"The 331-acre natural area includes frontage on both the Grand River and Crockery Creek. About two miles of hiking and cross-country ski trails meander along the creek, mature wooded ridges, floodplain forest, open hardwoods, wet meadows and buttonbush swamps. These diverse communities provide habitat for a wide variety of flora and fauna including bald eagles, sandhill cranes, red-headed woodpeckers and river otters."
June 3 It was time for a Family Walk at Black Lake Park in Norton Shores. There were 10 of us and this is what we saw.
June 4 - I went on adventure by myself to see if I could find Pitcher Plants. And I did!
I went back to this place June 13, and the Pitcher Plants were harder to see because the ferns have grown taller. They were still a nice find.
That same day I also saw Orange Hawkweed. And more...
June 5 Connor Bayou with Mike
It was the year for Maple-Leaved Viburnum, large patches of the woods were blooming with this shrub.
The Bladdernut had changed, from having clusters of bell-shaped flowers...
The first two photo are from May 22, 2018 at Connor Bayou.
On June 5 they looked like this, the clusters of bell-shaped flowers had transformed into large papery seed capsules! What a change.
June 6 Marie and I took a trip to Ludington State Park.
Lake Michigan from Ludington State Park
June 7 Connor Bayou with Mike. We walk at this park a few times a week, it is close to home and has a loop trail that is about 1.4 miles. It works out good for an evening walk.
June 11 I took a walk at Hofma Park to see the Indian Cucumber-root and I easily found some of these plants.
In a stand of Red Pines I found Cow Wheat for the first time this year!
June 13 Betsy and I went to two parks, first Rycenga Park then Black Lake Park!
Next Black Lake Park
Later that same day, Mike and I walked the loop through the woods at Connor Bayou.
And we found lots of Partridgeberry Blooming. I checked in our woods when we got home and sure enough there was Partridgeberry blooming there too.
We also saw Hare Figwort blooming!
And for the first time at this park I found Sicklepod (Arabis Canadensis).
And some more things we saw at Connor Bayou last night.
I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the things I have been seeing in nature!
