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?