Wahkeena Nature Preserve
"… to be used for nature study and as a preserve for birds and other wildlife."- Carmen Hambleton Warner
A Carmen Warner’s Christmas
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| Dr. Frank Warner and Carmen Hambleton Warner |
Twelve Days of ChristmasThe Wahkeena Version
On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
an old farm in Fairfield County
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| The land and house that would later become Wahkeena, circa 1930 |
On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Jennie and Ike |
On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Eastern Screech Owl- Photo by Rich Pendlebury |
On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Golden Crowned Kinglet- Photo by Rich Pendlebury |
On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Carmen Warner and her Canada Geese |
On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Historic Wahkeena mallards |
On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
eight bunnies bouncing
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
nine ladies lounging
eight bunnies bouncing
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Garden club meeting at Wahkeena |
On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
ten deer a leaping
nine ladies lounging
eight bunnies bouncing
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
eleven beavers chewing
ten deer a leaping
nine ladies lounging
eight bunnies bouncing
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
On the twelth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
twelve native orchids
eleven beavers chewing
ten deer a leaping
nine ladies lounging
eight bunnies bouncing
seven mallards swimming
six geese a pooping
five golden crowned kinglets
four hooting owls
three peacocks strutting
two burros
and an old farm in Fairfield County
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| Pink Lady’s Slipper |
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Wahkeena!
-Nora & Tom
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