Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Merganserlings 6




Paddled over to Ozone Beach after Breakfast...Merced still high....started back to the Cabin on the Path, and thought I saw Mice scrambling amidst the floating branches, logs, and such....but it was the Merganserlings!.....just had the 20x with...figured out problem with it has something to do with new sd card...old one works okay...anyway, handheld clips of Mama Merganser and the Six Merganserlings....sunny blueblue hot....out again around two...paddled out through Bobcat Meadow....and to the Voting Booths.....Female Grosbeak thereabout...clip....picked up lunch, tuna, chips, hershys, crangrape, at the Village, and out to the A Meadow....across the Bridge at Housekeeping, halfway back in business after flooding, and on to Siberia....purchased new Head Lamp....Shuttled to Happy Isles, and across the Bridge to the Pony Path....sat awhile at the Giant Boulder on a nearby Log, River lapping at my boots, ate lunch, and contemplated the Ouzel Nest...under water...pics and clip....and contemplated Bear Bridge...gone...floated away...sigh...picked up, and thought to go to the top of the Moraine...maybe a view of Falls from there...too many Trees...but thereabout contemplated the gone Ice Age too!....hopped on the Shuttle at the Stables, and off at Camp 4 Stop....checked Ozone again...River is going down now....and to the Cabin to watch NBA finals....and later the Good Wife...a quiet walkabout day, but I got to vote for John Muir....

1 comment:

yosemite faith said...

another great photo. too bad about the nest.....