Hermit Thrush

Out and about a little after first daylight...back to Creek's End and along the Merced...oh...Mama Doe, Two Fawns, and two young Bucks in the Diversion Channel diverted me to the River!...and at Ozone Beach, early tourists, out for a walk too, diverted me back to Owl Woods, and to Breakfast!...and after Breakfast, went back to sleep...clip of the Deer....quiet otherwise, and cold enough for gloves....which I'll begin taking along...after the nap, and lunch, geared up and went along Rocky Slope...and found the Hermit Thrush at Camp 4...a new bird sighting for me!...continued to Rocky Point...construction thereabout on an Indian Round House...had wondered what was going on there, and now a sign up explains it...(will look about in a minute to see if story on web...it's here in pdf:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/upload/icc106-2.pdf )...crossed the Road at Rocky Point, and thought to check the Aspens...see if Beaver ever came back to chew down more Trees...and was surprised to find fresh Beaver work on an Aspen...looked about for tracks, as work looks like from just a day or so ago, but couldn't find any...tracks from maybe Duck, and Bear, and for sure lots of Deer, and lots of people!.....continued upriver...Kingfisher flew by going downstream...clip but Kingfisher too tiny...walked along the River to Swinging Bridge, and from there to Chapel Bridge...more pics of the Yellowjacket Nest...and clip of Mama Doe and One Fawn in Chapel Meadow....crossed Chapel Bridge..scenic pic at Cottonwood Beach...one back at CAD Beach too...and out Lodgepole Point...by now almost dark...and entirely quiet...walked out the Deer House Road and around Lower Falls back to the Cabin...along the whole walk, I saw and heard few Birds...Blue Jay, Robin, Kingfisher, Flicker, Junco, Raven, Kinglets, and the Hermit Thrush....lots of Squirrels at Camp 4...pics and clips...reason for it being so quiet:...cloudy overcast and cool...and it's November...when 'no birds sing'....

well..I looked about for news of the Miwok Roundhouse construction...sign up says it's "Phase One"...the series of 'phases' is making an Indian Village of sorts...this was in the Old Valley Plan, and I would think the Indian Village, along with everything else, is on hold until 2012....sign says it will be ready for public in September, 2010...which suggests it will be an attraction...well...it will be of course, if for no other than just nosey tourists, (and photogs!)....but it may be just an Indian thing, and off limits somehow...but one wonders here about restroom facilities and pavements...to say nothing of the rockfall hazards of Rocky Point...and disturbance to the Peregrins!!...and more traffic along Rocky Slope!....Bobcat will be perturbed!!...a tale or two will unfold about all this, I'm sure!!!...there's irony in the sign...natural materials the Indians used are being used, it touts..but moved and shaped with backhoes and chainsaws!....what they should maybe do, is put it in the middle of Camp 4.....a fine ruckous that would make!!...the Climbing Tribe already has laid claim thereabout!!