odd man out wrote:
We saw a mother bear with cubs in Cades Cove, GSMNP today. It was pretty far away, so this is the picture we could get. You'll just have to believe me.
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odd man out wrote:
Chonkosaurus is breaking the Internet. The BBC newsfeed reports it was sighted by two kayakers with "thick Chicago accents", which makes me wonder how you pronounce chonkosaurus with a thick British accent.
bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65529029
'I can only wonder what this thing has been eating,' one of the kayakers wrote on Twitter.
Answer: With the murder rate in Chicago, I think we know what he has been eating ...“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
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Walked up to the local pool complex this morning to drop something off to the Aquatics Manager. Staff were working on getting it ready to open this weekend. A duck family, Mama and 7 baby ducklings have taken up residence. Staff had procured new lane lines yesterday and were putting them into the 50 meter. Mama and the babies just hopped over them. Well, one or two of the ducklings had a little trouble and Mom had to give them a boost.
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On the Arkansas River Trail last week I saw 5 turtles on a log. By the time I was able to snap a picture 3 dove in the water. I believe because the 2 guys in the next picture were approaching them.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Astro wrote:
On the Arkansas River Trail last week I saw 5 turtles on a log. By the time I was able to snap a picture 3 dove in the water. I believe because the 2 guys in the next picture were approaching them.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Trillium wrote:
Walked up to the local pool complex this morning to drop something off to the Aquatics Manager. Staff were working on getting it ready to open this weekend. A duck family, Mama and 7 baby ducklings have taken up residence. Staff had procured new lane lines yesterday and were putting them into the 50 meter. Mama and the babies just hopped over them. Well, one or two of the ducklings had a little trouble and Mom had to give them a boost.
Sorry I didn't take a picture but they were cute.
Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
I was using the Merlin App to ID bird songs at MacGregor Point Provincial Park. We couldn't see as many birds as we could hear, due to the foliage, but we saw a few. The App is very helpful for finding and identifying the birds.
The App scrolls a sonogram across the screen so you can see the pattern of sound frequencies used to I'd the bird. It kept picking up a Black and White Warbler. I learned the pattern that matched the Warbler so I knew when it was singing, but apparently it has a high pitch that is outside my range of hearing. But my wife could hear it. Maybe this is why she complains innever listen to her? I guess I need a hearing test.
Here is a screenshot of what I was seeing. The song is 8 high frequency rapid chirps.
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Not by by me, but this bear has been sighted all over the NE side of Washington DC and adjacent suburbs this week. This news story shows him wandering through a shopping center that is across the street from where I went to High School.
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I had posted these in the Trip Planning thread but they really belong here.
The most direct route home from Franklin was to bypass the Smokies to the north on I-40. But I convinced my wife that it would be worthwhile to leave early and catch the elk herd on the Cherokee side. We saw a few cow elk but not a large number like I was anticipating. 10 minutes later, we saw a vehicle stopped ahead of us and saw the 6x7 bull slowly walking along the side of the highway.
The rain started just before we reached Newfound Gap and got heavier as we descended towards Gatlinburg. Then BOOM! A black bear ambling across the road. We stopped right where it entered the woods and got to watch it shake off like a wet dog. Add in the multiple turkeys we saw and it was the GSMNP Trifecta.Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
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it is the same species as a Grey squirrel, just a color variation. The are fairly common in parts of MI.
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Astro wrote:
Chipmunk reminded me of the eldery Japanese I saw meditating in the parks early in the morning.
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I went on a short overnighter last week to Hightop Mountain in the SNP. In the morning while sitting on the throne in the hut's privy (no joke), a squirrel runs by, obviously terrified, and dives into a hole at the bottom of a tree about 15 feet in front of me. I start looking up the tree to see if the squirrel comes out another hole when I saw this magnificent barred owl.If he had not moved his head I probably wouldn't have seen him, he blended in that well. And he never flew. We stared at each other for several minutes. This is the owl that says "Who cooks for you""Dazed and Confused"
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jimmyjam wrote:
I went on a short overnighter last week to Hightop Mountain in the SNP. In the morning while sitting on the throne in the hut's privy (no joke), a squirrel runs by, obviously terrified, and dives into a hole at the bottom of a tree about 15 feet in front of me. I start looking up the tree to see if the squirrel comes out another hole when I saw this magnificent barred owl.If he had not moved his head I probably wouldn't have seen him, he blended in that well. And he never flew. We stared at each other for several minutes. This is the owl that says "Who cooks for you"
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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squirrels hanging around privies must be looking for nuts.
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I get a lot of interesting (to me) creatures at my house. The moth is a white-lined Sphinx. The snake was behind my oven…peeked his head out from the top of the stove when I was cooking.Lost in the right direction.
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jimmyjam wrote:
OMG I would have totally freaked at a snake peaking around the oven at me
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hikerboy wrote:
Astro wrote:
TJ, what kind of snake was it?
And yeah, looks like an eastern milksnake. Very cool!Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them. -
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IMScotty wrote:
That is a great photo!
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“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
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