Another short one…

On my way to the pond this morning, I found this cutie vacuuming up the mulberries sprinkled all over the lawn under that tree.

And, as I approached the river at the far north end, I spotted this fledgling Baltimore oriole picking away at the mulberries still on the tree there. So, if you have a hankering for mulberries, which I can attest are quite delicious, now is the time to go get some.

Speaking of times that are now, the black raspberries are becoming ripe, too, and they also are a taste sensation.

Back to the critters, I spotted four (4!) belted kingfishers all fishing together, so it appears that the breeding pair on or near the northern island have two fledglings. Yay! Sadly, they were all too busy fishing to pose anywhere near me. Instead, here’s a green heron who has been fishing on foot recently in the shallow river water on the east side of the northern island.

On my way back south, I enjoyed the family-safe show these amorous, or just friendly, gray squirrels were putting on from a branch high above the far shore.

Finally, there’s a new blossom in the park, probably creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides), and these particular examples are from beside of the river trail down the bluff from the beer garden.