Posts Tagged ‘cattails’
Fuzzy Friday
Posted: September 3, 2021 in NatureTags: cattails, fuzzy, fuzzy plants, moss, Nature, Wyoming
Monday walk…Sweetwater Wetlands
Posted: September 7, 2020 in Monday walkTags: birds, cattails, dragonflies, grey ghost hawk, harrier hawks, Jo's Monday Walk, Monday walk, northern harrier, riparian areas, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, turtle, wetlands
Saturday we took another exploratory drive to Tucson, this time to the Sweetwater Wetlands, a 60-acre water treatment facility, urban wildlife habitat, and outdoor classroom. It’s similar to the Riparian Preserve, although smaller and with different flora. One feature that I quickly learned to appreciate in the desert is that it has trees.
There must have been thousands of dragonflies of all colors and sizes.
One of the most prominent features was the overwhelming number of cattails, most of which were 10′ or more in height. Much of the water area was home to these giants which, as you can imagine, provide perfect privacy for ducks and other creatures.
(more…)A walk around “our” lake
Posted: May 8, 2012 in House and home, Nature, PersonalTags: birds, cattails, geese, goslings, Nature, nature walk, outdoors, personal, photos, weeping willows
The morning was too beautiful to spend inside, so I took a walk around the lake that’s part of the housing area in which we live and took a few pictures to share with you. (more…)
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