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| no partners | | Same as yesterday only better.
Wildlife sightings began before I even got there - as I closed my gate, a handsome coyote ran across my driveway ... I called out "Sinawava!" as a salute as he dashed away.
A few minutes into the hike I crossed paths with one of my favorite birds, the Western Tanager - I imagine that even non-birders must be stopped in their tracks by the stunning colors of these beauties!
Shortly after that I passed the only person I would see out there. Yesterday I saw two.
The tarantula hawks were hard at work today, and there were also teeny-tiny baby lizards everywhere.
I took 545 up the hill, then crossed over to 136 for a while. Saw a couple jackrabbits up there, then three quails.
The good news is that I am finally figuring out the lay of the land - the trails out here are not well marked, and they are a bit confusing. I thought I was on trail 513 a while back, but I was wrong ... I actually did take it today - and it is one rocky, uphill, pumpkin of a trail that I cannot recommend. I climbed that beast for about a mile and a half before I had enough of it (and the gnats!).
Two good things happened on 513 - first I came upon an adorable cow family ... black dad, brown mom, and two black babies. They somewhat reluctantly yielded the trail to me, and by the time I got back down to 136, they were already there and heading for the small pool of water I saw yesterday. Right before I turned around, I saw not one, not two, but three roadrunners hanging out together in an area about the size of a basketball court. I'm pretty sure I've never seen more than one roadrunner at a time, so the sight of this little family of crested tail-bobbers pleased me greatly.
There was a good deal of cloud-cover all morning, so temps stayed reasonable. The gnats, however were super annoying - even after I applied OFF, they were still persistent and made stopping for any length of time impossible.
I brought home a couple of prickly pear fruits, and later gathered some wild blackberries yum! |
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