A walk in the (urban) woods

Yesterday was an "errand day" consisting of exciting things like getting a haircut, buying a microwave, cleaning the house and going to the dump/recycling center. I did get to Twin Ponds park in Shoreline in the late afternoon for a walk through some urban woods. I had the pleasure of seeing a Flicker (and later saw four of them in the same tree at Meadowbrook!) These guys are very cool, I watched him work for his dinner for a while, he was feasting on that old tree. After a while I moved on and enjoyed the chorus of bird song and the spring growth. It is a very nice little space even if it is very close to the freeway (I find the freeway noise a little unsettling) .

The spring is in full swing and a joy to see with lots of color.




I am not sure what these spikey guys are called but they were a lot of them around.