Friday, June 19, 2020
The water is flowing again in the Santa Cruz River. It is treated sewage water, cleaned up enough that you can almost drink it. Today the full flow was turned on. I walked up the river bed, which had recently had extra dirt removed and dumped next to it. They were spraying this green stuff over the dumped dirt today- it smelled like tree mark.
River.
I waded across the river and went up the west side. Ahead I could see a pair of egrets standing in the water. Nearby killdeer were running around, calling loudly.
Egret.
I went up onto the preserved marshy area. A young roadrunner was busy eating bugs, ignoring me. It stood a few feet away, I wish I had something better than my cell phone to take pictures.
Roadrunner.
In the small pool hundreds of toad tadpoles were swimming around. If you click on the picture, you can see them.
I waded across the river and went up the west side. Ahead I could see a pair of egrets standing in the water. Nearby killdeer were running around, calling loudly.
I went up onto the preserved marshy area. A young roadrunner was busy eating bugs, ignoring me. It stood a few feet away, I wish I had something better than my cell phone to take pictures.
In the small pool hundreds of toad tadpoles were swimming around. If you click on the picture, you can see them.
Tadpoles.
