South Salado Creek Greenway, Covington Park Trailhead, Part 1

First the photos, then some commentary:

The South Salado Creek Greenway trail is under construction north of Rigsby Avenue. The completed trail goes in a 2.3 mile half circle first going east through Covington and Comanche Parks then turning south and west ending at South Side Lions Park Lake. Today I walked from the Covington Park trailhead to where the trail meets Roland Avenue.

This part of Salado Creek is much wetter than the North Salado Creek Greenway. In spite of the exceptional drought condition, there are a few springs flowing into the creek. Instead of the dry river reed stalks to the North, the reeds here are abundant and green.

The bird with the red on its head is a male house finch. It can easily be mistaken for a female cardinal from a distance. I will post the second part of the photos from this morning on Tuesday, June 7th. Tomorrow's post is a bit of history on how I came to approach photography the way I do.

On Friday, I plan to walk from the South Side Lions Park trailhead to where I turned back at Roland Avenue today. That part of the trail is primarily upland terrain away from the creek bed.