August 18, 2020

Environment:Start Time: 7:10 AM Temperature: 58 degrees Sky: Sunshine; Some Wildfire Haze; no breeze Mornings are finally getting back to the normal bright sunshine that Whisper and I prefer for our outings. Wildfire haze is also diminishing though I don’t know how long that will last. Even better, I had a good number of wildlife encounters to share in this post. OK it was only three but that is a good step up from recent walks. First I came across the turkeys that have been hanging around the Osprey Picnic Area lately. This time it was only one hen and…

March 31, 2020

Excellent weather and light this morning. Made it to the river around 830 AM. The Mule Deer were out in force this morning. Started the walk with a couple of tourist style shots of the deer and then completed our circuit with no interruptions for photography. Once again I drove over to the Osprey Picnic Area to check out the heron nest. It was occupied but offered no real opportunity for a decent picture. Sightings: Birds: Starlings, Osprey, Kestrel, Canada Geese, Heron, Wood Ducks, Hawk, various small unidentifiable birds (I call them flitty birds). Critters: Mule Deer Here are two photos…