25 Oct 2009
Laurel creek conservation area
Sound track to this post (open in new tab = press Control)
Once more, I went to the Laurel creek conservation area, where I’ve been several times already. just ten minutes away – to take some pictures. As I arrive there, the place where there used to be a lake is empty. But there are some people observing the birds. Peter knows a lot about the birds here and has been able to identify 12 different species of ducks (plus the most abundant, the geese) today.
-
- Geese and Ducks
-
- Stump
-
- Observing guys
-
- Bird through telescope
-
- The sun is hiding
He tells me about his life (he’s got two degrees from UW, but does bird watching as a hobby) and the birds and why they empty the reservoir in fall. – If they wouldn’t do so, the whole waterbody gets frozen in the winter (it’s just maybe 3 meters deep at most) and then in sprin, when the melt water arrives, it wouldn’t work in the funtion of a retention basin, since the ice would not be melted yet.
The birds usually gather here, since they find here a open space space, save from predators as opposed to the woods and fields, where they find food.
