Arthur's Rock: A rare Thinking Moment

A little educating myself today.... The Aldo Leopold Foundation

"There are some who can live without wild things and 

some who cannot."

                                                      Aldo Leopold

I noticed this quote on some interpretive signage at Lory State Park today....

(Walked into a bunch of young turkey again....)

                                                                                 

Mill Creek Today

I (just about literally) ran into some Wild Turkey chicks today on the Mill Creek trail. I unknowingly flushed them from some high grasses....I flushed them before I saw them.... The first one that didn't entirely disappear from view landed in this tree:

Eventually I noticed one had stuck around...

I moved my foot an inch and he took off.

I was a little worried about the one in the tree so I walked 

off for a few minutes and came back to make sure he'd gotten 

down alright. He had - nowhere to be found.

Here's Mom:

Also up at Lory today:

Chipping Sparrow with "stuff"

Blooming thistle

Nuthatches (red-breated and Pygmy)

Bloomin' cacti

Plenty of mystery empids. Here's one.

and another

and one more

and a few cedar waxwings too.

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