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Noonan’s April 7th Hike on the Glasgow/Coyote Trail in the Rouge

Posted on April 11, 2021 | Leave a comment
Duffin’s Creek
Dammed Pond on Duffin’s Creek
Duffin’s Creek
Pond 2
Pond 2

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Noonan’s March 31st Hike in the Rouge

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    Hungry Chickadee
    Bufflehead Duck
    Trumpeter Swan
    Signet
    Red Wing Blackbird

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      Noonan’s March 24th Hike on the Monarch Trail in the Rouge

      Posted on April 7, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Hungry Chickadee

      Swamp Milkweed

      Little Rouge River

      Black Walnut Bark. Early area farmers often planted walnut trees to supplement income from the sale of nuts.

      Little Rouge River with some remaining ice.

      Holes created by pilieated Woodpeckers

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      Noonan’s March 17th Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on April 7, 2021 | Leave a comment
      Leaving home on the way to our hike

      Map of hike area

      Cottonwood flower

      Cottonwood leaf

      Pussywillow

      Frozen Pond

      Hawk

      Redwing blackbird

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      Noonan’s March 3 Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on March 15, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Ambitious Beaver?

      Goose Couple on Dead Tree

      Hockey Net on Ice

      Geese on Ice

      Swamp Area

      Park Signs on Trail

      Beach Area

      Old Tree House

      Frozen Back Pond

      Dead Trees Around Pond

      Float Plane Ramp From Pond

      Starling in Flight

      Starling Pair

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      Noonan’s February 23rd,24th Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on March 12, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Official Trail Sign

      Deer Tracks

      Norway Spruce

      Jan making a snowperson

      Large Rinks

      Old Hotel Fireplace

      Frozen River

      Winter knat

      Abandoned Volkswagon

      Coyote Tracks

      Ice Rinks

      Male Hairy Woodpecker

      Tracks across the Frozen River

      Dryads Saddle

      Emerald Ash Borer Hole

      Evidence of Tree House

      Trail with Directions Indicated

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      Noonan’s Februry 17th Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on March 12, 2021 | Leave a comment

      The Hikers

      Barry’s Map of the Route

      Lake Ontario

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      Noonan’s February 3 Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on March 12, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Fungus

      Knarly Tree

      Fungus

      House Finch

      Ice Thickness

      fungus

      River Ice

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      BOARDWALK PRESENTATION, from Friends of the Rouge National Urban Park

      Posted on February 8, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Boarcdwalk presentation no animations V Jan 14

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      Noonan’s January 27th Hike in the Rouge

      Posted on February 6, 2021 | Leave a comment

      Pearse House

      Beare Road

      Lower Pond

      River Ice

      Cliff

      River Ice

      Birch Clump Overlooking River

      Rouge River from Lookout

      Coyote Tracks

      Fox Tracks

      Finished Zoo Biomass Facility

      Hockey on Amos Pond

      Amos Pond , West End, beaver trail connection

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