This is Oakland Lake in Bayside, Queens and it looked beautiful this particular day at the end of Autumn. I haven't been over there recently but I am eager to visit when we've had a good snow. I think it will be lovely, of course cold, and very quiet when that happens.
Lots of Canadian geese and ducks were here the last time I came. I wonder how may of them stayed or flew off to warmer climes.
Oakland Lake is a 15,000-year-old spring-fed glacial kettle pond located in Alley Pond Park. The lake, once known as Mill Pond, became known as Oakland Lake, named for the 19th century estate on this site called “The Oaks” for the many oak trees in the area.
In 1988 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation designated the Oakland Lake area as freshwater wetlands, buttressing the Oakland Lake Committee’s efforts to protect the lake. Where the lake once was home to plentiful stocks of trout, white perch, and pickerel, today the lake is stocked with catfish, sunfish, and carp. The marsh supports many birds, including rails, bitterns, and herons. Part of the original forest remains and Parks has worked to regenerate other areas with Tulip (Liriodendron tulipfera), Beech (Fagus grandifolia), and oaks (Quercus spp.) trees.
That's My World for this Tuesday.
Thanks to the My World Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Ivar | Wren | Fishing Guy | Louise
Lots of Canadian geese and ducks were here the last time I came. I wonder how may of them stayed or flew off to warmer climes.
Oakland Lake is a 15,000-year-old spring-fed glacial kettle pond located in Alley Pond Park. The lake, once known as Mill Pond, became known as Oakland Lake, named for the 19th century estate on this site called “The Oaks” for the many oak trees in the area.
In 1988 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation designated the Oakland Lake area as freshwater wetlands, buttressing the Oakland Lake Committee’s efforts to protect the lake. Where the lake once was home to plentiful stocks of trout, white perch, and pickerel, today the lake is stocked with catfish, sunfish, and carp. The marsh supports many birds, including rails, bitterns, and herons. Part of the original forest remains and Parks has worked to regenerate other areas with Tulip (Liriodendron tulipfera), Beech (Fagus grandifolia), and oaks (Quercus spp.) trees.
That's My World for this Tuesday.
Thanks to the My World Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Ivar | Wren | Fishing Guy | Louise
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