyard" of sand dollars. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the tests of dead sand dollars</span></td></tr>
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There is one that is alive in the middle of so many that aren't living. . . <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the purple one is a live sand dollar</td></tr>
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I still have so much to learn about sand dollars. Researching them has brought up more questions, so I think I might check out a book to learn more! Here are some helpful online resources about sand dollars:<br />
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<a href="http://baynature.org/articles/web-only-articles/the-west-coasts-living-sand-dollars">The West Coat's Living Sand Dollars</a><br />
<a href="http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall02%20projects/sandollar/sanddollar.html">The Biogeography of the Western Sand Dollar (Dendraster Excentricus)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2007/12/30/313376/eccentric-sand-dollar-south-sound.html">Eccentric sand dollar (South Sound marine life) </a><br />
<a href="http://mermaidcottages.com/2011/07/13/sand-dollars-on-tybee-take-the-test/">Sand Dollars on Tybee…Take the Test!</a> -- This focuses on a different type of sand dollar, but has good information about how to "test" to see if a sand dollar is alive.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Echinodermata/Class%20Echinoidea/Dendraster_excentricus.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Dendraster excentricus on wallawalla.edu</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/echinoderm/Sanddollarprintout.shtml">Sand Dollar on EnchantedLearning.com</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="articleTitle"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="articleTitle"><a href="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/sand-dollar-info.htm">Sand Dollar on howstuffworks.com</a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinoidea.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Introduction to the Echinoidea</span></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">~* This post is my entry for <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/">ABC Wednesday</a> for the letter "E." *~ </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm also linking this to <a href="http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/">Watery Wednesday</a>. </span></div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-16555389083514862182011-08-12T18:17:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:02:24.849-08:00Monarch Butterflies at Burfoot BeachI didn't realize we have monarch butterflies up here, but we do! On July 31st, a sunny, 75-degree day, our family visited the beach at <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/07/burfoot-park-olympia-wa.html">Burfoot Park</a> in Olympia, WA. Near the end of our visit, we walked along the beach and up to a grassy area a little above the beach to see the Queen Anne's lace flowers blooming there. There used to be a house near that spot, so we had never walked up there before, but the house was gone.<br />
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As I approached the Queen Anne's lace, I noticed a pretty orange and black butterfly perched on one of the flowers. It fluttered up and around, and I called out to my children to come and see! It stayed in the same area, flying to different flowers, and my children discovered at least two others as well, and we were captivated by the beautiful creatures. My older son told us he thought they were monarchs.<br />
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I checked online when we got home, and I submitted pictures to the Butterflies and Months of North America website, and they confirmed that we had indeed seen monarchs! Here is the entry on that website for our sighting of the monarchs: <a href="http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/549714">http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/549714</a><br />
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Here are some pictures taken that day. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Queen Anne's Lace (see the heart?)<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(picture taken by me)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Queen Anne's Lace<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Queen Anne's Lace and the<br />
yard near where the house used to sit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A monarch butterfly perched on Queen Anne's Lace</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(I think the wings look like a heart in this one!)</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">picture taken by my older son</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A monarch on blackberry blossoms</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">picture taken by my older son</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">picture taken by my older son</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">~* I'm linking this post to <a href="http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/2011/08/guest-heart-thursday-70.html">Guest Heart Thursday</a> and <a href="http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/2011/08/camera-critters-175.html">Camera Critters</a>. *~</div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-4860714779989319222011-08-11T01:43:00.000-07:002011-08-11T02:05:42.326-07:00Hearts in Twilight Cities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last Saturday as we traveled south on Highway 101 on the Olympic Peninsula on our way to find a beach, we missed our turnoff and ended up in Forks, WA, sooner than we expected. We did plan to visit there, but we meant to go to the beach first, and then go on to Forks afterwards. It turned out well the way it happened, though.<br />
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It was fun to stop in Forks, and at the <a href="http://www.forkswa.com/">Forks Washington Chamber of Commerce</a> we got a map with directions to a wonderful beach nearby! The man behind the counter at the Forks Chamber of Commerce was friendly and very helpful. It's a great place to visit should you drive through Forks someday. <br />
