Where Blue Birds Fly

After Breakfast, Shuttled over to the Village....Old Tinted Photo from ebay came...Vernal Falls back when the Two Top Pine was still standing (just a Tall Snag now)....paddled back through Bobcat Meadow...sat awhile at the Oak With Branch That Arcs Over Halfdome...quiet...Acorn Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Blue Jay that calls like Red Shoulder Hawk, Mountain Chickadee call at Creek Bridge...sunny blueblue cool...friend at Post Office said they saw Horsetail Falls Firefall last night, so rolled out to El Cap...parking pull out I wanted occupied (this just past Bridalveil parking)....walked back with all the gear, and found a place to set up at the base of the Road Bank near the Merced...waitedwaited, but shadows covered over Horsetail...still got some nice pics and clips...thereabout, Two Nuthatches, and Ouzel Pair--Ouzels singing on way back to Silver....a quiet day, I'd say!, which is okay--been rolling about a bit much!!...and hectic at work...pics up from Carrizo Plain--over the Rainbow...oh!...visited the Art Show at the Museum...saw Sandy's Milkweed Pic, and talked a bit with Mitch, the volunteer host, who is very cool......Hawks might be Ferrugenous Hawks...