Friday, September 08, 2006
Salmon Creek Specials
September 8, 2006
This week, so hectic, included a trip to Salmon Creek. Soren takes his wonderful Kung Fu there, from Mark Moy’s academy, but when he is in class I have the opportunity to be bored. Foregoing that opportunity, I went for a walk in the Salmon Creek Greenway.
I was hoping to see BUNNIES, as it was twilight, around 8 PM. But, no bunnies graced the path. Some dumb birds (robins) did, however. They hopped around as if they were squirrels - not flying, just hopping. I watched the creek for a beaver, as there is a beaver dam and others have told me they’ve seen a beaver. But I saw none.
I walked for about 1 ½ miles, and had to turn around, as I could barely see the path under my feet. I kept hoping for animals and birds. In the past, I have seen osprey - there is an osprey nest above the creek in one area. (They sound squeaky - reep, reep, reep - not raptorish. But it can make you nervous all the same if you are underneath the nest and the parents are REEPing at you). And, I think there were bats on Wednesday. And, when I was nearly back, I noticed the moon. A huge, round, orange moon, just the kind one would write about. Just the kind you see in those pictures of Halloween, although the Halloween nights without rain or snow are few and far between. A huge round orange moon.
I thought, wouldn’t it be great if there were an owl or bat flying across it. But no witch came,
no bat, no owl. There was, however, a misshapen tree, which had some sort of growth on one of the limbs. It would be cool if that were an owl, but of course, it’s too civilized in Vancouver to find one of those. And then, the lump took off. It straightened out, and unfolded sideways, rose and dove, and whispered off, after a bat, I have no doubt. So, perhaps there are owls in Vancouver, if you know how to look and are patient.
This week, so hectic, included a trip to Salmon Creek. Soren takes his wonderful Kung Fu there, from Mark Moy’s academy, but when he is in class I have the opportunity to be bored. Foregoing that opportunity, I went for a walk in the Salmon Creek Greenway.
I was hoping to see BUNNIES, as it was twilight, around 8 PM. But, no bunnies graced the path. Some dumb birds (robins) did, however. They hopped around as if they were squirrels - not flying, just hopping. I watched the creek for a beaver, as there is a beaver dam and others have told me they’ve seen a beaver. But I saw none.I walked for about 1 ½ miles, and had to turn around, as I could barely see the path under my feet. I kept hoping for animals and birds. In the past, I have seen osprey - there is an osprey nest above the creek in one area. (They sound squeaky - reep, reep, reep - not raptorish. But it can make you nervous all the same if you are underneath the nest and the parents are REEPing at you). And, I think there were bats on Wednesday. And, when I was nearly back, I noticed the moon. A huge, round, orange moon, just the kind one would write about. Just the kind you see in those pictures of Halloween, although the Halloween nights without rain or snow are few and far between. A huge round orange moon.
I thought, wouldn’t it be great if there were an owl or bat flying across it. But no witch came,
no bat, no owl. There was, however, a misshapen tree, which had some sort of growth on one of the limbs. It would be cool if that were an owl, but of course, it’s too civilized in Vancouver to find one of those. And then, the lump took off. It straightened out, and unfolded sideways, rose and dove, and whispered off, after a bat, I have no doubt. So, perhaps there are owls in Vancouver, if you know how to look and are patient.
