Saturday, March 9, 2013, was a beautiful, sunny, warm day. A sure taste of Spring! So you guessed it! My sister picked me up and off we went to explore the out of doors. First I took her to see the Eagle's nest on 180 that my GF (girl friend) and I had found the day before...got a little better picture (this eye problem really doesn't make good photos!)
She is in full view in this one and can tell this is a fairly new nest.....from here we went over to Orr Rd. to check out that nest!
This one is over 4 or 5 years old aleast...you can see the difference in size of the other nest....
The next stop on our drive was Charlie's Pond. We hadn't been there in a while. It was pretty quite. Didn't see much until we saw this huge bird soaring overhead.....an Eagle! We have never seen an Eagle at Charlie's Pond before. We lost sight of him and drove down the end of the road and turned around and coming back.......OH MY GOODNESS!!! What is that in the field!?
There sat the Eagle, just looking around like he was enjoying the day like we were. We stopped and watched and I tried to take pictures....and got very lucky and got this one......
I just love looking at this picture...the lenght of his leggs, the wings....just beautiful. We were so excited that we didn't mind that there weren't any other birds to be seen. Our day had been made!
We then decided to go over to Canal Rd. (another one of our favorite places to just drive by).
The Scioto River is full and you can feel the power it has....
Above picture is looking south from the Canal dam. The one below is looking north....
You can walk a path from there down to the area where the falls and pond are. We keep saying one day we are going to do it....One day for sure!
We have seen a wild Turkey and her babies in this area and of course frogs, snakes, birds, dragonflies...but today very quiet. We could hear birds singing in the distance but didn't see them.
The falls finally have a little bit of water coming over....the end of last summer this was dry...(check my earlier blogs Aug. 2012) There is the path you can walk over in the trees on the top part of the water. We have walked a little ways on this end. Seen Herons, Kinglets, warblers, mink, Red-headed woodpeckers, Belted Kingfisher, Baltimore Orioles, turtles, muskrats, just to name a few....So if you are driving around...try Canal Rd. between 104 and 22 south of Circleville. The scenery is pretty and one never knows what one will see.
So we were getting hungry and decided to eat at the Deer Creek Lodge and off we went.
We both had the Waterloo Salad (think that is right name) delicious! But the lake was very quite also! Just a little group on the side very far away...this isn't a very good picture but they could only be seen with binoculars.
Canadian Geese and Herons and some ducks that can't ID....After lunch we hit our favorite places at Deer Creek
Just Crows!
Went over to the area where we took my Granddaughter to walk in the creek last summer when it was almost dry and it was very full.
We were enjoying our drive and on the way home we stopped at Paint Creek (it is a little out of the way). The first thing we saw when getting there was an Eagle soaring overhead! We couldn't believe it.
Then one of the sad parts of life. This beautiful Coyote laying beside the road in the sun like he was taking a nap....but he wasn't....
He was so peaceful looking....
On our way understanding that things like this happen and that we got to enjoy his beauty up close.
This is one of my favorite barns to photograph. I have taken pictures in all seasons...Today we stopped for a closer look......
My Sister going up the hill to the house which is just about ready to collasp completely.
We noticed the patches of Dafodiles....still growing in the spring even though this house is dying a little each spring.
The tree is huge...my Sister thought maybe it is an Oak...
Bet they bloom before next week....
This is the other side of the Barn that one doesn't get to see. Would love to know the history of this old homestead.
View of the Dam from the beach side of Paint Creek.
The only things we saw here were Gulls.....
and Crows, lots of Crows.....then one of the last little pull outs we like we saw this tiny, little bird!
What is that? Oh My! My sister yells "A Yellow-Butt!" I laughed....she said, see the yellow spot!
Then I remembered! It is a "Yellow-rumped" .
Of course, the lighting and the fast movements of this cute little fellow prevented me from getting any picture that would do it justice. Sorry...It is our first Warbler of the year! A good sighting.
Over on the Dam were these Black-faced Vultures, sitting enjoying the sun.
Even at the bird feeders they have at the Ranger office...there weren't many birds...
Then 3 big Crows flew in and scared all the little birds away.
But we did see several Red-winged Blackbirds, which is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner!
They were letting water out of the dam.....
We decided to check out the Heron Rookery on Rapid Forge Rd. and we saw several Blue Birds there and the Herons were in their nest! Such a beautiful sight!
Here are a few good ones I was able to take. It is amazing to me how they can all get in those tiny nests....maybe if I was closer, the nests would look bigger. They are so graceful.
Well, we were tired and ready to head home (and the sun was going down)....
.....To dream of another day and another adventure.....
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