Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Coyote Dusk
hd youTube clip
http://youtu.be/f8wzPU5SLSc
Last week, Saturday?, at work, at Lunch, I thought, 'why not go out to Two Top Pine?, maybe Bobcat?'....this because of last week's Bobcat sighting thereabout....now, in the maybe twentyfive minutes I have (five minutes to get gear from locker, and coffee on way out!), I might, I thought, have just have enough time for an out and back...I got to Two Top in Time, and even stretched a little, and got to the Burnt Log, from whereabout I can see all the way to Beaver Bend, and most all the Meadow...but no luck that evening..twirled about and took some scenics, and then noticed Ravens in the Burnt Forest scolding a bit it seemed, so, thought to go thataway on return...and once in the Woods, sighted Coyote, just a glimpse...oh, I'll be late!...followed a bit towards the Bend, but no luck...oh...one farfar away handheld clip glimpse...left off, paddled back, and sixteen minutes late...hmmph...anyway, since, since Bobcat then Coyote in the Meadow, the Meadow has been the go-to-if-I-can rather than Ozone Beach at Lunch...might begin using the Bike...anyway, plenty of time this evening, and last evening too--days off...but this evening storm coming, last evening storm leaving, and both windy and cold--not best Critter sighting conditions!...this evening, at the Meadow, quiet, but while being a bit disconsolate over this, been a lot of quiet walks this 'winter'!, I heard Coyotes calling way over by Rocky Point...see Clip!...wish I had been quicker with 30x to record calls, which were really loud and echoing off the Wall to begin...couldn't see Coyotes, but followed...no luck, but when at Beaver Bend, I heard Owl!...Owl was deep in the Woods on the other side of the Merced....stood a long while on the Shore Sand, hope was Owl fly to the Meadow with enough light for pic...but no luck...cool to hear Owl though!...paddled back across the Meadow, and just when I reached Swinging Brige, sighted Coyote on the same Use Path Bobcat was on before, and it was a guess I was seeing Coyote in the darkness...reviewing pic taken at one half second and 6400 iso, I could see Ears--Coyote...tried for more pics, realizing Coyote will pose perfecty still while listening for Mice and such, and I could use long exposure, which point this long post is trying to reach--I can take Critter pics in near Dark, maybe just plain Dark, because all of the Critters do this, pose, staying still, learned from hunting, or being hunted!...anyway, I saw a Shadow scurry by coming from behind near the Path--another Coyote...pics...tried for pics!...anyway, a curious walk..each time I go out, I've come to expect something of 'character'--some moment of mood and insight...cloudy cool to cold...at Lunch Sunday, Pygmy Owl, Raven, Robin, Acorn...Saturday Lunch: Ouzel, Pileated, Robin, Raven, Acorn...this evening hereandthere, lots of Robins, a maybe sighting of Pygmy Owl swooping down to a thick Bush--glimpsed barred Tail--Raven, Mallard flyover just before sighting Coyote...oh...the Museum show has started up...went to look see...friend there too, who I told...'it looks like work from a design class!'...dissappointing, I'd say, not that the works aren't good...just that there's a general lack of Valley 'character'....hmmmph...Tara Tara!!!!...I've been playing a lot of wow of late (world of warcraft)...have discoverd the Battlegrounds...Aretha Basin a favorite...not doing to well, yet--lots to learn!!!...Tara Tara!!!...well, there's that scene in the second Lost World movie when the palentologists tells everyone to stay still a T. Rex approaches---sometimes that works!...see link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/grizzly-bear-charges-alaskan-tourists-video-010559736.html
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tiny Snowflakes
http://youtu.be/WmFuHDVNyn8Paddled out to Two Top Pine Meadow, and got out of the Wind a bit in the lee of Two Top Pine...and watched the Snow...continued around the Outside Loop counterclockwise, over Chapel Bridge, around Bobcat Meadow, and back to the Cabin at Last Light...Ravens, Robins, Acorn Woodpeckers, and Ouzel at Creek Bridge....quietquiet...overcast with light snowfall in the afternoon, cool to cold....pic up is still from clip, and the pics from clips with the 30x have a good resolution for the blog, and I like the wideness!...link above to hd youTube clip...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Raccoon
At Lunch: sat awhile at the Ozone Beach Cottonwoods....Raven, Ouzel, Robin, Mallards flyover, Pygmy Owl...on return, happened on Raccoon at the Corner Back Door of Last Chance (hereabout a hangout for smokers), and chased Raccoon away from litter, but not before clip!...trying to think of captions...hd youTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfEtes5J3Pk&list=UUjXAk71lLu-S_lc4tVafvrQ&index=1&feature=plcp
Please Dont Litter
Trash Kills Critters
and,
Why Use A Straw
When One Has a Paw?
