{"id":518,"date":"2013-06-05T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2014-04-07T01:05:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:05:28","slug":"a-walk-through-olmsted-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/a-walk-through-olmsted-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk through Olmsted Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took a walk through Olmsted Park yesterday, a piece of the Emerald Necklace within Jamaica Plain. I saw a mother mallard duck with a dozen ducklings in tow.<\/p>\n

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A mother mallard duck with some of her dozen ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nAlso, a juvenile starling.<\/p>\n
\"Juvenile
Juvenile starling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A tree swallow diving above one of the smaller ponds.<\/p>\n

\"Tree
Tree swallow in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wings of a northern flicker look golden-orange in flight.<\/p>\n

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A northern flicker in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All the pollen collecting in the water leaves it streaked with yellow.<\/p>\n

\"Streaks
Streaks of pollen on the water’s surface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A number of goat’s beard plants are flowering in the woods. Goat’s beard<\/a> (Aruncus dioicus<\/i>) is native to the Eastern U.S., but is thought to have been brought to Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"Goat's
Goat’s beard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

White water-lily<\/a> (Nymphaea odorata<\/i>), a native aquatic plant, is in flower on Ward’s Pond.<\/p>\n

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White water-lily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, I saw a common whitetail dragonfly on the shore of Ward’s Pond. This is a male, with its large, pulsating, white abdomen.<\/p>\n

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Male common whitetail dragonfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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