Nature Walks – Trekking Around Metzger Farm

Metzger Farm was once a family farm, but is now an open space area open to the public. It is literally just a hop, skip and a jump away from my house, down the hill from us. It was a beautiful day for a nice walk so Lauren, a couple of other friends of hers and I all enjoyed the sunshine and the sights together. While Lauren and her friends were walking around and catching up, I was taking in the sights and capturing as much as I could with my camera. I saw a lot of great stuff.

Most of the things were at quite a distance, and though my camera has a great zoom, it can only do so much. So I apologize for the graininess of some of my pictures. I cleaned them up and edited them as best as I could.

We saw all kinds of things on our walk. There were Heron nests all over the place, way up high in the trees. They are big nests because they are big birds. I got lucky and even saw three Herons in the nest, taking care of their young ones.

One,

Two,

Three.

There were lots of magpies all around too, but I couldn’t really get a lot of good shots of them.

There was a new bird for me too, a Western Meadowlark. He was so beautiful and was singing his little heart out with his beautiful little songs.

There was a Mourning Dove just resting in a tree.

There were even some Red-Eared Slider turtles out and about. At first I only saw the one, but after walking all around, as we were leaving, he had invited some of his friends to come out and by the time we left, there were five all out sun bathing and enjoying the beautiful day.

As you can see it was a great day, especially for the camera. I just love days like this. I was taking everything in, and shooting as much as I could with my lens. These all came out, but there were many things that did not. That’s OK. I will capture them next time. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.