Walking Seagroves Farm Park
Notes, musings, and photographs from my morning walks in Seagroves Farm Park
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Annual Baby Bird Edition
I’m always surprised by the number of young birds we see around the pond in the spring. I spied a Green Heron nest a few weeks back. I’ll put together a separate series of pictures to watch them growing up. In watching the little ones, we became aware of two more nests on the pond.…
Four Beauties
It has been ages since my last post. You would think now that I’m one quarter retired, I’d find more time for things like posting, but somehow the time gets away. This is another “Quick Post” with four pictures and just a bit of text. Spring (proper) has finally arrived at the pond. Going back…
Merganser Courtship
With the return of the colder weather, we’ve also seen the return of the Hooded Mergansers to the pond. Mergansers do not take life partners, but are monogamous during the breeding season. They pair up in the winter and remain a pair until the hen begins incubating eggs in her abdomen. At that time, the…
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Seagroves Walks 
I was just walking around the pond with the pup and saw an injured one hobbling, one legged, on the edge of the water near the picnic table. I’m not sure how to help it but hope you see this in time and know if something should be done – 7/19 @1:20
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In general, I tend to leave injured birds to nature. It may sound hard-hearted, but there’s little that can be done for them, and it is part of the natural order (everyone had to eat). 🙁
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