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� May. 17, 2008 - A Park Day

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We're finally having some warmer weather and were able to get out to a park yesterday.  I didn't make the kids do any official nature study, but there was plenty of observations to be made.

Inspecting a small, stagnant pond...
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On the trail...
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Western Bleeding Hearts(Dicentra formosa) lined our path...
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I'm not sure what these little white flowers are.  There were so many in our nature book, that it made them hard to figure out exactly which ones they were.  They might be Goldthreads(Coptis) or Wood Anemones(Anemone quinquefolia).
The larger heart shaped leaves are a different plant.  The nature guide said they are Dutchman's Pipe(Aristolochia durior), but it was hard to tell because there were no flowers.  It could also be Western Wild Ginger.
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A tempting creek...
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Unfortunately, not only was everything fairly muddy(too muddy to play in) from all of our recent rain, but there were signs up asking people to stay out of the creek.  It also said not to throw rocks in it.  Why?  Well, apparently this particular creek was home to a rare little fish called the Salish Sucker and it is only one of five creeks in BC where this fish lives and so it therefore protected.
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We had a nice day, a little picnic topped off with ice-cream bars from DQ.
I hope to do more of these even through the Summer, if my pregnant self will grant me the energy!
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