Spring brings an explosion of greens and yellows, nesting birds and colorful neighboring gardens and fields. Summer is an often misty, lush green palette with thunderclouds and varied skies. 

Fall lends itself to a subtle shift in the landscape, and depending on the rainfall, sometimes vibrant with layers of red and orange, other years more subtle with ochres and alizarins running through the landscape.

For birders, spring and fall migration brings visitors like glossy ibis, solitary sandpipers, white-throated sparrows, yellow breasted chat, hummingbirds and others. Regular residents include blue heron, chickadees, titmouse, cardinals, various woodpeckers, and warblers. The trails accommodate light hiking through a mixed terrain with changing ecosystems, wildflowers and active birdlife.

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