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We noticed a sign on the corner of the Forks Chamber of Commerce building telling about a nature trail, so we went for a short walk along the trail. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by my 12-year-old son</i></span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQB5UoflDrsmPg9_U0pl5ionXL7NMqMwz6tKZGLAjq7niimfSonAwxYmlvkXJjJNFSOVaGqtOwGeJpd8n3RLS9Su2O3scTkNBtbRHGdwR1NhsEDxCZeiD3jdKbpu1-xke4AIsoPAq-Mg/s1600/forkssign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div>One thing we found was this heart on a fallen tree. . . <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by me</i></span></td></tr>
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We found other hearts in Forks, WA, too. You know what's special about Forks, WA, don't you? They get <a href="http://www.forks-web.com/rainfall/">a lot of rain each year</a> -- an average of 120 inches of rain a year. The forest was full of gorgeous shades green.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by my 12-year-old son</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by my 12-year-old son</i></span></td></tr>
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That's not really what I'm talking about, though, when I say there is something special about Forks, WA. You might think it's the <a href="http://www.forks-web.com/fg/timbermuseum.htm">Forks Timber Museum</a>, then, right? That is next to the Forks Chamber of Commerce. We didn't get a chance to visit the museum when we were there, but it sounds neat, so maybe we'll visit someday!<br />
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We did see this huge log in front, though, and it has a heart inside of it. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by my 12-year-old son</i></span></td></tr>
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Are you tried of trying to figure out what is extra special about Forks, WA? Or perhaps you already know! Either way, this next picture gives a hint as to what is special about Forks, WA. ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by my 12-year-old son</i></span></td></tr>
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Here are some more clues. . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by windchime</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>picture taken by windchime </i></span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-size: small;">"In the state of Washington, under a near constant cover of clouds and rain, there is a small town named Forks. Population: 3,120 people. This is where I'm moving." (<a href="http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_movie_quotes">quote from the movie</a>)</span>
<dl><dd><span style="font-size: small;"> ~ Bella Swan</span> </dd></dl></dd></dl></td></tr>
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Yep! It's where the Twilight Series takes place. Also, nearby is the city of La Push, and some of the series takes place there as well. I have not read the books, but having visited Forks I admit my curiosity about the books is almost getting the best of me, and I might give in to the pull and read them someday. LOL Apparently Forks is where Bella and Edward live, and La Push is where Jacob is from. Jacob and Bella met at the First Beach in La Push. That's the wonderful beach we ended up visiting.<br />
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If you go into the Forks Chamber of Commerce, you can get a free map that shows places mentioned in the Twilight books. Since La Push's First Beach is where Jacob and Bella met, it's on the list, and there were directions given, too. It's a fantastic beach! Here's a picture. I'll post more another day so you can see more clearly how beautiful it is! In this picture, there is a gravel parking lot to the right.<br />
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And on the beach in La Push there was a heart. ..<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~* To see more hearts from around the world visit <a href="http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/">Guest Heart Thursday</a>. *~</div><br />
JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-69868339433062082542011-08-10T21:52:00.000-07:002011-08-10T22:50:44.689-07:00D is for Deer<span style="font-size: small;">Our family visited Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park in Washington this past Friday. It was breathtaking. The deer there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_Deer">black-tailed deer</a>. They were so bold, and there were so many of them! It was truly delightful. Here are pictures taken by all four of my children. I love to see the world through their eyes.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">pictures in collage taken by my 6-year-old son<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">~* This is my post for the letter "D" for <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/">ABC Wednesday</a>.</span> *~</div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-47819327533609638902011-08-03T12:35:00.000-07:002011-08-03T12:35:20.828-07:00Colorful Corrosion". . . corrosion is the wearing away of metals due to a chemical reaction." (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion">Corrosion</a> on Wikipedia)<br />
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From Wikipedia's page on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust">Rust</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>Rusting is the common term for corrosion of iron and its alloys, such as steel. Many other metals undergo equivalent corrosion, but the resulting oxides are not commonly called rust.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>Given sufficient time, oxygen, and water, any iron mass will eventually convert entirely to rust and disintegrate. Surface rust provides no protection to the underlying iron unlike the formation of patina on copper surfaces.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>When impure(cast) iron is in contact with water and oxygen, or other strong oxidants and/or acids, it rusts. If salt is present as, for example, in salt water, it tends to rust more quickly, . . .</blockquote><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">corroded chain on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/chambers-bay-beach-in-university-place.html">Chambers Bay Beach</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">same chain </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(with one of my children </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">corroded pipe on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/chambers-bay-beach-in-university-place.html">Chambers Bay Beach</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">corrosion up-close -- inside the pipe</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">corrosion up-close -- outside the pipe</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/chambers-bay-beach-in-university-place.html">Chambers Bay Beach</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my older son)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/sequalitchew-beach-dupont-wa-our-trip.html">Sequalitchew Beach</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my younger daughter)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2011/06/sequalitchew-beach-dupont-wa-our-trip.html">Sequalitchew Beach</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">chain-link fence at <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/07/saltars-point-beach-gordon-point.html">Saltar's Point</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my older son)</i></span></td></tr>
