Earth Day Sightings

by Bob Huffman

April 22nd, 2008

Today, Earth Day, 2008, I went for a brief walk at the Southfield Civic Center Nature Area about a quarter mile from the C-E offices. Here’s a list of some of the things I saw:

• Song sparrow
• Carolina wren
• Mayapple
• Trillium
• Horned grebe
• Snapping turtle
• Chipping sparrow
• Downy woodpecker
• Palm warbler
• Painted turtle
• Tree Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Painted Lady Butterfly
• Bullfrog
• Painted turtle

 The list goes on.

If we don’t take time to appreciate the natural world, we don’t have any real motivation to save it. Take time to get out, and more importantly, take time to learn to recognize what you’re seeing. The more you know, the more you will see. And the more you see, the more reason you’ll have to save what’s left.