March 01st, 2024

That's Joy in profile on the left  and me from the back on the right and, quite obviously, we were out tramping through the forest with our cameras again.  Clearly, therefore, this is yet another Photo Safari Report.  I'm calling this one the Really Short Hike, because, due to time constraints, it was indeed really short.  I suppose other folks might have chosen to just not go at all but we really miss it when we have an off week so we made it work.  Joy wore a watch and checked it often and  gave ourselves a hard stop time then headed for the trails.

This was very nearly called the bluejay hike because we saw nearly so many BlueJays! It was as if they had taken over the world!  They are easy to spot because of their colour and size and they tend to be a little chatty.  Hard to hide when you are that loud!

Also saw quite a number of woodpeckers.  I know they are one of the birds I frequently post  here but this time it was two woodpeckers together!  And that part was unusual so I happy snapped them over and over.  Generally I just take one shot and or maybe two to be certain that the first one was good and then move along, but this time, they just kept looking cuter and cuter and well, I couldn't stop! So this is the same two woodpeckers, just multiple photos of them. I couldn't choose one favourite! 

Let's see, in our brief hike we also saw a hawk. In fact we saw him three or four different times but I only captured him once. He kept moving because he was being harassed by other small annoying birds. Poor thing :

And there was a very cute little grey bird whose name I've forgotten so let's call her, Agnes.  She looks like an Agnes to me.

Flowers are just starting to bloom  which is evident by the thick layers of pollen EVERYWHERE and of course the ACHOO! But that means I did get a couple of flowers.  Some old ones, which I think are still beautiful even in their dried state, and some new. Those yellow trumpet looking ones were EVERYWHERE!

And never fear, I do have Randos today!  Huzzah!  Even a short hike will provide a few uncategorizable shots:

For such a Really Short Hike, I was shockingly filthy when I got home.  But that's fixable.  It was a great photo Safari, if brief and I think we got some decent photos.  We definitely had a good time.  

Now get out there and have an excellent Weekend!  See ya'll next week