2023–05–12

Morning walk, trail ride and friend visit

After breakfast this morning I had about 90 minutes before the rain was scheduled to come in so I got out for a walk with the dogs.

There was a lot of bird song so I took the binoculars and went slow. They were pretty deep in the woods, so I didn’t see many but they were all around me. Some of the songs I heard: blue-winged warbler, Wilson’s warbler, white-eyed vireo, red-eyed vireo, summer tanager, ovenbird, Carolina chickadee.

Birds that I did get to see were: indigo bunting, chipping sparrow and a gray catbird

Got back just in time to take a quick ride down to the creek. A peaceful twenty minutes before the storm listening to the birds and the light rain dripping through the forest.

A few hours later an unexpected visit from a friend who I’ve not seen in awhile (Hi Bill!). We spent some time catching up on the porch and listening to the bird song. He has an uncanny ability to identify birds by their song and it’s always a delight to visit with him. While we chatted another welcome visitor stopped by, a bright red summer tanager landed on a branch not too far away.