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~* This post on "Colorful Corrosion" is my "C" post for <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/">ABC Wednesday</a>! *~JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-9331976534289383892011-07-30T11:46:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:03:06.688-08:00Joy and Sadness at the Point Defiance ZooThere has been a lot of joy and a lot of sadness this past year at the Point Defiance Zoo and Acquarium in Tacoma, WA. My children and I first saw the red wolf pair Ocean Blue and Graham at the opening of the Red Wolf Woods exhibit last September, and there was joy that day to see them in their beautiful new home, and there was joy the day in April that we heard Ocean Blue might be pregnant. There was huge relief and joy when the Sumatran Tiger Cub Mali recovered from her near escape with death last November and when she and her brother Bima went on to celebrate together their first birthday in May. There was great joy when it was discovered the clouded leopard Chai Li was pregnant and then when the cubs were born in June. And there was deep sadness when the Sumatran Tiger Cub Mali died suddenly earlier this month. The fact that each of these species of animals are endangered makes their births and deaths even more full of meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sumatran Tiger Cub Mali </span></b></span></span><br />
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Precious Sumatran tiger cub Mali got sick and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/plucky-tacoma-wash-tiger-cub-who-survived-intestinal-blockage-dies-after-latest-surgery/2011/07/23/gIQAj8apUI_story.html">died suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday</a>, July 22nd. <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/11/mali-sumatran-tiger-cub-at-pdza-had.html">This past November she almost died</a>, and we were so very, very happy when she lived. She and her brother Bima celebrated their 1st birthday on <a href="http://pnwnature.blogspot.com/2010/08/sumatran-tiger-cubs-at-point-defiance.html">May 25th</a>. We feel heartbroken that she has died. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mama Jaya and her cubs Mali and Bima </span><br />
(picture taken on July 30, 2010, by my then 11-year-old son)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cubs' father, Bali, on 7/28/11.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">He has a form of lymphoma, but the disease is in remission.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taken by my 10-year-old daughter on 6/26/11 -- I think this is both of the cubs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took this picture on September 1, 2010.<br />
I feel bad that it's so hard for me to tell them apart,<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Mali, little flower, we will miss you.</span></i></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Red Wolf Ocean Blue</b></span><br />
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Another precious animal died earlier this year at the zoo. Back on May 9th, the red wolf <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/10/1659924/endangered-red-wolf-dies-at-point.html">Ocean Blue</a> died suddenly of a uterine infection. We had visited the zoo on April 22nd and listened to a keeper talk about Ocean Blue and her mate Graham, and the keeper excitedly shared that they were hopeful that Ocean Blue might be pregnant. Then to hear that she died. . . . oh, goodness, we felt so sad.<br />
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Ocean Blue is on the left and Graham is on the right.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">Rest in Peace, Ocean Blue.</span></i></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Clouded Leopard Cubs</b></span><br />
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The zoo has sweet, little 6 week old <a href="http://www.pdza.org/page.php?id=503">clouded leopard cubs</a>. The zoo had thought that at 20 months old their parents, Chai Li and Nah Fun, were too young to breed, and it was a happy and exciting surprise when they discovered Chai Li was pregnant. She gave birth to a boy and a girl on June 14, 2011. Their their names <a href="http://blog.thenewstribune.com/street/2011/07/28/point-defiance-zoo-has-named-its-clouded-leopard-cubs/">were announced on the 28th</a>, and the boy's name is "Taji" (TA-jee), meaning “little brother” in Burmese, and the girl's name is "Sumalee" (su-ma-LEE), meaning “flower” in Thai (I thought it was neat to hear that her name means flower because Mali's name also meant "flower").<br />
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My children and I got to see them when we visited the zoo on Thursday, but they were asleep in their carrier. It was still fun to see them, though! I'm hoping that we can go sometime soon during one of their public feeding times, which are at 9:30pm and 2:30pm. Be sure to check out this page on the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium's website for more information (and videos!) about the <a href="http://www.pdza.org/page.php?id=503">clouded leopard cubs</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(above picture taken by my younger daughter)</i></span></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Welcome to the world, Taji and Sumalee! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>May you have a long, peaceful, and joyful life!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/">Camera Critters</a> </span></div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-22973823205071082452011-07-29T12:09:00.000-07:002011-07-29T12:09:53.083-07:00Happy SquirrelEven though we have a quite a few beaked hazelnut trees on our property, we don't get very many hazelnuts to eat because the squirrels get first dibs on them, and they eat them with gusto! The consolation, though, is (besides happy squirrels with full tummies) is that they are fun to watch!<br />
