With the spread of COVID-19, we haven't had the opportunity to travel at all recently, so we have had to stay close to home. We walked over to Railroad Park twice in the last two weeks.
Here are a few photos from last weekend (May 16). On the weekends, they close off 1st Avenue South for about half a mile to give pedestrians more space and bring in a few pop up vendors. The call this the Parkside Trail which ends at Railroad Park.
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| Parkside Trail (closed off 1st Avenue South) |
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| Railroad Park |
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| Looking in on Region's Field where the Birmingham Barons (minor league) play |
Here are some photos from this morning. Even though it was a bit steamy and warm already at 8:30 a.m., the walk was so worth it as we were treated to a yellow-crowned night heron eating breakfast!
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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| Check out the size of this crayfish he caught! |
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| He spent a lot of time crunching with his beak after removing the claws. |
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| After crunching it, he swallowed the body of the crayfish whole! |
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| He saved a claw for last. |
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| A juvenile common grackle |
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| A northern mocking bird singing his heart out! |
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| This robin found a worm |
On another note, they planted beautiful flowers around our apartment building. I figured here is as good as any place to share a few photos of them.
