Springtime seems to be coming early if one would include this morning. A heavy fog, however, was over all the area. I went out to enjoy some of this weather. My walk eventually found me along the Allegheny River. The area I was walking had complete ice coverage. The fog was dense that I couldn’t see across the water. However, along the shoreline the weight of the ice had caused a crack allowing for river water to emerge to the shoreline at many places. This allowed for the Beavers to emerge to the bank to eat fresh bark. Old Beaver tracks were common in places.
I found the remains of a nice eight-point buck I wondered what had happened for this buck to meet his demise. A shot that went bad. A person not following up a shot, A natural accident or disease. I will never know.
I would cross many deer tracks. I saw Some ‘possum and ‘coon tracks, and turkeys. I would see two gobblers, but I couldn’t get any photos. I saw and heard a small flock of Canada Geese. The had made many tracks, too.
I was blessed to see a Bald Eagle perched high in a Sycamore Tree. I tried to close the gap for a photo, but the bird decided I was ugly and flew across the river.
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