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Yesterday my younger two children came into the kitchen and excitedly told me of a squirrel eating nuts in one of our trees. My six-year-old son took this picture of him in the tree. <br />
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After the squirrel had his fill and left the tree to go do other things, my children excitedly showed me the remains of the squirrel's feast that had fallen beneath the tree onto our driveway, and I took some pictures. . . <br />
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He must have been quite a happy, full squirrel after that feast! :)JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-49782129947741394342011-07-28T18:03:00.000-07:002011-07-28T18:05:25.165-07:00Heart on an Alder LeafLast week while we were at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=woodard+bay+olympia&hl=en&safe=active&gl=us&z=14">Woodard Bay</a> in Olympia, WA, my older daughter, <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">Windchime</a>, noticed this pretty heart on an alder leaf, so I snapped a shot to share with all of you! <br />
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Then I wondered what type of tree it was, and I took a few more pictures of the tree so I could try and identify it later. The leaves reminded me of the leaves on some of the trees in our yard. We have sitka alders in our yard, but sitka alders are more the size of a shrub or small tree, and the tree this leaf was on was much larger and most definitely a tree.<br />
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After searching, I found out there are both <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/trees/broadleaf_genera/alder.htm">red alder trees and white alder trees</a> in the Pacific Northwest. It seems that the easiest way to tell the difference between the two types of trees are to look at the bottom of the leaves. The leaf margins on red alders trees are tightly rolled under, and the leaf margins on white alder trees aren't rolled under. I think what we saw was a red alder tree because when taking a close look at the back side of the leaf, it appears to me that the leaf margins are rolled under.<br />
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The day we went to Woodard Bay was hot, and the shade the red alder trees provided felt refreshing! <br />
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♥ To see more hearts from around the world, visit <a href="http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/2011/07/guest-heart-thursday-68.html">Guest Heart Thursday</a>. ♥JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-39434413020296632482011-07-26T21:04:00.000-07:002011-07-26T21:04:41.235-07:00Birds and Barns<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mud nests built by cliff swallows</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Late last month while taking a <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>eautiful evening walk at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, WA, we felt excited when we heard the cries of a particular <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>ird we thought we recognized. When we saw a <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>unch of <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>irds flying around, and they had the distinctive silhouette of that type of <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>ird, and when we saw the mud nests under the eaves of the nearby <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arn, we were certain of what they were! . . . at least, well, we recognized them, and we knew they were a type of swallow after my son corrected my confusion (oops!) as to whether they were swallows or sparrows (they <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>oth start with an "s"... surely you can see why I was confused ;)).<br />
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We couldn't remember which type of swallow they were, though! What confused us was the thinking that surely if they live under the eaves of a <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arn they would be called "<span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arn swallows" (right?). No, actually they are called "cliff swallows"! According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Swallow">Wikipedia</a>,<br />
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<blockquote>Cliff Swallows <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>reed in large<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1495285902"> </a>colonies. They <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>uild conical mud nests and lay 3-6 eggs. The natural nest sites are on cliffs, preferably <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>eneath overhangs, but as with the Eurasian House Martin, man-made structures are now the principal locations for <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>reeding.</blockquote><br />
The cliff swallows at Fort Steilacoom Park have their nests under the eaves of the large double <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arns, mostly under the eaves of the double silos. Last year we saw cliff swallows for the first time when we discovered them flying between the twin <span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">b</span>arns at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge and saw the neat mud nests they had <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>uilt under the eaves of the <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arns there. We had never <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>efore seen them at Fort Steilacoom Park, though, and we felt so exited to see the <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>irds flying around the double <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arns and seeing the mud nests they had <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>uilt! I sure hope they will return each year. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">neat view of the side of the barn<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my 10-year-old daughter)</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the double <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>arn silos with the <span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span>irds flying around them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two boys in the courtyard between the double barns<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my 10-year-old daughter)</span></i></td></tr>
