Day 16.090: Pleasant Hill Preserve

A quick search shows that we visited this local preserve once before in 2017.

This time, just the two of us went and walked all Elanor's and Monty's trails, and then when we got to this sign:

...of course, we had to take a detour around that trail hoping to see some northern wildlife.

 
Here are some more pictures from our walk:

This shed is an imposing presence (for now at least)

Tree in distress #1 - being strangled by some kind of climber (maybe invasive bittersweet)

Tree in distress #2 - broken but not fallen

Tree in distress #3 - not sure what is going on here

Tree in distress #3 - does a close-up help?

A northern mockingbird...

...obligingly flying so we can see its impressive wing stripes...

...from a couple of angles

Some of last year's bullrushes