Friday, May 27, 2022

Sapsucker Skies #SkywatchFriday

We've gotten through the week.

We've seen the various mood of the sky.


It's time to pull up a bench, and watch the skies with me.

Earlier this week, I was in Dryden, New York, in the Finger Lakes near Cayuga Lake.  The photo above and the next two were taken at Sapsucker Woods, a place owned by Cornell University. Their mission: "To interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds."  

There are about four miles of trails, some leading you past water, and others through woods, and you are encouraged to watch for birds and other wildlife.  But nothing says you can't watch for lovely reflections in the water, too.

So let's wait around a bit...and, oh, guess what we see?  In the center of the photo, a family of Canada geese.  If you are wondering about the Sapsucker name, here's the back story.

No, we didn't see any yellow-bellied sapsuckers, but we did add some birds to our life list.

I'm going to sneak a bit more of Nature into my last two sky photos.  First, a shot taken May 19 of a young dogwood tree.

Finally, from yesterday, here's a picture taken from Ross Park, a Binghamton, New York city park.

Want more skies?  Why not click on over to Yogi at #SkywatchFriday and see who else is watching the sky?

16 comments:

  1. ...I've been to Sapsucker Woods and Ross park!

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  2. It would be nice to sit on the bench and watch. So lovely is the sky ... like an animated painting!

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  3. Thank you for sharing this lovely spot with us.

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  4. That first sky looked ominous, but the rest of your pictures are so peaceful looking,

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  5. there is so much peace to be found in sky gazing.. Carol C

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  6. Sapsucker Woods looks beautiful. What a fun place to hike and look for birds (and take lovely photographs!).

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  7. Beautiful. We could all use a little more of this after this horrific week. Thank you.

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  8. So gorgeous! Calming, beautiful skies and woods!

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  9. Brilliant skies and reflections.

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  10. Looks like it was a nice day out.

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  11. It been raining off and on during the month of may.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  12. Sapsucker, eh? Glad you enjoyed the visit.

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  13. Simply lovely place to walk paths and take photographs.

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