What is the best way to spend a day as wonderful as we had this Sunday, Oct. 1st?
Solar pontoon at Warner Center: photo by Art Oglesby About 500 of us decided to attend Warner Nature Center's anual "Fall Color Blast". Thankyou Liza for posting this opportunity on our Buzz Blog.

Solar Pontoon rides

My favorite activity (besides apple pie with ice cream) was to ride around the lake on Warner's solar powered pontoon raft. I think it is about ten years old now. We were the tenth group to go for a ride so the batteries were pretty empty. The super quiet electric motors were depending almost entirly on the solar cells for power.
Bird banding at Warner: photo by Art Oglesby

Bird banding

I learned quite a bit about the how and why of bird banding, too. We got to see the birds get caught in special nets. The birds were immediately untrapped and placed in a cloth bag. One by one they were measured, recorded, then released.

Fiddle music and nature walks

Nancy Conger entertained us by playing fiddle and violin. We walked through a bog and saw insects trapped in carniverous pitcher plants. Deep in the woods, I found a pelvic bone and skull (deer I think). There were several varieties of mushrooms, especially puffballs.

I am giving this experience 5 stars

Now that I know about Warner's many great programs, I plan on going back again and again. You should check them out.

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