Monday, December 28, 2009

Coop And Cedar




Shuttled over to the Post Office...paddled back, and when I crossed the Road to Bobcat Meadow, glimpsed Hawk, Coop...went Tree to Tree a bit (only pics from one Tree) all the way around back to the Village and then over to Sentinel Bridge...very close to one very good pic when Coop was perched in a large Cedar....but no luck....continued from the Bridge through the Meadow back to the Cabin...thought to nap...then thought to snack...took the Bike Path route from the Cabin to Last Chance...hoped to maybe see Cedar...and did!...just when I got to behind the Rooms, Cedar flew from the gap between up to a Snag... pics, but Sun right behind...Cedar flew out the Path to Owl Woods...perched near the Lunch Sit Log...pic....then flew deeper into the Woods...started to follow, and another Hawk came flying from the Merced...blurry flight pic...not sure what kind of Hawk...and then another Big Wing joined the Hawk in flight and both went towards the Cattails.....one a Hawk for sure as it called, but dont know who second Big Wing was...maybe Owl?..anyway, Cedar took flight again, and I got one more tiny pic...and then Cedar flew again back into the Woods, I think, because I heard what sounded like Cedar's quiet call on the other side of the River in the Cottonwoods...a puzzle....I may have been chasing after four different Big Wings!....and nary a pic, except at the start back at the Bike Path...where I returned, and to Last Chance for Snack...went back to the Woods, after soup and rolls, coffee in hand, and at the same place on the Bike Path, saw Hawk high atop a Cottonwood...started to sight the new camera, but Hawk flew off over the River...too many Hawks!...went back to the Cabin and got all the gear....made the Big Loop counterclockwise, and of course it was quietquiet....all the chasing about wore me out, and at the Cabin settled in for TV and take out dinner before Last Light...so no report today from the Creek..hmmph...pic of Song Sparrows and two Grey Squirrels in the Backyard....and Juncos over in the Oak Grove...that back before first seeing Hawk...tried for Brown Creeper pic...Creeper Tries entail watching Creeper going up one Tree after another, with hope one trip will be close, and on the near side of the Tree Trunk!!...overcast coolwarm....saw two Deer in the Oak Grove from the Shuttle....

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