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The other day after my friend posted on her Facebook status that she had made some huckleberry muffins, that sounded so good to me that I decided I would like to make some, too, if possible! Last year while walking around our property we were excited to find a red huckleberry bush, and I hoped that ours had enough berries on it.<br />
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My imaginative kiddos like to call red huckleberries by the name of "poison apple berries" because they look like shiny bright red pretty little apples (you know, like in <i>Snow White</i>). Actually, though, they <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/vacpar/all.html">are edible</a> and good for you with their high vitamin C content, and they taste pretty good but are a little tart. So if you like a little tartness, you'll probably really like them. <br />
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In the early afternoon I and my younger daughter went to look and see how our bush looked and to see if their were ripe berries on it. It looked great, so later all of my children and I walked over and picked just about as many berries as we could, hoping it would be enough for the muffins. I didn't measure how many we got, but we found it to be enough for our muffins!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red huckleberries are so pretty and translucent!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how many we picked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ingredients <br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my 6-year-old son)</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>I found a <a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/huckleberry-muffins/detail.aspx">Huckleberry Muffins</a> recipe on allrecipes.come that I tweaked. I usually have to tweak recipes because we don't eat diary or eggs, but I didn't mean to change it as much as I did! While mixing the ingredients together on the dining room table, I kept running into the other room to read the recipe on the computer, and I got things mixed up in my head and put 1 3/4 cups of rice milk when I was supposed to put 1 3/4 cups of <i>flour</i>! Oops!! I caught my mistake and added extra flour, and thank goodness they still turned out fine.<br />
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I'm going to post my "recipe" (<i>notice the word "recipe" is in quotes</i>) below, but I would strongly recommend that you visit allrecipes.com and check out the <a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/huckleberry-muffins/detail.aspx">Huckleberry Muffins</a> recipe there for a more exact version. <br />
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<b>Dairy-free and Egg-free Huckleberry Muffins</b><br />
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<ul><li>3/4 cup Earth Balance buttery spread</li>
<li>3/4 cup Raw Turbinado sugar</li>
<li>1/4 cup raw agave nectar</li>
<li>to replace one egg: 3 tablespoons of water mixed with 1 tablespoon of flaxseed meal</li>
<li>1 3/4 cup rice milk</li>
<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li>
<li>2 1/2 or so cups whole wheat white flour (<span style="color: red;">Warning, please note:</span> It might be less--I can't remember exactly how much I put in, but I added enough so that it looked like cake batter)</li>
<li>2 teaspoons baking soda (I think I'll try adding a 1/4 teaspoon less next time because a few of my muffins may have slightly over-risen, but they still tasted yummy)</li>
<li>1 capfull of apple cider vinegar</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li>
<li>However many huckleberries we had picked -- I think it was less than a cup, but the amount we had worked out fine</li>
<li>a little flour to sprinkle on the berries </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the batter <br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my 6-year-old son)</i></span></td></tr>
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Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.<br />
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Then cream the sugar and Earth Balance together and add the wet ingredients (except for the vinegar -- that I like to add at the end to activate the baking soda which helps the muffins rise) and stir it all together. Sprinkle a little flour on the berries and stir to coat them, and then stir in the berries. Add and stir in the apple cider vinegar. When you do that you'll see the batter get a little more puffy. It's good to try to get the muffins in the oven quickly after adding the vinegar because that puffiness helps the muffins rise in the oven.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">putting the batter into the muffin tin using an ice cream scoop<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(picture taken by my 6-year-old son)</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>After it's mixed together, use an ice cream scoop to put the batter into a greased muffin tin (you can just spoon in the batter in you don't have a nice ice cream scoop handy). This recipe makes 18 muffins.<br />
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Cook for about <span class="plaincharacterwrap break">15 minutes in the preheated oven. I cooked mine just a little bit longer. When done they should be golden, and the tops should spring back when lightly pressed. I often test my muffins to see if they are done by putting a knife in one of them and seeing if any batter is on the knife when I pull it out. If it doesn't have any on it, then that seems to mean they are done. </span><br />
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We all really enjoyed the muffins! They tasted a bit tart, but not too much, and to me the taste of the berries in the muffins was reminiscent of rhubarb, but not that strong. I read that some people like to mix other berries like blueberries in with the red huckleberries, so if you find them too tart on their own for your tastes, you could consider doing that. I was also interested to read on <a href="http://www.campingideas.org/2011/01/edible-wild-plants-in-bc-red.html">Edible Wild Plants in B.C.--the Red Huckleberry</a> that "A good rule of thumb for preparing dishes using huckleberries is to treat them like you would rhubarb, using the same amount of sugar and so forth." She has a recipe there, too, that you might like to check out, for <a href="http://www.campingideas.org/p/recipes.html">Upside-Down Red Huckleberry Crumble</a> that you can make while camping! <br />
