Hiking Has Been Great !

I took Friday off  from work in hopes of putting a few miles on the ole' hiking boots. It was a beautiful day for hiking. Mammal sightings have been far and few. Food is abundant which minimizes there travel . Bear scat and puke was in the usual pocketed areas in my 13 mile day . I walked some of the northwest shoreline and did capture a pic of a

                                                                        Greater Yellow Legs
Reviewing my bird books I am hoping I identified the above bird accurately. Interesting reading about it, Typically they are one of the first shore birds to arrive in the northeast . They are also the first to leave in late June and July. This bird is three months behind the average with departing New England.

This morning I headed out early for a morning of hiking at a northeast gate

 Hiked 8 miles today not 'seeing much.  Did hear a barred owl ,  several loons and a pileated woodpecker.

Jim

Bits and Pieces

Not much going on Saturday morning with wildlife opportunities so I decided to hike a few of the roads on the west side. I parked at Gate 25  hiked over to Gate 24,then down to Gate 22. Not a lot of miles  by any means. I just wanted to mark them " Hiked" on my map.

 

I drove over to Gte 19/20/21 just to get a look. You can't hike Gte 21 out to Prescott Peninsula, but you can hike 21A back to Gate 22

This morning I hiked a northwest gate hoping again for a moose. No luck, but I did  see a doe feeding. 
Jim