Grass Lake Nature Park 5/27

Right in front of my house in Olympia is Grass Lake Nature park. On the weekend of Memorial's day I went back home for the weekend to enjoy one extra day off with family. During the weekend on a sunny May day I headed down to the park which I was already familiar with to see if I could identify some things. As I walked through the park I began to notice that many of the plants here I have already identified. So instead of plants I turned to animals. During my quick visit there I noticed one bird with a white and brown chest, with a dark head on the woodland forest walking around. I took a good look at the bird and sketch it as quick as possible, but luckily it didn't move too far away and stayed long enough for me to get a quick sketch and description. After I did the sketch I turned around to head home a different way to see if I could spot something strange or unusual. Then I stumble upon the a wax current off the trail, and not knowing I was fortunate to have a lovely old couple actually identify the plant for me. Later as I got home, though not as many species that I'd wanted to get, I did research on birds at Grass Lake Nature park and found out that the bird was spotted towhee.

Posted on June 5, 2012 03:08 PM by jinam22