Friday, July 10, 2009

A New Wildflower at SE Park


Long-leaf Houstonia
Originally uploaded by toadshade
I decided to hike Southeast Park today to test out my new GPS on my iPhone. Found this fairly uncommon Houstonia longifolia growing near the big fields where the Bluebirds sing. It's good to keep finding stuff. I was paying a lot of attention to my iPhone so I may have missed something. Found some beautiful, accessible (not right next to water) Meadow Beauties and got some good shots. I heard a lot of Kingbirds, saw and heard a Great-crested Flycatcher and saw numerous Robins, Mockingbirds and Brown Thrashers. Hear some Towhees and Red-winged Blackbirds. I took the longest route I could around the place and came up with a total walk of 1.80 miles. A couple of those and you got a good afternoon workout. The flora and fauna just make it better.

toadshade

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