Monday, May 18, 2009
Morning Flicker
Pic of the Cathedrals is from the evening...after the Thunderstorm....but in the morning it looked to be another sunny hot blue day!....lots of Half Dome trekkers on the Shuttle to Happy Isles...hope they all fared okay...the walk in the morning was cool and peaceful...but the mosquitoes started in on me!(6:10am!)...especially during the second Flicker clip in the Village...first Flicker was by the Two Ponderosas...I paddled out that way to get a clip of Creek's End from the Far Bank...water has reached it's highest so far...went through Bobcat Meadow to the Village...and Shuttled from there to Siberia for Breakfast...and back to the Cabin by nine...and a nap!...up and about in the afternoon...over to the Village for lunch...it was so dark!...clouded up...and on the Shuttle back, rained heavy with hail...clip...wanted to make an afternoon walkabout...but stayed inside..watched TV...and dozed...out for short looksee at Half Dome and Clouds at Dusk....alpine glow pic....and thought to make the Big Loop...but the mosquitoes have begun in ernest!....oh...Deer over in Siberia...pic and clip...and Violet Greens by the Deer House Path in the evening...clip....fun to see the Lightning flashes and hear the Thunder!!!...and picked up supply of bug spray and lotion!...clip of Phoebe call in the morning...flew off before I could get close by Butterfly Flat (underwater)!
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I have often heard those calls while i'm out walking, and now thanks to you i know who they belong to. Thank you David! Looks like flicker is eating ants?
Maybe ants, I'm not sure! Mosquitoes were sure eating me!
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