I was anxious to see the birds, and passed the covered boardwalk entrance quickly this morning. The territory of the mother of the chunky, juvenile Yellow-Crowned-Night Heron at the boardwalk entrance was vacant this morning, again. I wondered where she went.
A Black-Bellied-Whistling Duck was hunting at the feeding place. The wings of the Black-Bellied-Whistling Duck have long white lines, and white feathers are visible from its characteristic trembling motion of its wings during standing, one of the outstanding features to identify this bird. The flock of the Black-Bellied-Whistling Duck preferred to feed themselves somewhere else this summer, but I am glad to see that one of them still stops by here time to time for hunting.
When I walked to the middle of the boardwalk, I saw a black and white spotted spider make a web from the left to right side of the railings, and the spider was comfortably settled in the middle of its big web. I did not want to disturb her, so I turned back and walked toward the boardwalk exit to get on the boardwalk. I saw one tree at the other side of the wetlands affected by bagworms.
While walking on the path along the Pecan Grove, I saw a greenish Pecan on the concrete path. The oblong husk had four sections, and each section was divided by a tucked-up edge that goes to both pointed ends. I put it in my palm. I could feel the weight of Pecan. I looked up at the trees. I saw some Pecan nuts had turned to greenish/light brown. Time flies too quickly; another Pecan season would be not far away. I was sad to see that a couple Pecan trees were also affected by the bagworms.
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