This Week At Nixon Park
A hot week. Enough said about that. I like to walk slowly through the beech grove when the weather is hot (truth be told I walk slowly everywhere when the weather is hot). The canopy of trees shades the trail almost completely, and the undergrowth is lush, cool and green.
This Week At Nixon Park
A warmer week than last. As the high temperatures reach the eighties for a couple of days in a row dragonfly nymphs are finally beginning to emerge after a cold, wet spring.
This Week At Nixon Park
After a long bleak winter of waiting, traversing vast migrations, and surviving daunting probabilities, the late May parade of life carries on despite unseasonable cold and wet. This week it's fledglings, nests full of eggs, the quiet work of incubation, feeding the nestlings, tiny turtles, fox kits, and
This Week At Nixon Park
Some rainy days this week, difficult conditions for getting decent pictures, but a few interesting takes none-the-less.
This Week At Nixon Park
As of May 8th all of Chester County remained in a moderate drought, perhaps that will finally change with this week's rains. The rain cut into my time at the park this week a bit, but there's plenty to see this time of year.
Nature
A seasonably warm week with plenty of sun, and enough rain to break the back of the drought.
This Week At Nixon Park
May has arrived, a little warmer and drier than you'd expect. The NOAA drought information system information for Kennett Square predicts the drought we've been in since last September will be lifted this month. As I noted perviously the Green Herons have returned. This morning I
Flowers
There's so much to see in April! Here's some of the observations from this week.