After Breakfast, checked for Hawk across the Road....and out to the Bike Path...coffee in hand, paddled back to the Cabin...and when almost there, happened to glance at a Utility Post...a streak of fresh whitewash...looked up...and there was Hawk, Cedar, perched right over head!...very cool...pics...Cedar flew over to the Cabins' Cedars....one right over the back of the Cabin...veryvery cool!....and then flew off toward Lower Falls...had lots of time, so paddled along to Lower Falls...just took the new camera and binocs....lost sight of Cedar, and continued out Rocky Slope all the way to Beaver Bend...and along the Merced to Swinging Bridge....the whole South Wall covered with moving clouds of the clearing small storm...crossed the Bridge, and out along the Road...just when the Path clears the Trees, I sighted Coyote going under the Split Rail Fence....I angled out into the Meadow, kneeled in the Snow, and waitedwaited...Coyote did three hops...pics of two...and I thought Coyote would come my way, but my low profile, and all black clothes, spooked Coyote...and Coyote diverted up to the Path, and Coyote trotted towards the Bridge....traffic stopping to looksee!....cool to see Coyote again...Coyote's ears dont seem to be as tall as Death Valley Coyote....picked up and finished the Loop around to Lower Falls and back to the Cabin...pics of Acorn Woodpecker, Ravens, and Blue Jay along the way...and scenics too!...should have taken the 20x...oh..everything...but it's kinda relaxing to just carry one camera...rainsnow in the morning...melted fast...and clearing clouds..very pretty walk...report of Bobcat at Church Bowl...and Mama Doe and One Fawn across from the Cabin by the Rooms, tourist gathered about too close!....
Blog of the Day (Wood Duck in Central Park, NY, NY, and some other cool sightings thereabout)
Olmsted designed Central Park, and some of the layout in the high country hereabout too! re: Olmsted Point His recommendations were suppressed for years, see story on web...Frederick Law Olmsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted
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This landmark report, the first to recommend management guidelines for the newly-reserved Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, has a mysterious history. Prepared on behalf of the Yosemite Valley Commissioners for presentation to the California legislature, the report (considered controversial at the time) was not submitted to the governor for review. It may have been suppressed.
Amazingly, Olmsted's proposals remained undiscovered and unpublished from 1865 to 1952. Just as astonishing, the report has never been made available to the public in separate book form until now.
Much more than a simple management plan, the document set forth the policy underlying the preservation of areas of unique natural beauty for the benefit of the public. In effect, Olmsted's report formulated the philosophic base for the establishment of state and national parks.
Amazingly, Olmsted's proposals remained undiscovered and unpublished from 1865 to 1952. Just as astonishing, the report has never been made available to the public in separate book form until now.
Much more than a simple management plan, the document set forth the policy underlying the preservation of areas of unique natural beauty for the benefit of the public. In effect, Olmsted's report formulated the philosophic base for the establishment of state and national parks.
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