SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

[Art Deco]

A pair of bald eagles circled overhead. Not a sound from them, but cool to see.

 

[steve mercier]

A pair of bald eagles circled overhead. Not a sound from them, but cool to see.

Yes I was thinking about that today. There are birds I sometimes see around here that I almost never hear, such as the Varied Thrush. It will take a while longer to capture those quiet ones. (-:

 

[PowerflyLee formerly known as CheetahLee]

Very odd looking contraptions.

They just got them in Baltimore, no idea how much to rent.

 

[Comfortably Numb]

A pair of bald eagles circled overhead. Not a sound from them, but cool to see.

Bald eagles sound real wimpy. Not exactly what you'd expect to hear.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Here is my list of 36 bird songs / calls captured on my phone during the first four days of riding with the Merlin app: American Dipper , American Goldfinch , Barn Swallow , Bewick's Wren , Black- Capped Chickadee , Brown Creeper , Bushtit , Cedar Waxwing , Chestnut -Backed Chickadee , Common Loon , Common Nighthawk , Cooper's Hawk , Downy Woodpecker , Eastern Kingbird , European Starling , Gilded Flicker , Golden-Crowned Kinglet , Hairy Woodpecker , House Finch , House Sparrow , Merlin , Northern Fflicker , Pacific-slope Flycatcher , Purple Finch , Red Breasted Nuthatch , Red Crossbill , Sanderling , Song Sparrow , Spotted Towhee , Stellar's Jay , Western Tanager , Western Wood-Peewee , White-Crowned Sparrow , Willow Flycatcher , Yellow -Rumped Warbler , Yellow Warbler . I have omitted the usual suspects such as American Crow and Canada Goose etc PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR LISTS TO THIS THREAD!

I’ve noticed more pileated woodpeckers this summer than in previous years. Their vocalizations and loud pecking reverberate around the neighborhood.

 

[steve mercier]

I’ve noticed more pileated woodpeckers this summer than in previous years. Their vocalizations and loud pecking reverberate around the neighborhood.

Yes those are awesome with their giant bodies and flame red tops and evil laughing calls

 

[steve mercier]

I have ridden past this many times but today was the first time I noticed it was more than a bunch of sticks.

 

[steve mercier]

Old School Selfie. 110 km today.

 

[steve mercier]

This pic hints at the hundreds of dead trees in Stanley Park ,killed by the drought. All the reddish looking ones are dead.

 

[ChezCheese:)]

Here you can see some of the obliterated heart of the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park where we are trying to raise the funds to save the remaining trees.

 

[steve mercier]

That is the bad news. The good news is that bikes will own one lane of the ring road going forward, and it is great cycling weather.

 

[steve mercier]

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Here you can see some of the obliterated heart of the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park where we are trying to raise the funds to save the remaining trees.

That park is a whopping 3500 acres .. how much has been chopped down ?

 

[ChezCheese:)]

Approximately 550 acres are safe from logging. 1700 are possible for us to save. That leaves about 1300 acres which are already clear-cut or which have received logging permits or are included in the 5 year logging plans and are therefore not available for us to purchase the timber rights of. I'm sorry I don't have the exact figure for how many acres have been cut so far. Basically, you can't see from one end of the cuts to the other, they are so huge.

 

[steve mercier]

Approximately 550 acres are safe from logging. 1700 are possible for us to save. That leaves about 1300 acres which are already clear-cut or which have received logging permits or are included in the 5 year logging plans and are therefore not available for us to purchase the timber rights of. I'm sorry I don't have the exact figure for how many acres have been cut so far. Basically, you can't see from one end of the cuts to the other, they are so huge.

Good luck in your efforts!

 

[ChezCheese:)]

Updated info: 1,100 acres are either gone or as good as gone. 700 is fully safe. 1700 we could save, if we have the funds.

 

[Kayakguy]

Art at a local dog park

Reminds me of an incident when I was a high school English teacher. As every male teacher has dreaded since time began, I realized my fly was open. To distract the class, I said "Oh, look out there" (ground floor room with lawn outside), and thus brought to everyone's attention the fact that a couple of dogs were humping.

 

[Kayakguy]

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[Kayakguy]

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I owned one when I was about 18 or so, living in Chelan. Paid $40 for it. Mine was a 4 door. A bearing went out, so I found a donor engine at a garage up the road for $5. Could have had the transmission for $2, but didn't need a tranny. Did the engine swap under a friend's apple tree, hanging a block & tackle from one of the limbs. My buddy with the apple tree also found one at a gas station, and paid $40 for his too. Then we found another one, which we also bought for $40, intending to use it for parts. After we'd stripped needed parts off it for a while, he drove his from Chelan to Seattle. Meanwhile I sold mine, and started driving the stripped one to my summer job at a lumber mill. That one had a broken rear engine mount, so when you'd let the clutch out, the whole engine would rear up into the cab, then settle back down.
They all had terrible brakes, as Henry F. thought hydraulics were a preposterous gimmick. The rods and cams all ran in plain bearings, so when they got old and worn, you'd stomp on the brake pedal and the brake shoes would barely move. It was more reliable to just drag your feet.

Model A Fords were the MOST FUN of any car I've ever driven, bar none. With their huge torque, they were a superb vehicle for running around on the fire roads in the Chelan mountains. Everything else pales by comparison.

 

[Kayakguy]

Bald eagles sound real wimpy. Not exactly what you'd expect to hear.

They let out a kind of shriek or scream during their courtship flight, which I have seen (and heard) while kayaking on the Skagit delta. Very dramatic sight.

 

[Prairie Dog]

I spotted this relic crawler sitting in front of a rural property during my ride yesterday. I imagine it was quite the workhorse during its time.