Cottonwoods Deer

Slept in...until two!...well, a moment awake to snack and watch tv, and then napped...geared up, and after Lunch, Shuttled over to Happy Isles...Brown Creeper at the Fen....quiet along the Pony Path...sighted Ouzel when nearing the Stables...pic...hopped on the Shuttle back to the Village...checked mail, and paddled out to Bobcat Meadow along the Road...and to Lower Falls and along Rocky Slope out to Beaver Bend...no new gnawing on the Trees, yet...oh...sighted Nest on the Wall above Rocky Slope...Raven was either using it, or investigating for food...first time I've seen a Nest on the Walls....can see it well from Two Top Pine Meadow, and will keep an eye on it....at the Meadow, by the Path along the Merced, Seven Deer....pics and clips...followed Deer along the River to Ozone Beach...pic up is Deer by the Ozone Cottonwoods, where I often sit...One Deer was by the Ozone Boulder...clip has this...clips for sometime...Dinner at Last Chance... at the Cabin, added another layer, cool evening, and made a loop through the Woods...quiet...Deer settled down by Cottonwood Bend...sunny overcast hazy warm to evening cool....Mallards were at Two Top Pine Meadow...Ponds thereabout....oh...Two Fawn Bucks (looked to be the Last Spring Two Top Fawns--pics) by the Oak With Branch That Arcs Over Half Dome in Bobcat Meadow...Dogwoods have a way to go before flowering, I mean, there aren't even any Leaves budding at all!...lots of Black Birds and Redwings in Bobcat Meadow, Robins here and there everywhere, Ravens, Blue Jays, Acorn Woodpeckers, Juncos behind the Rooms by the Path, one DownOrHairy Woodpecker call in Two Top..Four Flickers courting, flying about, at Rocky Slope behind the Tents...looked over yesteryears' April posts last night...this April very different!...Spring is late!