New River Day 5 ~High Country Heaven

Howdee all~

New River Birding and Nature Festival

High Country..a full day trip to High heaven...

The search for Bobolink

There you are…silly little mechanical bird.. …Isn't it cute..

Check out this cool Video by Lang Elliot …

I love the song of the Bobolink

Flowers delicate and white…..

We walk a country road…and look around the ruins of an old home…for birds..

I love the rusted gate…

Beautiful Pastoral landscape….

I try to imagine what this property must have looked like in its prime….though,I find beauty in its decay..

The skies look ominous…

A handsome frog found while having lunch..

I think someone said this is a Leopard Frog..

Flowers of the High Country..

Trillium

May apple

Wood Betony ~

 thanks Heather for the ID

Coltsfoot ~

Thanks Heather for the ID

Springtime unfolding…

We stop for scenic views and an Eagles nest.

The New River

A wonderful way to finish our day~

Wine and dinner with new friends ~overlooking the river.

New River Day 4 ~A trip called~Muddlety

Howdee all

~New River Birding and Nature Festival~

Trip to Muddlety

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Foggy~misty morning..

We search for birds..

A good morning of birding

The lunch stop….peaceful

British Soldier LichenThanks Lynne for showing this to me

Dryads Saddle~ an edible when young! ~thanks Erik for the ID!

Beaver activity..Yikes..very sharp teeth

A highlight of this trip

We climb a steep incline to hug a tree and take photos

The biggest Tulip Popular in West Virginia~no morels underneath..just people

~Five people around~

Another walk…

While others look at birds..I find cattails and flies

Dried Beauty..

Butterflies around Muddlety

Pipe vine Swallowtail

Pearl Crescent

A wonderful half day trip…

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Look who arrived for evening dinner…

The very famous Chet Baker if you aren't his facebook friend you should be!

Another great day at

The New River Birding and Nature Festival

This blog has been delayed by ….Birdies

Howdee all,

Yeah..this blog has been delayed by Birds!

I hope you all understand.

I have two blog posts left for The New River Birding and Nature festival  to do and I will be blogging about our experience here in Ohio at The Biggest Week in American Birding.

I just don’t have any energy…those little birds have made me sooooooooooooo tired.

I have not Tweeted in real time~just my auto tweets.

I do facebook updates daily..because it is easy…and well, I am so gosh darn excited to be here..I have to shout it out.

So please….except my apologies for not commenting on your tweets…You blogs…your facebook posts…

Its all the Birds fault

I will be back to normal in a week or so…See you soon!

Goodnight…I am bird tired..ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

New River Day3~ Burnwood to Babcock

Howdee all,

Mornings at The New River Birding and Nature Festival start with a hot breakfast at 6am.

This particular morning we had breakfast sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, juice, coffee and tea.

It rained overnight…and I had some fun with water droplets again.

Our destination this day was Babcock State Park.

We stopped along the way to look for Birds...

I was distracted by

Water droplets..

Look at this big balls of water..wouldn’t they distract you too?

Drippidy Drop..

Of course we did see some birds too…

Babcock State Park..

The Glade Creek Grist Mill

The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a new mill that was completed in 1976 at Babcock.  Fully operable, this mill was built as a re-creation of one which once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock became a state park.  Known as Cooper's Mill, it stood on the present location of the park's administration building parking lot.

 

Of special interest, the mill was created by combining parts and pieces from three mills which once dotted the state.  The basic structure of the mill came from the Stoney Creek Grist Mill which dates back to 1890.  It was dismantled and moved piece by piece to Babcock from a spot near Campbelltown in Pocahontas County.  After an accidental fire destroyed the Spring Run Grist Mill near Petersburg, Grant County, only the overshot water wheel could be salvaged.  Other parts for the mill came from the Onego Grist Mill near Seneca Rocks in Pendleton County.

The Fisherman…

He told us there were no more birds around~they were all dead.

We crossed the bridge to look anyway..

We followed the road on the opposite side of the river from the mill.

Very pretty park..with cabin rentals on the river..

It was at this spot we had awesome views of a Swainson’s warbler.

Again….my lens is not big enough to reach the warbler…

So I take pictures of smaller things..

And a cool rock Face..

A few last pictures of the scenic mill before we leave..

Goodbye funny little fisherman…

We drove to another point in the park for some birding and lunch..

Finally a bird I can get a photo of..

Chipping Sparrow..

Another wonderful day..

At The New River Birding and Nature Festival