On the road home
We are on the road home and just some quick thoughts before this shuts down on me.
I know where all the Snow Geese go!
There were strings of "pearls" in the sunny skies over Tennessee and the Snow Geese were coming in from all over and landing the in the recently mowed corn fields. Like the cotton fields it looks like it takes two mowings for each field crop. First mow is to get the crop which still leaves some crop and about a 2 feet of stalk in the field. Then later there is a second cut leaving stubble and then this is turned over for next year or the next crop. The fields were covered in Snow Geese along the interstate. Also seen over the hills of Kentucky was a Bald Eagle flying in the sunshine. For the time we have been driving there have been many Red-tailed Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks and the odd Osprey flying by near bodies of water. There are many Turkey and Black Vultures.
We stopped at Cave City for a leg break and I phished and got an Eastern Towhee and a Northern Mockingbird that responded and came out to see the action.
There were murmurings of European Starlings and Black-birds all along the highway over the fields.
So despite long days to get home, there is a lot of action to keep one busy besides traffic.
The weather forecast does not sound promising so will have to take it easy getting home.
Got to go!
I know where all the Snow Geese go!
There were strings of "pearls" in the sunny skies over Tennessee and the Snow Geese were coming in from all over and landing the in the recently mowed corn fields. Like the cotton fields it looks like it takes two mowings for each field crop. First mow is to get the crop which still leaves some crop and about a 2 feet of stalk in the field. Then later there is a second cut leaving stubble and then this is turned over for next year or the next crop. The fields were covered in Snow Geese along the interstate. Also seen over the hills of Kentucky was a Bald Eagle flying in the sunshine. For the time we have been driving there have been many Red-tailed Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks and the odd Osprey flying by near bodies of water. There are many Turkey and Black Vultures.
We stopped at Cave City for a leg break and I phished and got an Eastern Towhee and a Northern Mockingbird that responded and came out to see the action.
There were murmurings of European Starlings and Black-birds all along the highway over the fields.
So despite long days to get home, there is a lot of action to keep one busy besides traffic.
The weather forecast does not sound promising so will have to take it easy getting home.
Got to go!
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