This week, we continued clearing paths of weeds and we went a little further. We're slowly making our way to the east slopes which I know from previous years are still in bad need of care.
I worked on a huge patch of stinging nettle and it feels so good to chop that off. We try to clear as much as possible of it because groups of children walk along the paths at Riverdale and it's really not fun to be stung by this nasty plant.
Stinging nettle
All chopped off
At least, not everything is invasive and non native. There is also a silver maple along the path, which is nice to see.
I also remember last year working on a patch of Canada Thistle. It's back this year but there doesn't seem to be as much.
Canada Thistle
The best part of the evening was that we finally saw some wood ducks. We had been looking for them since the beginning of the season because we spotted them once of twice last year. We don't see them very often. We only saw a female with ducklings, it'd be nice to see a male some day as they are very colorful.
A female wood duck with ducklings.
No comments:
Post a Comment