Out and about at First Light...thought was to do a Critter Count Day, and begin at Creek's End....thereabout, heard both Owl and Pygmy Owl while all still Dark...sighted Owl on Tall Pine...silhoutte pics and clips...and while doing clip, heard splash in the Merced, and a croaking like Mallard, but different...couldn't see, too dark!...but when light enough, and Owl having flown over to the
Woods, sighted Blue Heron, source of the croaking call...Heron was in the Creek a couple weeks back...missed report...have a few of those in backlog!...long clips of both Owl, not doing much, and Heron, gracefully, and oh so slowly, wading and looking for Fish...battery ran low, and missed Heron catching Fish...faraway clip up of Heron with Fish, and trying again...Mallards came by, Three Males, Two Females...good clip, for sometime...Kingfisher about..didn't sight...heard unknown Bird call in Woods, like a referee's whistle...and another tone...I've heard this call before, but haven't sighted Bird...have to look about web...tried to record, and have a little bit...Acorn Woodpeckers, Kinglets, Ravens, Doe and Buck (clip) about...tried to follow Heron up Lodgepole Point, but Heron flew off down river, croaking lowdly....continued to Bobcat Meadow...all frosty, and Grasses knocked down...Woodpecker Tree pic...Tree hasn't much support left!...and Frosty Leaves pic at the Azaleas...by now much frozen my ownself, and tiring...at the Village, coffee and egg croissant...and visited the Art Show..pic...small watercolor of Unicorn is mine...on return, Mama Doe and Two Fawns in the Village, by uniforms...clip...and heard Hawk, Redshoulder, in the Oak Grove...didn't sight...Flicker there too...and Blue Jays...and Acorn Woodpeckers...and I was glad to get back to Cabin and warm and a snooze!...a fine Morning...sunny cold blue...report of Bobcats at A Bridge, and Swan Slab, which is the Rocky Slope...Slab Bobcat looked to be nursing....
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