Sallyacious: The Arboretum Project Week 8

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February 26, 2006

The Arboretum Project Week 8

Panorama 2-26-06

I'm tired. But I promised myself I'd do this for a year, and I'm not going to wimp out 1/6 of the way through. However. It was a looooong week, so I am limiting the number of pix posted today (also, I really don't want to show the same pictures of the same stuff every week, so I've tried to cut it down to stuff I haven't shot over and over and over again.

It was very dark today. All of these pictures were taken between 2 and 4 pm, but it looks much later, just because of the cloud cover.

Curious Robin

Bamboo

Display

When I finally wandered down to the upper lake, I could hear a lot of splashing. One of the mallards I saw today was taking a bath. At first, I peeked at him through a pine tree, but then I scooted around one side of it to catch him in the act.

Duck Butt

Splashy Duck

Settling Duck

The item below is obviously a nest. It's been created, not just dropped there by the wind. But it's so small. As you can see in the second photo, it's roughly the size of a baseball. And it's made from down and shavings and soft stuff. I can't figure out whose nest it might be. Any thoughts?

Nest I