Here is a short video from Warrick Angus that shows that there is at least one fisher cat living at Mary Cummings Park. The fisher cat is not a cat, but rather a relative of the weasel. We are at the very southern end of their extensive range up into Canada. Learn more at Wikipedia.
Fisher cats are widely suspected of being big predators of house cats that are allowed outdoors, so be forewarned.
Much of the work to establish the new entrance to Mary Cummings Park has been done: the new parking area is open; the lawn and meadows are planted; trees are planted and being nurtured.
From the parking lot it might look as if much of the land newly cleared – from tangles of invasive weeds, vines, and shrubs – will now be lawn, but from the drone view above you can see that MOST of the new area will be wildflower meadow, a major addition to the spectacular meadow at Flyer’s Field.
The boardwalk is done and it makes a good destination for a short walk and a relaxing visit. The trails to the boardwalk from parking still need work, but you can get there if you wish, even now.
Signs and trail maps are on the way.
The volume of construction was a surprise to many, but now that it is done, nature is quickly filling the area back in with new plants. (Whether the native species will win out over the invasives will be a spectator sport for the next few years.)
This year’s crop of wildflowers in Flyer’s Field has been really astounding. Check back on this website for a video and slideshow of vast sprays of gold and purple.
Joe Pye weed creates much of the purple that matches the sky in this video. (Though the invasive purple loosestrife also supplies its purple.) The way the sky and flower colors matched was pretty special to see. Joe Pye weed id popular with many insects and manages to grow to six to eight feet in a single season, from zero. Remarkable plant.
And this video features another wonderful musical track by Fedor Lavrov.
Here is one of those sunset moments where, just for a moment, the clouds and sun worked together and created some special painted moments. So in this video we took the liberty of slowing down those moments in order to show them off…
Here is a particularly lovely late-day video with a special feature: a custom soundtrack created by the talented Fedor Lavrov: he watched the video and worked up an improvised music track for it. We are flattered and pleased that Fedor did this! You can learn more about Fedor and hear more at his website.
The sun set in the west, as it tends to do, but the pink sky in the east persisted. More lovely music by Feddy: feddymusic.com./
It was a buggy evening: you can see lots of insect flickering in and out of the video.
Once in a while, all the interesting activity in a sunset is in the East, opposite to where the sun is setting. This is one of those cases. More wonderful music by Fedor Lavrov: feddymusic.com.
You can see a nice couple, Bob and Rose, walking around the edge of the field.
Another stormy show by the clouds at Mary Cummings Park, with lovely music by Fedor Lavrov: feddymusic.com.
I got caught in a sudden rainstorm with other folks as the sunset roiled, and then morphed into a mostly blue sky at the end…
