Cedar And Coop

Shuttled over to the Post Office...paddled back through Bobcat Meadow...happened to look back while on the Boardwalk by the Lily Pads, and saw Hawk, Coop, fly low across the Meadow and perch in the Elm...farfaraway pic...sat on the Boardwalk and watched Coop awhile through the binocs...a long while...and finally paddled out across the Hummocks!...got half way across and Coop flew across the Road to the Oaks....by the time I got there, Coop long gone...paddled to Lower Falls and back to the Cabin... too early for lunch, so made a loop through Owl Woods to Creek's End....sat awhile...quiet...Ouzel was about...picked up and went to Last Chance for lunch...white bean soup and corn muffins....thought to get all the gear, but second thought to just stay with the new camera and binocs....went out to Two Top Pine Meadow...sat awhile at the Broken Cottonwood...and glimpsed Hawk in flight on far side of the Meadow...Red Tail, Zeke...farfar away pic...watched awhile through the binocs...and finally paddled out through the draw across the Meadow!....half way across, Hawk flew off into the Scorched Forest...looked all about when I got there, but no luck...went back to the Bike Path, and across Swinging Bridge...and on the Path along the Road, when I was nearing the Cedars by the 25 Speed Limit sign, sighted Hawk, Cedar, in the Cedars...took the farfar away pic!...and as I walked nearer, kept taking a pic now and then...until I reached Cedar with Falls in background!...Cedar, almost perched above the Path, was unperturbed!...manymany pics...very cool...Cedar flew off the perch, and I tried to track, and thought Cedar would soon be off and away, but Cedar did a Hummingbird like hoover and maneuver, and perched on a Snag right over head!...veryvery cool!...but Cedar only stayed perched a moment....then flew to the Cottonwoods along the Merced...I sat awhile on the Split Rail Fence, watching Cedar fly about thereabout with the binocs, or just searching for where Cedar perched...picked up when I couldn't find Cedar anymore.... continued to Chapel Bridge, around Bobcat Meadow, through the Oak Grove to Lower Falls and back to the Cabin...last bit of the walk, to Last Chance and dinner, in fading light behind the Rooms listening for Owl...but quiet...a wintry day!...clouds...and some snow flakes coming down tonight...I had hoped today to get pics of Hawk, because of work week starting tomorrow, it's the last evening walk of 2009, and Providence was kind!...and a kind of afternoon that seemed to stretch out and last a long time, and a time to treasure.