Showing posts with label wild canary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild canary. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2019

Gold Among The Milkweed ...


“A forest bird never wants a cage.”
         ~ Henrik Ibsen
        ~ 1828-1906
An American Goldfinch – also known as a wild canary – soaks up the summer while perched in the milkweed on a gorgeous late June evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Summer Supper ...



“A forest bird never wants a cage.”
                 ~ Henrik Ibsen
                        ~ 1828-1906

A male American goldfinch - also known as a wild canary - and a female house finch share a birdfeeder as they enjoy a summer supper on a beautiful August evening at Lehigh Gap Nature Center.

In the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, the Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail). 

The Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.