After afternoon snack at Last Chance, shuttled over to the Village...Ground Squirrel pics while waiting for Shuttle...collected mail, visited Art Center--Valley residents art show in works...paddled from the Village to Siberia...checked the Dogwoods on the way for Seeds...Backyard Dogwoods haven't many Seeds, along with being enclosed by workmens' Fence!, so, desperate to find Dogwoods with Seeds and Birds...Robins, a lot!, in the Dogwoods on Path between the A Meadow and Stoneman Bridge...tried for pics, but Road in the way, and all in Shade...must try here again in Morning Light, and in Siberia too...Robins in the hundreds about!...retrieved the Bike, and peddled out to Happy Isles, around to Mirror Lake on the Pony Path, and back to Three Arch Bridge, where I heard Blue Jays scolding, and sighted Hawk, Redtail, I think...Tree to Tree with Hawk took me back to the Robin Dogwoods...continued back to Bobcat Meadow, and made the Outside Loop during Last Light...quiet, but scenic!..sat awhile at Ozone Beach..quiet...oh, Mallards, lots, at Stoneman Bridge...maybe Pileated call along Road to Happy Isles...Cat by the A Meadow...thereabout Mama Doe and One Fawn, and Two Point Buck and Doe bounding about...sunny blueblue hazy warm...
very cool clip (thanks to hiking friend!) here:
http://www.youtube.com/v/xHkq1edcbk4?version=3%20%20%20%20
3 comments:
Do you know anything about fat ground squirrels this time of year? We haven't decided if ours is pregnant or simply storing up for the "lean" winter months.
The Last Chance Ground Squirrels are very well fed, but that's a good question, I'll ask about!
I'd love to know. This picture was from last year: http://natureid.blogspot.com/2010/12/california-ground-squirrel.html We have either the same or another squirrel on the same rock again this year, and it's getting progressively rounder.
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