Spring Continues to Happen Here

More plants are blooming and more birds and animals are gathering here in the garden.  There are many more photos that will be posted in the weeks ahead, but these are enough to give you the feel of what is happening this Spring right now here at the Gardens at Waters East.

 

Robin our state bird

 

Enjoy!!!

 

 

Forsythia Northern Gold

Scilla Peruviana

Pusckinia

Petasites japonicus

"Dinosaur food"

Mallard duck  male

Mallard duck female

Magnolia

Fox hunting

just emerging

Yellow Asiatic lilies &

Allium Sensation

 

Virginia Blue Bells

Early Dawn at the gardens

Tardia

Scilla under Mugo Pines

Scilla

Anemone

And more keep coming up daily.

NICE

  

Woodland Dunes

 Woodland Dunes – nature center & preserve

 

Yesterday there were a number of Whistling Swans resting in the lake just off the shore of Gardens at Waters East, and while driving into the city that same day I saw many more in a large pond off of the highway.  It is a sign of the migration happening.

And now - today's feature - Woodland Dunes.  Enjoy the walk.

 

Here is another wonderful place to visit and experience nature up close while enjoying a number of hiking trails, a viewing tower, wetlands, boardwalks and a great nature center for gatherings etc.  Plus hundreds of acres of preserve land and walking trails just across the street. The location of this nature preserve is on the flyway for many migratory birds, going North in Spring and retuning South in Fall.  Now being Spring – here is a place for viewing the dozens of birds moving north not far from Gardens at Waters East. You never know what you will see!

 

I think I know what this is, but not positive.

There are more than birds here for sure!

 

Located at:    3000 Hawthorne Avenue, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241

 

A few more photos to entice you to make the trip!

 

 

 

 

You can check out more information.  Type into search engine the total information below. 

 

Travel Wisconsin page @. 

www.travelwiscon.com/hiking-report

 

 

A Quote - - Snow

 I stumbled upon this quote the other day and it expresses my thinking and feelings exactly!

 

"There is one good thing about snow,

it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s."

-       Clyde  Moore 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring is Happening

 Spring is happening!

This week many of the birds have been returning to spend the summer here and others are just passing through on their way further north.  Nice to know they are once again in the area. There have been Robins, Redwing Blackbirds, Crows, Eagles, Sandhill Cranes, Chickadees, Doves, Common Blackbirds, Cardinals, Meadow Larks, Purple Finch and others.

 

Here are a couple of photos of some of them.

 

 

A sampling of a sunrise on one of the early Spring days.

Every morning is a “show” here at the shore.

 

Interesting, one day this past week March 13, 2024,

I walked out into the garden and to my surprise there was a raccoon sleeping up in a tree!

I think I woke him up.

 

 

Enjoy your days this time of year as we all get back into our gardens.