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</tbody></table>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-3991560431551838382011-07-22T09:47:00.000-07:002011-07-22T09:47:55.603-07:00Megaloceroea Recticornis (?)Yesterday on a nature walk my older son picked a piece of grass on which walked a thin green bug with long antennae. The shape and color of the bug resembled the grass so much that it provided wonderful camouflage. I think it's a type of plant bug, a <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/91731">megaloceroea recticornis</a>. Can you find him in the pictures?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Below are the two above pictures cropped nearer to the bug so you can see it a little closer. . .</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeIzf4gJjaE_BlAY-JrVzIZr2pWCGTlRpTvUkt8qSLZSgc9n6A75ed8PBUMURBr7ip6IYzw6bHwxIz-9KTwxdqcc0_z8ruzU_KqpefwgUYC48bE1ryyyDsjkydKjy3vspaDGf7wVVmsk/s1600/megaloceroea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeIzf4gJjaE_BlAY-JrVzIZr2pWCGTlRpTvUkt8qSLZSgc9n6A75ed8PBUMURBr7ip6IYzw6bHwxIz-9KTwxdqcc0_z8ruzU_KqpefwgUYC48bE1ryyyDsjkydKjy3vspaDGf7wVVmsk/s400/megaloceroea.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-65422565951164202272011-07-21T18:29:00.000-07:002011-07-22T09:01:43.213-07:00Birds in Our Yard: Steller's Jay and Western Tanager<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">steller's jay in our driveway</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We have so many birds in our yard. I love to hear them and see them. I don't always notice them as much as I wish I would, and I'm hoping to take the time to observe them more often. The ripe cherries from the cherry tree (I think it's a <a href="http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/prunus-emarginata">bitter cherry tree</a>) in front of our house seem to be attracting a lot of birds, and near the tree is an especially good place to see them.<br />
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One type of bird we can hardly help but notice is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_Jay">steller's jay.</a> We've seen a lot of them flitting around the yard, amongst tree branches and on the ground. They are such a pretty blue color, and they look so distinguished with their crest. They have a loud, distinctive, rather harsh cry, but they don't always sound the same. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_Jay">Wikipedia's page on the Steller's Jay</a> says, <br />
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<blockquote>One common call is a harsh "SHACK-Sheck-sheck-sheck-sheck-sheck" series; another "skreeka! skreeka!" call sounds almost exactly like an old-fashioned pump handle; yet another is a soft, breathy "hoodle hoodle" whistle. Its alarm call is a harsh, nasal "wah." The Steller's Jay also imitates the cry of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk" title="Red-tailed Hawk">Red-tailed Hawk</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-shouldered_Hawk" title="Red-shouldered Hawk">Red-shouldered Hawk</a>, causing other birds to vacate feeding areas. Some calls are sex-specific: females produce a rattling sound, while males make a high-pitched "gleep gleep."</blockquote>I had forgotten that they can imitate the cry of a hawk. We had been excited thinking perhaps we'd been hearing a hawk lately, and I wonder if it's only been a steller's jay! <br />
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This afternoon my younger daughter and I decided to sit on a bench on our porch to watch for birds in the cherry tree. We didn't have much time to spend, but we were rewarded quickly by seeing a beautiful yellow bird with a red head and black wings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my 10-year-old daughter)</span></i></td></tr>
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I looked it up on Google and found out that the colorful bird is a male western tanager in breeding plumage. Here is some information <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Tanager">about the western tanager from Wikipedia</a>:<br />
<blockquote>The <b>Western Tanager</b>, <i>Piranga ludoviciana</i>, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"></sup> The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.<br />
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Adults have pale stout pointed bills, yellow underparts and light wing bars. Adult males have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder, and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in non-breeding plumage the head has no more than a reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge. Females have a yellow head and are olive on the back, with dark wings and tail.<br />
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The song of disconnected short phrases suggests an American Robin's but is hoarser and rather monotonous. The call is described as "pit-er-ick".<br />
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Their breeding habitat is coniferous or mixed woods across western North America from the Mexico-U.S. border as far north as southern Alaska; thus they are the northernmost-breeding tanager. They build a flimsy cup nest on a horizontal tree branch, usually in a conifer. They lay four bluish-green eggs with brown spots.<br />
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These birds migrate, wintering from central Mexico to Costa Rica. Some also winter in southern California.</blockquote><br />
We will be keeping our eye out for birds, and hopefully I'll be able to post about more birds soon!<br />
