July's happy ending
I ended July with just a shade over 500 miles, which was *easily* the mileage month of the year. I actually had some opportunities to go for more, but things just didn't click.
One reason was that this past Tuesday, instead of hammering out miles, I did a ride with "no achievements", which will please Pondero to no end. Actually that's a bit of a lie in that I saw some nice birds, and maybe a couple new ones for me.
Looks to me like a juvenile Great Blue Heron instead of a rugged old man. I could be wrong.
Black-crowned Night Heron. He and the GB fellow were within 10 feet of each other, which I deem as somewhat rare. How do you like that floating trash there?
Turtles, ever popular along the Beargrass Trail
To not be too speciest, I threw in some fauna to balance out the avians.
This is a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Caperton Swamp. I can't remember a trip where I saw all three on the same day.
This is a nasty, pasty looking snake curled up on that branch. This is using the telephoto feature at a distance of probably 40 yards. Eww. No me gusta.
19.5 miles on Seafoam
-Cherokee:
A.Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
WB Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadees
N.Cardinal
-Beargrass Trail:
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron- herons quite close to each other, strange
Mallard duck or Black Duck- didn't know they were so similar
Wood duck
Catbird- munching berries
-Butchertown/River:
N.Mockingbird
Barn swallow
Cliff swallow
Great crested flycatcher- apparently pretty common, but only second sighting for me
M.Dove
E.Kingbird
C.Goose
-Caperton:
Baltimore Oriole
Carolina Wren
Indigo Bunting
Grackle
WB Nuthatch
Kingbird- haven't seen there
House Wren
Kingfisher- pissed as usual
underbrush Hawk- juvenile Cooper's my guess
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron
**Willow Flycatcher- I'm not writing it down, but I'm 80% sure this was a 1st for me. Tiny little bird.
**2 more LBJs- Flycatcher types and 2 or more sparrows I was too lazy to try to ID. Chipping or Song takes care of most.
A.Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
WB Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadees
N.Cardinal
-Beargrass Trail:
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron- herons quite close to each other, strange
Mallard duck or Black Duck- didn't know they were so similar
Wood duck
Catbird- munching berries
-Butchertown/River:
N.Mockingbird
Barn swallow
Cliff swallow
Great crested flycatcher- apparently pretty common, but only second sighting for me
M.Dove
E.Kingbird
C.Goose
-Caperton:
Baltimore Oriole
Carolina Wren
Indigo Bunting
Grackle
WB Nuthatch
Kingbird- haven't seen there
House Wren
Kingfisher- pissed as usual
underbrush Hawk- juvenile Cooper's my guess
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron
**Willow Flycatcher- I'm not writing it down, but I'm 80% sure this was a 1st for me. Tiny little bird.
**2 more LBJs- Flycatcher types and 2 or more sparrows I was too lazy to try to ID. Chipping or Song takes care of most.
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