March Snow on Buckeye Trail

Edge of landfill meadow at east end of Buckeye Trail.

baby beeches under pines

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Pigeon House Branch Continued

Pigeon House Branch is a much-abused creek that drains the northwestern quadrant of downtown Raleigh. It criss-crosses Capital Boulevard from Peace Street to Crabtree Boulevard, and these pictures trace that path down to its mouth at Crabtree Creek.

The stone culvert just north of Peace Street.

Pigeon House is under there somewhere!

The 42 " pipe that delivers water from Fletcher Park to Pigeon House Branch.

Pigeon House between Capital and West Street.

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The earlier post covers Pigeon House from the Light Tower to Dennis Avenue.

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Pigeon House Branch at Johnny's Motel on Capital.

Pigeon at Flea Market on Capital Blvd.

Pigeon House under Crabtree Blvd at Capital.

Pigeon House at Sherwin-Williams on Crabtree Blvd.

Pigeon House Branch beside Crabtree Blvd., across from greenway parking lot.

Above, the mouth of Pigeon House at Crabtree from the greenway deck. Turning, you face Raleigh Swamp and the greenway deck below.

Raleigh Nature posts on Pigeon house Branch.

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Midwinter Beech Luminaries

At the easternmost tip of Raleigh's greenways, Buckeye Trail at Milburnie Road, the young beeches, which keep their old leaves through the winter, look like luminaries spread through the flat lowland off this section of greenway. These pictures don't really capture the effect - I'll keep trying!

Young beech tree

Fletcher Park Water Garden

Fletcher Park's new water garden was recently finished.

The mallard ducks have already found the lowest and largest pool, which is part of a sequence designed to slow and filter water headed down to Pigeon House Branch.

Culvert feeds from baseball field.

The "spring-fed creek." (seep)

Irrigated lily garden.

Here is where the water exits down to Pigeon House Branch.

Pigeon House Branch west of Capital Blvd.

The Redbird sculpture at Fletcher Park.

Raleigh Nature post on Fletcher Park's new water garden.

Raleigh Nature

Pigeon House Creek

A great blue heron browses a granite outcrop on Pigeon House Creek at Capital Boulevard. Pigeon House has headwaters at Edna Metz Park and Cameron Village and follows Capital Boulevard east after being culverted through much of its path through Cameron Park and down Johnson Street.

Notice the streamwatch unit here at Cameron Village. Underground are the headwaters.

Edna Metz Park

Looking east from Edna Metz.

Pigeon House flows under a porch in Cameron Park.

Pigeon House beside Johnson Street.

West Street and Dortch by the city salt barn.

Wade Ave. ramp off Capital

Fletcher Park's waters join Pigeon House.

Capital Boulevard light tower

Pigeon House Creek at Watkins Grill on Louisburg Rd.

Below, Pigeon House Creek crosses under Capital Blvd at Dennis Ave.

Raleigh Nature posts on Pigeon house Branch

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