Yesterday I went for a walk. I walked to the park but the tide was high so there were only some Long-billed dowitchers and a Spotted sandpiper. While I was in the park I heard a few Wilson’s warblers, Orange-crowned warblers and Hermit thrushes among other things.
I walked to the lake after I was done at the park. I got to the peninsula at the lake and walked out onto the dock and sat down in the warm sunshine. When I first got there I didn’t see any swallows darting around the lake but after a bit I saw a few then I saw the Violet-green swallow fly by. In the time I was there I didn’t see either of the Northern rough-winged or Cliff swallows. After I had been there for a bit I saw the Vaux’s swifts flying around above some trees on the other side of the lake so I excitedly got up and walked over there. When I got there I sat down on the side of the road and waited for the swifts to fly where I could get decent photos of them. After I had sat there for a bit and had gotten quite a few photos of the swifts I saw someone I knew working in their yard so I walked over and talked to them for a bit. After I was done talking to them I walked back and watched for the swifts for a few minutes but didn’t see them so I walked down the road. On my way down the road I smelled some Cottonwoods. I walked to the Turnaround but didn’t see anything there so I walked to Moller field then down to the park.
When I got down to the park the tide had got out quite a bit but my camera was almost dead so I didn’t walk out onto the beach. I walked along the top of the beach then I took my socks and shoes off and waded across the river. When I got to the other side I sat up on some rock and let my feet and legs dry off then I put my socks and shoes back on and headed home.