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(<span style="color: red;">Correction:</span> I'm sorry I misspelled "<b>steller</b>'s jay" as "stellar's jay" at first! The German naturalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Steller">Georg Wilhelm Steller</a> was the first to record them in 1741, and it's named after him.)JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-35884830270474651232011-07-20T11:46:00.000-07:002011-07-20T11:46:35.301-07:00Aggregating AnemonesWe saw sea <b style="color: #38761d;">a</b>nemones (here's how to pronounce <a href="http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=anemone">anemone</a>) for the first time, outside of pictures or at the aquarium, last summer at Sunnyside Beach in Steilacoom, WA on a day when there was a low tide. They were at the base of a rock and weren't covered by water, so their tentacles weren't sticking up and waving around, and we didn't recognize them at first. They look a lot different when water isn't covering them. I love how <a href="http://www.oregontidepooling.com/tidepooling_on_the_southe/nudibranchs/">the oregontidepooling.com website</a> describes them:<br />
<blockquote>When the tide is in and they are under water, sea anemones look rather like beautiful flowers. . . . As the tide recedes, sea anemones force water out of their body cavities, retract their tentacles, and fold inward to survive the low tide, transforming themselves into very unattractive, globular or pendulous masses. . .</blockquote>I think the kind that we usually see is called the <b style="color: #38761d;">a</b>ggregating, or clonal, <b style="color: #38761d;">a</b>nemone <i>(<a href="http://www.beachwatchers.wsu.edu/ezidweb/animals/anthopleuraelegantissima.htm">Anthopleura elegantissima</a>)<b>. </b></i>According to the <a href="http://www.oregontidepooling.com/tidepooling_on_the_southe/nudibranchs/">the oregontidepooling.com website</a>, the <i>"Aggregating Anemones</i> can grow to 4" in diameter, live up to 50 years, and reproduce by dividing in half (cloning). Each colony is composed of <u>identical</u> cloned <i>Aggreating Anemones</i>."<br />
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Here is a link to the page about sea anemone's on the Enchanted Learning website:<br />
<a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/seaanemone/Seaanemoneprintout.shtml">http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/seaanemone/Seaanemoneprintout.shtml</a><br />
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And here are some pictures of <b style="color: #38761d;">a</b>ggregating <b><span style="color: #38761d;">a</span></b>nemones (as far as I know, at least, that is what they are ;)) taken over the past year. . . <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taken at Sunnyside Beach on July 13, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunnyside Beach on June 13, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunnyside Beach on June 13, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunnyside Beach on June 13, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taken by my son at Sunnyside Beach on July 13, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taken by <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopachuck_State_Park" style="background-image: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kopachuck State Park</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> on July 17, 2010</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Taken by <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a><br />
at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopachuck_State_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kopachuck State Park</a></span> on July 17, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvNvUlPafwTnHDvPEYbu7PXHAarQT_XN8_EYnkoWkv0R4A-Ycq5HiCQeG_OafQFHZwxH9Ic3pm0skK4h6mkgzhOsvILGOH8BinqMd66QLw9rocmvjaGcgDiMAFiuA7gBFmi2UYlOCy-E/s1600/sa_e_kopachuck3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvNvUlPafwTnHDvPEYbu7PXHAarQT_XN8_EYnkoWkv0R4A-Ycq5HiCQeG_OafQFHZwxH9Ic3pm0skK4h6mkgzhOsvILGOH8BinqMd66QLw9rocmvjaGcgDiMAFiuA7gBFmi2UYlOCy-E/s320/sa_e_kopachuck3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Taken by <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a><br />
at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopachuck_State_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kopachuck State Park</a></span> on July 17, 2010</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Taken by <a href="http://windchimehill.blogspot.com/">windchime</a><br />
at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopachuck_State_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: underline;">Kopachuck State Park</a></span> on July 17, 2010</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">South Beach at Chambers Bay on Sept. 25, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">South Beach at Chambers Bay on Sept. 25, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">South Beach at Chambers Bay on Sept. 25, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chambers Bay South Beach on Sept. 25, 2010</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Sunnyside Beach on March 22, 2011</b><br />
See how the sand sticks to them when<br />
the tide is down and helps camouflage them?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chambers Bay Beach on April 19, 2011</b><br />
Usually we find them by the rocks, but that day<br />
we were surprised to find them away from the rocks. . . </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That day we found them in this area of the beach.<br />
I told my kids that I wondered where the sea anemones </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">were, and they pointed them out to me.<br />
I had been walking right by them without realizing it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chambers Bay Beach on April 19, 2011</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chambers Bay Beach on April 19, 2011</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chambers Bay (South) Beach on April 19, 2011</b><br />
I think this is the biggest one was have seen. You can see my <br />
son's hand for comparison to see how big the sea anemone is.<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my older son)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chambers Bay Beach April 19, 2011<br />
