Lunch and birding with friends!

Taking the girls birding was something we had been looking forward to for a long time...Either the weather was miserable or we couldn't get everyone at the same time...Finally this past Sunday we hopped in Connie's car and off we went to Deer Creek for lunch and some bird watching!

This is the first bird we saw was a Red-tailed Hawk...

Everyone got very excited, he was fairly close and very beautiful.  We got to the lodge and started our lunch.....

As you can see the view is the attraction in the dining room at the lodge!  

Sandy and Connie...

Diana and Me...I had the salad and they had rubens ....everything was delicious....

As we were eatting, activity started happening on the lake!

First we spotted this calico cat wondering around and then...

A Horned Grebe...this was a first for me...

and another first for me, the Common Goldeneye...

 and the Hooded Merganser....

Of course there were Gulls , a Heron and Canadian Geese also....So between talking and looking to see what else has flown in, we were having a great time.

Then I noticed the crows....quite a few of them...

Down by the water...

Then I saw a pair up in the tree by the window....I didn't want to scare my friends..but I sensed that they knew we were there behind the window and were talking about us....

It was like the one was asking what was going on.....

Don't look now but that group of girls in the dining room....Don't look...

I told you not to Look!!!!

Yep they are still there...we better warn everyone!

So off they went .... It was like an Alfred Hitchcock movie...and I was the only one that witnessed it and I didn't want to spoil our fun...so I kept silent....

Here in the lobby of the lodge...such a beautiful place...we walked around a bit and then left to drive around the lake to see what else we could find.

I took them over to the Harding Cabin...I would love to stay in it sometime...and they had to go peek in the windows...

The stairs to the lake...

It was very cold...so we hurried back to the warm car after our brief walk around the cabin...

Our next stop was on Dick Rd, the bird blind.....

So cold....but we did see some ducks ...and about 20 Cardinals flew past us....that was our big thrill of the day so far....

By now I think the girls were enjoying the ride and learning about birding until.....

Well, we laughed and laughed after discovering how Diana was bird watching with her binoculars!!!!! LOL

We now turned to head home and thought we would go over to Canal Rd . While driving down 22, in a field we saw an Eagle and 2 juvenile Eagles....We turned the car around and went back to get a better look....

The Adult was gone but these two were still sitting in the field and on the other side of the road was a Northern Harrier scanning that field for dinner....Everyone was thrilled!

We got to Canal Rd. and the first thing we saw, no not a bird but a bit of the past!

My Dad had a yellow and white one and one of the other girls' father had one too....brought back some fun memories.....

Was very quiet along Canal Rd. We were still talking about the Eagles..so decided to go by the nest on Orr Rd., Sandy and Diana hadn't see it...

Sorry for the picture, was starting to get dark...but an Eagle is on the nest and over in the tree was not 1 but 2 Eagles!

So we had a 6 Eagle day!!!!! Couldn't get any better.....

We finished off the day by having coffee and cup cakes at Connie's and more wonderful conversation.... 

Diana and I left and before I dropped her at her home, we went thru the park and there was a group of Redhead ducks and a Heron.  

When I dropped Diana off and headed back to my home, I noticed the moon was coming up and it was a full moon....

What a beautiful ending to a wonderful day with good friends.  

And the Crows???  " Never More " did we see them.... ;)

Windy day drive thru Chillicothe

Just a beautiful day! Warm and sunny, just like spring.  I put out the peanuts for the Blue Jays that come every morning for them and I try to get pictures of them...this was the best I could do today....

So nice and warm and sunny...I decided to take a drive to see what I could find.

I started in the Park and got the swans out of water.....

They even  look bigger on the land.  That is when I noticed the wind!

I noticed a group of geese under the bridge...guess they were trying to stay out of the wind..

I thought I would just drive around for a while...maybe the wind would stop.

I was going to the Park annex and got these pictures of the High School.  The walk way from the main building to the gym is still there and used...

The greenhouse doesn't look like it is used anymore.

Next I drove to the corner of Water and High...This is what the old Red & White grocery looks like now

I use to walk to get bread or milk or whatever my Mom needed...That was a fun thing for me to do.

This is where Crispie Creme use to be....

It is now Kaye's Beauty Shop. My Mom went there to get her hair done.

Drove thru town and Jerry's Pizza looks the same....

Then cut over to where Wear-ever was....the buildings are still there....

The guard building and water tower.

Wear-Ever office building, I worked there in 1967-68

It looked sad but there seemed to be something happening in this building with the Alcoa sign on it...cars were parked outside.

This is 23 going by the Mead...where the Santa and sleigh use to go....

The smoke stack!  It is in bad need of painting...I am afraid one day it will not be there.  My Dad studied so hard to past the test to get his boiler license and worked in the control room for the  smoke stack.

Then I went by Poland Park....such a nice park for the neighborhood....

This building is on the corner of 4th and Hickory.  I use to live on 4th as a little girl just down the street before 23 was built..Our house was torn down.  This was the neighborhood grocery. It is now a laundry mat.

This is the corner of Hickory and Main St., the Tabernacle Baptist Church.

New System Bakery just down the street to the left.  This shows how the wind was blowing

It was so windy, that when I tried to get out of the car to take pictures, I was almost blown away!!!

Turned up Second street and Mulberry....I like this mural...It has the Standard Elevator in it and the canal.

The Majestic.....Where I spent many Saturday afternoons in the balcony watching movies....

 The Law Enforcement Center...where our beloved Kresge's use to be....at Second St. and Paint.

This shows the back of it and the Courthouse clock tower and the store across the street.

I can't remember the name...Was it Erdmann's?  So long ago...Hope someone can help me with that....

This is where the YMCA was on Second St.....gone....construction going on....

I turned for home and decided to wait for a less windy day....I did enjoy the drive around town where I don't normally go and see the changes.  I hope you enjoyed this short ride, if you let me know what you would like to see, I could take pictures and post them on a less windy day!!!!