Time for a look back at what was happening one year ago today. Mostly the usual suspects with the exception of the toad. I am constantly amazed at how few reptiles I run across out on the trails. In eleven years of shooting I think I have only seen five or six snakes and one of those was dead. I’m sure many more snakes have seen me.
Environment:
Start Time: 6:50 AM Temperature: 62 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
Back on the trail after an unexpected confrontation with an unidentified virus. I’m still not sure who has won. I did mange to complete my full walk with some successes. I was starting to think that my brain had lost the ability to spot an owl perched in the leaves but today’s featured image has allayed my fear. This Great Horned Owl was sleeping soundly just off the trail. Pictured here is House Wren who let me get surprisingly close, serenading all the while. Critters were present this morning as well. The Toad below was heading toward the river, hoping to make friends with a Heron, I’m sure. It’s good to be back.
Sightings:
Birds: Canada Geese, Double Crested Cormorants, Mourning Doves, Kingbirds (E&W), Bullock’s Oriole, Ospreys, Common Grackles, Barn Swallows, Northern Flickers, Wrens, American Robins Starlings
Critters: Mule Deer, Cabbage White Butterflies, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Tree Squirrel, Woodhouse’s Toad, Prairie Dog
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-300mm
