{"id":474,"date":"2011-09-30T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=474"},"modified":"2011-10-25T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T15:14:45","slug":"september-wildlife-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2011\/09\/30\/september-wildlife-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"September Wildlife Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our 2nd month documenting park wildlife and happenings…\u00a0 In the first few days, we noticed that the Cicadas<\/strong> had ended their “singing<\/a>” for the Summer, and we saw our first Fall foliage- it was beginning to feel like Fall! \u00a0Then rain, heat and humidity took over for what seemed like the whole month.\u00a0 And that following August, which was Philadelphia’s all-time rainiest month on record<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Delaware County Parks<\/strong> promptly removed the 94-year-old downed oak tree<\/a> from the pond, causing the Red-eared Sliders<\/strong> to return to their previous basking places… including eachother’s backs!<\/p>\n

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Common Muskrat<\/p><\/div>\n

We were able to catch a photo of one of the (at least) two Common Muskrats living at the pond.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0A long-time resident told us that Muskrat sightings used to be common in the pond and in Broomall’s Lake.<\/p>\n

The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds<\/strong> we saw on several visits were just too fast, however. Not surprisingly, their wing speed is dozens of beats per second!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We saw a\u00a0Groundhog<\/strong>\u00a0(also known as\u00a0Woodchuck<\/strong>) by the pond, and the usual\u00a0Eastern Chipmunks<\/strong>. \u00a0And American Toads<\/strong>\u00a0could be spotted hopping through the woods along the trails!<\/p>\n

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Coral fungus: Purple Fairy Club?<\/p><\/div>\n

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We introduced a\u00a0Fungi album<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on facebook.\u00a0 These are not part of the plant kingdom, as they do not carry out photosynthesis. \u00a0 \u00a0It is amazing how many different kinds you notice, when you start to look!<\/p>\n

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Great Blue Heron<\/p><\/div>\n

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The magnificent Great Blue Heron<\/strong> can stand 4 feet tall! It is also vocal, calling frequently in flight- we watched and listened as two flew over the pond! This appears to be a juvenile (1st year)- perhaps from the nest said to be at Broomall’s Lake<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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Wood Thrush<\/p><\/div>\n

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We were delighted to see the lovely Wood Thrush<\/strong>.\u00a0 Its flute-like song has been enchanting visitors to this valley since at least the 1800’s, when the land was called Scroggie Valley<\/a>!\u00a0 You can listen to its song here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Excavator<\/p><\/div>\n

Not your everyday park scenery… the erosion<\/strong> at the bottom of the sledding hill and along the stream is challenging to manage. We appreciate the work the County is doing! \u00a0And we are meeting with them to see how we can help.<\/p>\n

We are not the only ones tracking changes in the park: a Media Providence Friends School\u00a0science class<\/a> visited the park and took water samples for testing, and they plan to help us document the park’s plants and wildlife!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Our 2nd month documenting park wildlife and happenings…\u00a0 In the first few days, we noticed that the Cicadas had ended their “singing” for the Summer, and we saw our first Fall foliage- it was beginning to feel like Fall! \u00a0Then rain, heat and humidity took over for what seemed like the whole month.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,4,85],"tags":[45,231,20,21,51,46,47,49,43,234,236,44,33,52,9,232,15],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caretaking","category-nature-and-wildlife-glen-providence-park","category-photojournal","tag-amphibians","tag-birds","tag-broomalls-lake","tag-broomalls-run","tag-county-parks-recreation","tag-fungi","tag-insects","tag-park-maintenance","tag-mammals","tag-nature","tag-pond","tag-reptiles","tag-school-classes","tag-science","tag-scroggie-valley","tag-trees","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}