Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. "Located in, where else, Maryville. Along the MCT Schoolhouse Trail near Drost Park, nests this striking 9-foot-tall red cardinal."
Very different kind of day than my previous photos of this critter... Taken 12/29/24.
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Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. A second photo of Cole. "Located at Glen Carbon Junction, in Glen Carbon, along the MCT Ronald J. Foster Heritage Trail at Main Street, stands this lively 12-foot-tall hot pink canary. A nod to Glen Carbon’s origins as a coal mining locale, and the significant role canaries played in the practice of coal mining."
Cole is technically along the Heritage Trail, but right at the junction with the Nickel Plate Trail. I was actually walking the Nickel Plate when I took this photo.
Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. I'm planning to document them all, this is the 5th of 8 posted. Click the tag to see all posts.
Sandy: "Located in Pontoon Beach off of the MCT Nature Trail sits this playful, lime green lizard. Sandy patrols the Sand Road/Chain of Rocks Road intersection and stretches out a whole 10-feet-long."
Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. "Located in, where else, Maryville. Along the MCT Schoolhouse Trail near Drost Park, nests this striking 9-foot-tall red cardinal."
The first photo is from June, 2024, the second is from October 2024.
Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. "Located at Edwardsville Junction in Edwardsville, where the MCT Nature, MCT Nickel Plate, and MCT Goshen trails intersect, is Newt. An orange kitty standing 9-feet-tall and reminding all frequent trailgoers of their favorite small trail kitty."
Interesting, the sculpture was originally titled Nelson, presumably due to the general proximity to the N.O. Nelson complex. I believe the name was changed in honor of an actual cat the was known for hanging out around the trail.
This is the first time I've photographed this one, photos taken 10/25/2024.
Last week I posted "Jarvis" one of the Trail Critter sculptures around our rails-to-trails paths. I was going through my archives and found a photo of another.
Cole: Located at Glen Carbon Junction, in Glen Carbon, along the MCT Ronald J. Foster Heritage Trail at Main Street, stands this lively 12-foot-tall hot pink canary. A nod to Glen Carbon’s origins as a coal mining locale, and the significant role canaries played in the practice of coal mining.
Part of the "Trail Critters" collection of sculptures placed around the rails-to-trails paths in our area. "Located in Troy on the MCT Goshen Trail along Old Troy Road, near IL-162, is Jarvis the fiercely fun 10-foot-tall teal bear; named after the township in which he resides."
I've seen 6 of the 8, but only photographed 3... or 4... I can't remember.