<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(above picture taken by my older son)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunnyside Beach June 14, 2011</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunnyside Beach June 14, 2011 - close-up crop of above photo</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~*~</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This post is my "A" entry for </span><a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ABC Wednesday</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">! :)</span></span></b></div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-27796277608892288412011-07-15T23:57:00.000-07:002011-07-15T23:57:32.708-07:00The Narrows Park in Gig Harbor<iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=active&ie=UTF8&q=narrow+park+gig+harbor&fb=1&gl=us&hq=narrow+park&hnear=0x549052c6003d5d39:0xb90dd4e692abdc8e,Gig+Harbor,+WA&cid=0,0,13654901375975191684&t=h&ll=47.270698,-122.558327&spn=0.010192,0.018239&z=15&output=embed" width="425"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last Saturday we went to Narrows Park in Gig Harbor, WA, for the first time. The 34 acre park is owned by PenMet Parks. It is located on the shoreline south of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge">Tacoma Narrows Bridge</a>, a pair of twin suspension bridges, and has 1,200 feet of sandy-rocky beach (see the </span><a href="http://www.penmetparks.org/26501/295989.html" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PenMet Parks Website</a>). <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The address is 1502 Lucille Parkway NW. We found Lucille Parkway NW all right, but after that we had a little hard time finding the park at first because the map I had printed out didn't have the place marker in quite the right spot, plus we couldn't find a sign for the park. The </span><a href="http://www.penmetparks.org/26501/295989.html" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PenMet Parks Website</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> that lists the park says a "newly relocated entrance and large sign makes the park easier to find," so I'm not sure what we did wrong. Maybe I looked for the sign in the wrong place? Here is the only sign we found. . .</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the sign?</span></td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank goodness my husband is good at finding places, though, and he spotted the park quickly after just a little extra driving around. On the map you can see that you reach the entrance to the park by driving down Lucille Parkway NW until you reach Doc's Drive. To reach the beach, you drive down Doc's Drive until you arrive at a parking lot. Here's a picture my younger daughter took of part of the parking lot with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the background.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the parking lot near the beach</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After my husband parked the car, we walked down to a gazebo with a telescope beside it. . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are a couple panorama views. I think the first one was take up near the telescope, and the second one was taken down on the beach. I'm not the best at doing panoramas with my camera, but it'll give you a good idea of what it looks like there.</span> . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the view standing near the telescope</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">on the beach looking towards the bridge</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below are a couple pictures of the beach that my younger daughter took:</div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The park doesn't actually go all the way down to the Narrows Bridge, but though we saw an old out-of-date sign (PenMet Parks owns Narrows Park now) tipping to the side which said "PIERCE COUNTY PARKS BEACH BOUNDARY LINE," </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we didn't see any signs saying not to travel further down the beach, so we kept on walking along the shore until we reached the twin bridges. We really wanted to get a good look and see what it would be like to stand under them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We also saw some interesting things along the beach. My younger daughter noticed this </span><a href="http://pendiva.com/seaweed/bull-kelp/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bull kelp</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and commented on the way it was attached to a rock. I looked it up and found out that the part that looks like roots attached to the rock is called a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdfast" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">holdfast</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We saw a jellyfish that as far as I know is a moon jelly. It appeared to us to be upside down. In case it was still alive, my older daughter picked it up with leaves and laid it in the water. She said it felt a lot like jello or like one of those gel-pads you put in shoes to make make them more comfy. We don't think it was alive after all, though.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She picked it up with leaves. . . </span></td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we returned from walking along the beach, we quickly stopped by the telescope again. The area was now in shadow. . . </div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hopefully we can visit again soon and explore more!</div>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640014575588860889.post-37507016919496925122011-07-13T10:44:00.000-07:002011-07-13T10:44:46.424-07:00The "Ladybug Tree"<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love it that my children are aware of nature and spot things that others might not see or care about. I think those are such good qualities. Lately they have been spotting a lot of ladybugs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A couple Sundays ago they noticed a bunch of ladybugs crawling around on the garbage can at church and on the parking lot ground nearby. They were surprised to see the ladybugs there and worried about their welfare, cautioning each other to be careful where they stepped. My younger daughter had her camera in her pocket, so she took some pictures. Here are a couple. . .</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Then this past Sunday at Trader Joe's in University Place, WA, my six year old was very excited to spot ladybugs on the tree we had parked next to. He eagerly walked all around the tree searching for ladybugs, and he kept pointing them out to me. Then he dubbed it the "ladybug tree" and asked me to take a picture of the "ladybug tree." Here are some pictures I took. . .</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">pointing out another ladybug</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">the ladybug tree</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm betting I'll have more ladybug pictures to post soon. ;)</span></span>JayLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275134380122896347noreply@blogger.com1