Bear Forest

Out and about early with the Dawn Chorus....retrieved the Bike and peddled over to Maybe Bobcat's Oak...no luck, but friend was thereabout on way to work, and pointed out the Oak....'he was up there hissing at me".....peddled over to Ozone Beach...Three Mallards, and one Female thereabout...clip...continued to Two Top Pine Meadow...quiet...but sighted Bear over in the Scorched Forest, hence Bear Forest!...faraway pic and clip...peddled about the Forest a bit (large pavement area for the Buses)...Bear browsing at the edge of the Meadow, glimpsed through the Trees...back to Last Chance, parked the Bike, and to Breakfast, and to the Cabin, and to sleep....oh....plan was to hop on the Hiker's Bus...but it wont be going up until next week, maybe!....a disappointment...in mid afternoon, peddled over to check mail...and returned...watched Bones a bit...and napped a bit...near sunset, picked up some bug spray, and thought to try and sit awhile at Ozone....spray works, but the odor is so strong.... did sit awhile...Merced still high, water up to the Boulders...pic up...Phoebe on Phoebe's Willow....Mallards flyby...Sandpipers, Robin, Song Sparrow, Grosbeak, just a few Violet Greens, about....in Bear Forest, I heard a call I couldn't id...sounded a bit like Owl or Hawk at roost...another locale to check!...seeing Bobcat in the Oak looks to be a timing problem...just have to hope for luck when passing by thereabout...sunny blueblue hothot, with a few small puff clouds...