… Another hawk. 

Or perhaps it’s the same hawk that I saw the other day.   I’m not sure.  But as I was walking, again, in the park, the scenario was the same.  I saw no birds or squirrels when I normally would.  I looked up in the trees but didn’t see a hawk.  It was super cold and an hour later, my fingers felt like they were about to fall off.  I finally decided to put away my camera.  That’s when I spotted the hawk sitting on the branches of one of the tallest trees in the park.  It was very windy but she sat still as if the winds didn’t bother her.   Instead, she focused on another tree not too far away from her.   Correction, she focused on a group of starlings in another tree not too far from her.  Those starlings sure looked nervous.   I didn’t hang around to see what happened.  It was just too cold. 

This post is for Ecological Day, which was started by Sonia of Leaves of Green.   This photo blogging theme day falls on the second day of each month.  When we are good to our Earth, we’re good to the wild life and nature — like the hawk and starlings.   When we’re good to the wild life and nature, we’re good to our Earth.   We only have one Earth, folks, so let’s be good to it.  

Paz

Nervous starlings in the tree, hoping not become a hawk’s meal.

As usual, I’m late for Ecological Day, which is a photo blogging theme day started by Sonia of Leaves of Grass.  Normally, it falls on the second day of each month.   Since I’m late, this is why I like the old saying, "Better late than never."   Here’s my tardy post for Ecological Day.

Now that the holidays are over, you’ll see Christmas trees on curbsides, all over the city, and sections of the parks.  At this part of Riverside park, the pile of trees has grown.   The Department of Sanitation will pick up the trees for recycling.  They will turn the trees into wood chips and compost and use them to nourish the trees and plants of the city streets and gardens.    The other day, Gisela of Guildwood Gardens left a very informative comment under one of my posts about why we should buy real Christmas trees, instead of artificial ones.  This is what she wrote:

"Christmas trees are not cut in the forest but farmed and can be recycled after Christmas.
But Artificial Christmas trees can not be recycled.
I am encouraging everyone to purchase real trees now and in the future.
Artificial trees contain lead, so they should be disposed of with other household hazardous products."

Recycling helps us.  We only have one Earth, so let’s be good to it, folks.

Paz

Ecological Day, created by Sonia of LEAVES OF GRASS, occurs the second day of each month.   Yes, I’m late but I still wanted to post a photo.  We only have one Earth, so let’s be good to it, as we enjoy the beautiful colors of nature, this time of the year.

Paz

Thankfully, one can find flowers all over the city.   They certainly brighten our surroundings.   Nature is awesome!

ECOLOGICAL DAY on the blog occurs every second day of the month.  TODAY’S FLOWERS occurs every week.  Check both sites out!

Have a great week, Everyone!

Paz

Ed. Note:  Thank you dear Magical Mystical Teacher for the poem.  I LOVE it!  

 Greetings, Miss Petunia, dear,
Great to see you growing here
On the busy city street
Where a hundred thousand feet
Pass you every single day.

Some New Yorkers glance your way,
Whisper thanks and then they say
(As they brush a tear away),
“Miss Petunia, O my dear—
Great to see you growing here!”

(Your Writer-Out-of-Residence!)

Can you imagine if there was no greenery in the world?  I can’t.

It’s Ecological Day — a photo blogging theme day that takes place the second day of each month.  It was created by Sonia of LEAVES OF GRASS.

We only have one Earth, so let’s take care of it!

Paz