It all started yesterday morning when I thought I heard a noise that I didn't really want to hear. My suspicions were confirmed when I arrived home for my dinner break: Just across the fence separating the park from the national forest I was greeted by about 40 head of cattle. Just peachy. Though they cleared the area fairly quickly, this morning I knew they were still in the neighborhood since I had to listen to their obnoxious freakin' mooing interspersed among the bird songs.
And of course it will be some time before walking in the area they were in yesterday will be safe, since it is now almost certainly filled with "land mines". What's really sad is I don't think I've found a spot in the forest here on the plateau that didn't have "signs left behind" by cattle.
The crossbills were really chatty this morning, too. Would have been nice to record that, but, just as I decided to to get out the recording equipment, a very noisy ultralight began buzzing the park. Which is totally legal as long as they maintain a minimum altitude, but even at 500 feet they are extremely annoying.
And for Saturday morning it's an idiot out there ravaging the forest landscape with a 2-wheeled, unmuffled and drowning out the birds "off-highway vehicle". Oh well.
On a more positive note, even though the weather hasn't exactly been the best, I made a few images this week.
And of course it will be some time before walking in the area they were in yesterday will be safe, since it is now almost certainly filled with "land mines". What's really sad is I don't think I've found a spot in the forest here on the plateau that didn't have "signs left behind" by cattle.
The crossbills were really chatty this morning, too. Would have been nice to record that, but, just as I decided to to get out the recording equipment, a very noisy ultralight began buzzing the park. Which is totally legal as long as they maintain a minimum altitude, but even at 500 feet they are extremely annoying.
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And for Saturday morning it's an idiot out there ravaging the forest landscape with a 2-wheeled, unmuffled and drowning out the birds "off-highway vehicle". Oh well.
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On a more positive note, even though the weather hasn't exactly been the best, I made a few images this week.



