Wildlife & Related

[hurley842002]

Are all the gates open yet? Sign says second gate opens on July 15th, but after the 15th it still wasn't open. Turning around right there with a trailer sure is awesome.

Both open, in fact the first Pic with the Alpine sign was the second gate.


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[Irving]

Great thanks. I want to try and hike all the way up to Ice Lake sometime, if not to the divide.

[hurley842002]

Great thanks. I want to try and hike all the way up to Ice Lake sometime, if not to the divide.

Where is ice lake?


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[Irving]

There are (edit) five more bodies of water above Loch Lommand and the highest and least visited is Ice Lake. I think the third one up is Steuart Lake.

[hurley842002]

There are (edit) five more bodies of water above Loch Lommand and the highest and least visited is Ice Lake. I think the third one up is Steuart Lake.

Ahhh, for some reason I thought there were three lakes above LL, we were actually attempting the first lake above LL today, and the clouds left me uneasy so we turned back.


ETA: I'd be interested in hiking with you if our schedules aligned and you could use another person.

[Irving]

I also remembered only three, but I went and looked at the map for a refresher. I honestly probably won't get to it, but I'm hit you up if I do.

[Hummer]

We have a little flycatcher that builds a nest under the deck above our lower patio. This year she hatched 3 little ones. We always worry because so far, every year, at least one or two fall out of the nest and die. This year all 3 made it. I was hanging a sheet over the deck railing a few days ago and saw two of the babies fly off into the trees. Went downstairs and found the 3rd sitting on the patio. When I opened the door it flew away, too. Mama is still hanging around but haven't seen the babies.

BG, the bird may be a Cordilleran Flycatcher which nests on shelves of rock or on man made structures. It's call is a simple and distinctive whistle, whee-seet! Formerly named Western Flycatcher but split from the Pacific-slope Flycatcher some years ago. Cordilleran is a Spanish term for mountain. Another possible ledge nesting bird that might be around your place is the Say's Phoebe.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/..._Flycatcher/id

[Firehaus]

Here is a little NatureIsMetal from my own garden. I don't know what the big beetle is, but it has killed a bee and looked to be slurping directly out of the bee's head.

Looks like an Assassin bug.


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[Irving]

I was wondering if that's what I was looking at.

Here is me pretending to fish at Fall River Reservoir a few weeks ago.

[hurley842002]

I was wondering if that's what I was looking at.

Here is me pretending to fish at Fall River Reservoir a few weeks ago.

Really cool picture if anything.


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