Gravette seniors enjoy excursion to Gentry

Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer Patrons from the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center pause at one of the pavilions on the Eagle Watch Nature Trail during an excursion to Gentry Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. Ilene Browers and Penny Leonard, both of Gravette, study the charts showing butterflies and birds seen in the area while Lydia Seiden, of Gentry, and Center director Melissa Provence, of Gravette, enjoy the views out over SWEPCO Lake.
Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer Patrons from the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center pause at one of the pavilions on the Eagle Watch Nature Trail during an excursion to Gentry Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. Ilene Browers and Penny Leonard, both of Gravette, study the charts showing butterflies and birds seen in the area while Lydia Seiden, of Gentry, and Center director Melissa Provence, of Gravette, enjoy the views out over SWEPCO Lake.

Patrons from the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center pause at one of the pavilions on the Eagle Watch Nature Trail during an excursion to Gentry Friday afternoon, Feb. 24.

photo Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer Patrons from the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center at Gravette enjoy the view from one of the pavilions at the Eagle Watch Nature Trail on an excursion to Gentry Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. Pictured are the center director Melissa Provence (left), Penny Leonard, Ilene Browers, Lydia Seiden, Fran Croxdale and Gene Mullen.
photo Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer A pair of wild geese flies north on a cloudy Friday afternoon, Feb. 24. The birds were flying near the tops of the treeline on the west side of the Eagle Watch Nature Trail after making a pass over SWEPCO Lake.
photo Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer An army of mushrooms appears to be marching up the right trunk of a dying black willow tree alongside the Eagle Watch Nature Trail in Gentry. Many of the trees seen there Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, were dead or dying.
photo Susan Holland/Westside Eagle Observer A male cardinal provides a bright spot on a cloudy afternoon as he sits among the branches of a tree in Gentry. He was spotted near the stream alongside the Eagle Watch Nature Trail on Friday, Feb. 24.