Plants and Birds on the Greenbelt
Today I had some reading for school to get done, so I drove to Ann Morrison Park in Boise to go do that since it beats being stuck inside. While sitting by the river, I saw several mallard ducks and Canada geese float by and take a rest by the shore. After I finished my reading, I took a walk along the greenbelt for a bit to see if I'd find anything interesting. There were tons of dandelions and storksbills in bloom which wasn't surprising, since they're all over the city, but I also found some other things like whitetop, tumblemustard, star-of-bethlehem, donkeytail, flax and grape-hyacinths. I wasn't familiar with the star-of-bethlehem before today when I posted it here, so that was cool to find. Unfortunately, none of the flowers I observed were native species, which makes me wonder what the Boise River was like before the area got built up and tons of invasive species were introduced.