sunny blueblue warm
Report of Eagle along the Merced on 140...another earlier last week too!...these are very cool sightings, as Eagle flys along at eye level above the River as one is riding in Bus or Car...such Eagle sighting yet to be seen, and photo oped by me!....oh...
Why Use Straws
When One Has Paws???
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Pygmy Owl Sunset
http://youtu.be/pptUQTScQHI
Gathered the gear, and paddled out to Two Top Pine Meadow...Sky very hazy, so didn't give Horsetail much thought...but like last Evening, Sun shown through at Last Light, and Horsetail good for pics, in spite of not much water!--I'm guessing!....paddled to Two Top Pine Meadow...sat awhile at the Slough, which is drydry...Mountain Blue Birds, Pileated, Acorns, about...glimpsed Hawk at the Snag near where the Diversion Channel begins...and Bobcat not about...Ouzel singing clip...for maybe tonight--uploading to youTube has become quicker than to the blog!....thought to make the Outside loop counterclockwise, maybe hear Owl...along the Road, passed a photog and tried not to get in their pic...heard Pygmy Owl in Pine across the Road...passed the photog, trying not to get in their pic...Pygmy flew out, and over to the Boardwalk Cottonwoods...passed the photog, trying not to get in their pic!....and by the Cottonwoods, located Pygmy calling, and the 30x took another cool clip!!!...see youTube link...after Pygmy flew back to the Road Pines, I paddled back around to Last Chance for dinner...one more Sunset pic at Swinging Bridge....oh..at beginning of walk, Three Does and Three Fawns by the Rooms...clip...sunny blueblue hazy, warm...oh....in the Dark, nearing Swinging Bridge, heard Owl...very cool...Pygmy chases small Birds, and flys like Robins and such....
Monday, February 20, 2012
Bobcat
Gathered all the gear, and some snacks from the Store, and started out to El Cap and the Horsetail Falls show...didn't get far...stopped at Two Top Pine Meadow, just across the Road from Camp 4 (maybe twelve tents), to take a scenic pic of Sentinel, actually a clip..and just when picking up, sighted Bobcat farfar away (actually got farfar away Bobcat Leaping in the scenic clip by chance), and reset quickly, and put the new 30x to work for its first real chance at far away Critter--and the little camera does very well, I'd say!....will work on clips in a bit, and upload mpeg later tonight...needless to say, I was diverted from Horsetail, and followed Bobcat about until Dark...even have clip in Dark of Bobcat starting to cross Swinging Bridge...may be able to lighten it enough, like the Owl clips I did once...anyway..much fun to see Bobcat!...and below link is one of the clips that I posted in hd to youTube...clips of Kinglet, and Acorn Woodpeckers too, for sometime...sunny blueblue warm...Horsetail in the news, and this evening, while it looked hazy, at just the right time, the Sun shown through against the indigo Sky, so Horsetail photogs likely got good pics in spite of not much Water coming off El Cap...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6MmjIFxwg&feature=plcp&context=C3260481UDOEgsToPDskLpPpD7Y3NyOOuQ6Gr6iDPE
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Otters And Kayak
At Lunch: sat awhile under the Cottonwoods at Ozone Beach...Pileated call...Raven, Robin, Acorns, too...Ouzel came around to putz about the Fallen Cottonwoods in the Merced, which have disintegrated a lot...Ouzel did same at Lunch yesterday too...hand held clips, for sometime...yesterday, Ouzel, Ravens, Acorns...sunny blueblue, some evening haze, both days, storm clearing clouds in the morning yesterday...pic up from last visit to Moss Landing Otters...photog in Kayak was too close, Otters in pic are swimming away, and away from where I was trying to take Otters' pics--and that's too close!...report of Bobcat in Two top Pine Meadow...oh...and headsup...report Horsetail Falls is okay for pics now...
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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