Dominic's Deer

Dominic put apples underneath his bird feeders and within a day a deer had arrived. I wasn't sneaky enough to get the blinds up to take a nicer picture.

 

Locust Lake

Locust Lake State Park

nown for its popular camping area, Locust Lake State Park nestles on the side of Locust Mountain. The 52-acre Locust Lake is located between two campgrounds and is surrounded by beautiful forests. Hiking and fishing are popular activities in the 1,772-acre park.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/locustlake.aspx

Backyard Bird Feeder

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/backyard-bird-feeder-672532/

Spoon-feed your winged neighbors with this homemade birdseed dispenser.

Materials

• Clean 1-liter soda bottle
• Craft knife
• 2 wooden spoons

• small eye screw
• Length of twine for hanging

Instructions

1.  Start by drawing a 1/2-inch asterisk on the side of a clean 1-liter soda bottle, about 4 inches from the bottom. Rotate the bottle 90 degrees and draw another asterisk
   2 inches from the bottom. Draw a 1-inch-wide circle opposite each asterisk, as shown.
2. Use a craft knife to slit the asterisk lines and cut out the circles (a parent's job). Insert a wooden spoon handle first through each hole and then through the opposite asterisk, as shown.
3. Remove the bottle cap and twist a small eye screw into the top of it for hanging.
4. Finally, fill your feeder with birdseed, recap it, and use a length of twine to hang it from a tree.

Recycled Bird Feeder

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/make-recycled-bird-feeder-710474/

Backyard birds won't know the difference between a fancy, store-bought bird feeder and one that's homemade, so save your pennies and make one out of an empty milk carton. Cut openings on opposite sides of a clean carton and coat with nontoxic paint. Glue Popsicle stick shingles onto the roof. For a perch, poke holes below the openings and slip a dowel through the holes. Fill the bottom of the feeder with birdseed mix. (You can make your own mix by combining a variety of nuts and seeds, such as sunflower seeds, millet, thistle seeds and yellow corn.) Then hang the feeder with wire in a spot that's easy to view but far enough away from fences or posts to thwart predators. 

Dominic's Birds

                  
                    Dominic added an additional bird feeder!!

                                The birds seem to love it!
    
                   Stay tuned for step by step direction to make your homemade bird feeder!

Marsh Creek

Marsh Creek State Park is in the rolling hills of northcentral Chester County. The 1,727-acre park contains the 535-acre Marsh Creek Lake, which is great for fishing, sailing and is a reststop for migrating waterfowl.


http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/marshcreek.aspx

Hibernia County Park and Chambers Lake

Over 900 acres of trails, woodlands, meadows, open fields, play areas, pavilions, camping & picnic areas are strewn throughout. Popular fishing sites include the Brandywine Creek’s west branch, Birch Run & a children’s pond. Small boating & fishing occur on the 90 –acre Chambers Lake. Hibernia Mansion is open for public tours on Sunday afternoons, Memorial Day - Labor Day. Park walking tours explore the legacy of the iron masters and country gentlemen who owned the estate.

Hibernia Mansion is a restored 19th century mansion. The mansion, as you see it today, reflects the changes of lifestyle and social status of its various owners for over two hundred years. Long the home of Ironmasters, it expanded with their increased prosperity. When strolling along the quiet paths through the 990-acre Hibernia County Park, or fishing on the shady banks of the Brandywine Creek, it is hard to imagine that here was once the site of a bustling iron industry, gone for over one hundred years.

At the turn of the century, Hibernia became the country estate of a wealthy Philadelphia lawyer and underwent extensive renovations according to his personal taste. Vacant for 15 years, it fell into disrepair. Now owned and operated by the Chester County Parks and Recreation Department, Hibernia Mansion has been restored to its former glory to preserve our past heritage and for future generations to enjoy. 

Hibernia is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places. It is also part of the Hatfield-Hibernia National Register Historic District. In 2009, Hibernia Mansion joined the Rural History Confederation.

http://www.chesco.org/ccparks/cwp/view.asp?a=1550&q=616010

Birds you can find at Hibernia Park