Cedar posts

Or I should say posted cedar.
     -in the fence line
but not part of the fence;
and not likely ever to become cedar posts.

These beat up cedars sit by themselves on the north along the road that runs east & west through the old part of the wetlands. They have been spared the ax I suppose because they are causing no harm in the ditch where they sit, or because they provide some cover and a vantage point for birds in a tree-less stretch of the road. Without fire, they will take over a grassland in most cases. They are a forlorn pair that beg to be drawn... or maybe I should say, scribbled down on paper. It is actually the N 1250 alignment, not the 1350 as the note says.

This is a patch of cedar along the old east canal through the wetlands. Not really in a fence line at all.

The canal is grown up with trees along the edge and therefore mostly protected from peeping eyes of people like me. The wood ducks are there all summer but cannot be seen much except from the ends of the canal. I am sure they nest there as well.

I have done this scene before. It is along the same trail as the one just above.  You can see the small shelter house up at the end of the road.

Most of the time while down there I am chasing birds. Great Horned owls, Red-tailed hawks, sparrows,  Harriers, wood peckers, Gnatcatchers, flycatchers, and Coo coo's, to name a few... but some of the sunflower drawings on previous posts have been done along this trail.