Spring – Concord River Greenway Park or a Serendipitous moment March 2025 - (4)

Spring continues and as I mentioned in an earlier post I will be visiting various urban conservations areas within the city of Lowell. Not only did I visit another location, but I was rewarded with a special let us call it a serendipitous moment. ….

Last Wednesday I attended a Conservation Presentation sponsored by Lowell Loves Wildlife, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust and the Pollard Memorial Library. The guest speaker was “Tina Morris,” and she was to speak about her book “Return to the Sky.”  To quote from the cover of her book

“The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets

Helped Restore the Bald Eagle”

The presentation was extremely interesting and informative. I felt like I had met a superhero, well in fact I did. Without the work of Tina, I think I can say we would not be able to look up in our Northeastern sky’s and see our National Bird soaring above.

It was now Thursday morning, and I headed out for an early morning spring walk along the Concord River Greenway Park within the city of Lowell. The spring flowers and birds are slowly returning, and I was greeted by a few along my walk. The river is high and fast, and, in a few weeks, you will see white water rafting events along this river, but today it was quiet. I enjoyed my walk taking cellphone pictures and crafting scenes with my camera.

Then that serendipitous moment happened, as I was looking up, soaring gracefully into my view was a Bald Eagle. The Eagle was floating on the wind, circling above me, allowing me to take pictures before it continued its flight.

Later that day I mentioned this moment to a member of Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, and she said, I wonder, could this Eagle be related to one of Tina’s eaglets? I think so.

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Spring is Popping - From the ground up - March 2025 - (3)

As I walked into the conservation land, winter was still here, and spring seemed far away. All I saw was barren landscape, gray and brown, that is until I looked down. Spring is here, determined woodland-crocuses were reaching up and not far away, yellow daffodils are beginning to make their appearance. This location will soon be bursting with colors and a choir of sounds as the songbirds return.

I walked the rest of the property, but I returned to this one area and spent time focusing on what nature was providing for me to create photographs and telling me Spring is here.

Woodland Crocuses reaching up

Sometimes you need to get low, a ground side view.

Not far away, the Yellow Daffodils are getting ready to make their apperance

Yellow Daffodils are coming up - Spring is here.

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Springtime at the brook - March 2025 - (2)

While standing quietly and looking out over the brook I was watching a spring ritual taking place. Although this pair probably paired up earlier it is now the active matting season for mallards and to watch these two swim slowly around each other was amazing.  They kept their distance from each other but slowly came closer, the male was bobbing his head up high, then down and up higher and straight while the female did same but slower. Finally, they came close together and, and paddled out of my view.

Mr Mallard

Mrs Mallard

Together

Watching this scene take place was just another reminder to me to slow down and enjoy nature, these were wild ducks and if I had made one fast movement they would have gone into fright/flight mode. They kept their distance from the shore as I am sure they knew I was there.

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