Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Ben Hur Road














Gathered the gear, and went for a rollabout down the hill on Ben Hur Road, and a short walk out the Trail to Eastman Lake...Redtail Hawks thereabout, calling in the Late Afternoon...tried for pics, but Hawks farfar away...Coyote was too...and most all Birds I saw!...roadside pics are tough...and didn't have time to explore the Lake...not sure even if Trail Walk is permissible...Gate open, but warning signs on Trees...'sensitive area'...went as far as the Bench...Digger Pine thereabout has Nest, but no Raptors thereabout...still early for Nesting, which is when the Gate will be closed, I imagine...sunny cloudy cool...Fiddlenecks first, and only, Flowers I saw beside the Road...Green Grasses just coming up...One Kestrel on Wire...maybe Owl at very last Light....and Bird call I've heard hereabout once in the Valley--call sounds like a little bomb falling in a cartoon--deeeee deeee deee dee...and maybe an Owl other than Great Horned calling by the Bridge Parking...call like Fledgling Owl thereabout too, but that doesn't seem possible--too early!...thought best to stay on Trail at Last Light, so didn't take a look for both....

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