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Poison Hemlock walkAdded:
Hey guys, I stopped at my creek really quick and I'm just sitting and watching birds and um one of my favorite birds is a killdeer.
They're the birds that lay their um eggs in rocks on the ground.
Um which I've actually like had the opportunity to see their nests before on the ground.
It's really cool. They like pretend to have a broken wing to um like get predators away from the nest to trick them.
They're like the most interesting bird ever, but a few years ago I had the realization that killdeer, which is such a goofy name for bird by the way.
Um they're creek walkers.
I constantly see them walking in the creeks and it's really interesting and I just saw one walking in the creek and he flew away, but maybe he'll come back and I'll get a video of him.
I um told myself that I wasn't going to film anything tonight like at all.
I'm just going to go for a walk and listen to amazing music. Um but then I pulled my headphones out when I got to the creek and I heard this.
It's hard not to film when it sounds like this.
I also can't help myself because the dame's rocket is in full bloom mixed in with the um poison hemlock and they're just such a bomb combo.
The white is the poison hemlock.
and the purple is the dame's rocket.
I'm also loving the attitude that the catbirds have this time of year. You hear them?
I love catbirds.
There he is.
Up in the sycamore tree.
Mr. Catbird.
And those are cherry blossoms, by the way.
On a cherry tree.
My sneakers are going to get soaking wet.
And that's okay.
That's all right.
So, like I said, the poison hemlock the white is in full bloom.
Um I don't have any issues with poison hemlock. It's never bothered me.
So, it's easy for me to love because it just looks beautiful.
Um I'm going to point it out again.
So, as you can see, the poison hemlock kind of resembles Queen Anne's lace.
However, like I mentioned before, it does not have that center it's a little dark center.
And as I've mentioned before, it very much resembles celery on the stalks.
Which Queen Anne's lace does not.
As you guys have noticed, I have major beef with most invasive species.
However, the dame's rocket, which I'm going to point out, um has not created like a monoculture like a lot of um invasive species do. So, it doesn't bother me.
Um and it's really easy to pull out if needed.
So, the purple is the Dame's rocket.
This is the non-native version to phlox.
Although the Dame's rocket has four petals instead of five like our native woodland phlox.
And it comes in a bunch of different colors of purple and white.
Look at what they look with the rain drops.
Smells so good if you can believe it.
Everything smells amazing down here.
Oh, here's the leaves by the way again of the poison hemlock.
Pretty much like celery leaves.
>> I wish that you guys could see this at golden hour.
>> I'm still convinced that this isn't eastern cottonwood.
Maybe it's not.
It's some kind of elm.
But, check out the bark on this thing.
It's so gnarly.
It's covered in poison ivy.
So, these are my wild geraniums.
I've shown them before, but they look pretty good after the rain.
And uh I don't think they're going to be out much longer, so I wanted to point them out one more time.
These are a native wildflower.
They grow here naturally.
And they're just really pretty and dainty.
Oh my gosh, look at this dainty little sycamore leaf.
It's so fuzzy.
It looks like felt.
And so soft.
All right, guys. I was just about to cross the creek and there's a little snapping turtle hunting. Well, he's not little. He's kind of big.
He's not a bad size.
He sure looks like a dinosaur.
Yeah, he was definitely hunting something.
This I love snapping turtles.
I think they're my favorite kind of turtle. I mean, just look at his tail.
How wicked is that?
I suppose that I have showed off enough of my flowers for now.
And um just wanted to say thank you for um joining me on my little stroll.
And um thank you so much for watching.
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