Lots Of Tracks

Nice crisp morning for hiking. Today's hike took me to Gate 27 in the NW region of the reservoir.
Easy walking . The cart road runs parallel to the reservoir and will take you as far as Gate 22. After several  miles I took a cart road down to the reservoir and followed the shoreline back to the 26 road intersection.

The water level is down which made for easy walking. I did see several immature loons. A muddy area held the tracks of a variety of animals. Bear , raccoon , moose and coyote tracks were easy to identify. I sure have put a lot of miles on the last month with hopes of getting a picture of a moose.
Tomorrow I head back to my favorite east side gates hiking.

Jim

Drove over to gate 8 this morning. With the close of the fishing season last week made for a nice quiet hike this morning. Didn't take long with the gradual decent to lose the noise of Rte 202. Tracks of where a single moose walked the road gave anticipation of maybe seeing a moose this morning.

Not to be. The reservoir was fairly calm, I did see one mature bald eagle and several other raptors that I could not identify.




Been a while since driving by Pelham Lookout during the day. DCR has put up a nice sign

Jim