Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Owl And Egret







Picked up mini donuts and orange juice and paddled over to the Hummock Ponds...snacked...counted Eight Mallards, but Mallards were sleeping amongst the Hummocks, and too far away for accurate count....on the way, Brown Creeper on Alder Tree by the Creek Footbridge...hd clip for sometime!....continued over to the Village...returned, and looped through the Meadow....sighted Black Phoebe for sure this time...pic...walked with friend going to Last Chance for lunch....I walk slow, and trying to keep up with those who walk faster makes me wonder how they manage the hectic pace!...anyway, after Lunch, thought to go on line and look for tires for Silver....since the tire rotation, there's a shimmy....curious, I searched for others with same problem, and discovered that Silver has the dread 'death wobble'(note speedometer in clip)...sheesh....it is an alarming wobble (new tires, and check of alignment--and all okay!)...happens to the front tires at about 45 mph, often triggered by bumpy road, and/or breaking....the tires are old, with uneven wear, and I can see where work was done on the front suspension before I bought Silver...just what all was done I dont know....there are a lot of post ups in the forums, on youTube, about DW....and there doesn't seem to be one straight forward fix....tires were okay before rotation, so good chance that shimmy is being caused by unbalanced tires, or uneven wear..the curio is that the shimmy happens at such a specific mph, 45-50, and when breaking or going over bump, or bumps...googling that specific data with model, make, and year, brings up exactly the same data in forum posts!....anyway....that concern took up all afternoon....noted Sunlight fading outside the Cabin Window, and gathered the gear and rolled over to El Cap...but too cloudy for Horsetail Firefall Show...sunny blueblue breezy cool to clouds...some pics of Clouds moving across El Cap...not much Water coming over Horsetail Falls....Morning walk quiet....Hundred Blue Jays, Acorn Woodpeckers, Ravens, about the Meadow...oh...pics up are from MWR....felt remiss that I didn't get there at Sunup, and look for Owls, but sighted Two Owls beside the Road....after I made the the loop of the Refuge, I diverted from going to look for the Tuolumne Bald Eagle--not enough time, and long drive with DW!--and made a second loop, and Owls still in the Island Cottonwood(Willow?)...very cool, and Owls very sleeping!...and I think they are Owls I see and hear at Entrance Cottonwoods at Sunrise...and Egret was at the Island Cottonwood too!...oh...it's a Willow... I think...

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