This week, my family and I took an eventful walk through Benson’s Park in Hudson, NH. This nature-full park used to be a zoo from 1926-1987, but was transformed into a public park and nature area in 2009. The empty animal cages are still scattered beside the trails and walkways throughout the park. As we walked the trails, I spotted these intricate morel mushrooms. Such fabulous works of God! Although they are edible, I wouldn’t want to risk it if I perhaps identified them incorrectly. Plus, dogs walk these trails very regularly. Continuing down the path, a beautiful song reached our ears. It was coming from a crab apple tree on the side of the path. We searched the many blooming branches, and finally spotted the singer. It was a bright Baltimore Oriole! What a vibrant orange. Unfortunately, I was unable to photograph this beautiful bird. Here is a photo from Wikipedia.org of the Oriole. Resting between the limbs of the crab apple tree was this encouraging message painted on a stone. What a happy thing to come across! As the path ran along the side of a pond, I spotted a Canada Goose which seemed very comfortable with us so close to it. I slowly approached it, and to my surprise, it didn’t move at all. It just looked at me, and even leisurely took a drink of the water. I was only inches away from the bird. I could have stroked its feathers. After looking at me one last time, it slowly stepped into the water and paddled off. I don’t know why this bird was so comfortable around humans, but it was truly amazing. Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Benson's Park supports the American Chestnut Foundation. There were at least two new blight-resistant saplings planted on the side of the trails! See my post on the American chestnut. Benson's park is an amazing place to go to see God's wonderful creation. I will definitely be visiting again soon, and I hope you will too.
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K Cuddeback
5/10/2017 02:37:08 pm
Glad yo learn about a new destination - it sounds lovely. Thanks!
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EBA
5/12/2017 05:02:33 am
This was a great walk, Benson's never disappoints!
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