We were both up early for Christmas Day and finishing up with the gifting and feasting around 9.30 am, C suggested that we go for a walk. We drove to Sharp Park, just North of Lansing Mall where the trailhead for a paved, East/West path is located. It is mainly wooded running through housing developments. It was in the high 40's, wet from overnight drizzle with a light wind. The sun was trying to break out.
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| Early Winter colors |
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| Curious looking vine enclosing this tree trunk |
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| Willow leaves |
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| Unusual bark pattern |
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| Starlings breaking out of their murmuration |
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| Carrier Creek-taken from bridge about a mile upstream from my old office which overlooked the stream-see Nov. 18 post. |
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| Robins! Been mild for them and there has been plenty of crab apples for them to dine on |
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| Nice red-tipped shrubs-a dogwood variety? |
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| A dead tree shedding its bark like a snake leaves its skin |
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| A trio of squirrels high in the trees |
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| Some kind of ground cover, not sure if it is native-could not ID it with anything online |
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| What luck! A pilated woodpecker, the largest MI woody-can grow to be the size of a crow! |
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| His stash hole? |
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| From the web-this is what initially caught my eye as it flew across my line of sight-beautiful B/W markings with a red head. Snazzy! |
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| Old tree |
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| Moss on rotting trunk that looks like a dinosaur skull |
When we emerged from the woods, the sun was out and warm on our faces. 50°- my car thermometer read. A pleasant day for 25th of December.
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