Fire Road Walk

Happy Monday, enjoy your day!

We have been having fun looking for and finding mushrooms and fungi during our walk on the local fire roads near our house.  Some are beautiful colors, neat shapes and sizes. 


The fungi below reminds me of the coral you find in the oceans.

These mushrooms were tiny and very hard to focus on, especially with a tree branch in the way. 

I think this may be Cortinarius, I am guessing there are many different species of purple mushrooms.

This is a view of one of our daily fire road scenes.  This trail is closest to home and we go as far as we want to walk and then turn around and walk back home. We are still seeing a lot of greens but there are plenty of brown leaves covering the trail. 

Below, the mushrooms were growing at the bottom of a dead tree, they are a pretty color and have some weird bumps on the tops. 

We take a little trail to the lake, you can see a tiny bit of fall colors near the lake. Not much! I did see a Double-breasted Cormorant fly by, took quick for a photo.

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Hermit Thrush

Hello everyone, happy Monday!

Happy Labor Day to all in the USA and in Canada.

I had some good views of this bird, I believe is the Hermit Thrush.  This bird was seen at the Hillsborough River State Park in Florida back in February 2017. It is listed as a winter bird in Florida, so I guess my guess could be right.

The Hermit Thrush has a complete eye ring. Their underparts are pale with distinct spots on the throat and smudged spot on the breast..

They has a red tail, my photos do not show the tail feathers.

The Hermit Thrush can be found in our local forest but recently I have been enjoying all the mushrooms and fungi. For more Nature Note  images I wanted to share these mushrooms and fungi I am seeing along our fire roads. It is amazing to see all the various fungi and mushrooms, the different colors and shapes are pretty. I am not sure of their names or if they are edible, hubby and I just enjoy seeing them.

I beleive the fungi below are called Cortinarius Iodeoides, what a name. Maybe there is a more common name for them?

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Hiking and Birding at the Reservoir

A post for Scenic Sunday 

Hubby and I enjoy hiking around the reservoir near our house. For this post I was inspired by Rainfield's blog My Journey.  Rainfield's macro shots are awesome and I love his nature photos and hikes. So during my walk I checked out all the mushrooms and I was looking for all kinds of bugs, birds and critters. My photos below are the nature scenes I saw while on my hike.

I found some colorful mushrooms along the trail, I am sure they all have names but I would need some help on their id's. Some mushrooms were orange in color and some were purple. The birds were peeping out at me while we hiked.  

Below, this mushroom reminds me of a minature birdbath. Maybe a little critterbath.

Maybe it is a bath for this tiny dragonfly.

I am not sure if these fuzzy critters take baths.

This Tufted Titmouse wanted to take it's bath in private.

We ended our walk at a spot near the lake, where we had a view of a small island in the middle. This was the first time hiking in this spot and the views were all new for us. Not a bad spot considering it is only a short drive from our home.

I hope you enjoyed my scenic nature hike. And to see more beautiful scenes please visit Scenic Sunday.  Thanks to the Holley's for hosting Scenic Sunday and thank you for visiting my blog. Have a safe and wonderful Labor Day weekend.