After seeing a photo in the Beacon Journal of a swan and her cygnets, we decided to go to Manchester Road and walk north towards Summit Lake. We had seen a swan in the canal here a couple months ago, so were now on a mission to see baby swans. This is a surprisingly beautiful section of trail, which includes the point of the highest elevation of the trail. Almost immediately we saw a Mallard couple under a bridge, watching their youngsters swim around about a hundred feet down the canal. That was the first time we had seen Mallards with young who were not hovering over them. We saw several more families as we walked, both Mallards and Canada Geese. The geese were in various stages of development. We also saw some barn swallows and rock doves (pigeons) tending to their nests in the rafters of the Waterloo Road bridge. Wildflowers still abound, and although we have seen wild yellow irises everywhere on the trail, today we saw some very pretty purple irises. We also saw a baby snapping turtle on the trail. It was tiny compared to an adult turtle!
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| Baby Snapping Turtle on the trail |
There are some heron's nests off to the west, and we saw a few herons flying by. At Wilbeth Road, we stopped for a breather. There were about 50 Canada geese walking towards the canal from a meadow on the other side. Kay kept walking toward Summit Lake, and I went back to get the car and meet here there. I took a few more photos of the floating boardwalk over the lake from above on Kenmore Blvd.
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