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We have had many adventures while birding the county this year. We have been accosted by vicious dogs and scary people.
The boss has locked the keys in the car several long, cold miles from home, when everyone who has a driver's license was very far away. The girls and Jade choreographed our rescue but it it was a miserable moment in time.
Now we are getting scoped out by the DEC when we walk the bike trails at our favorite spots. It is amusing but understandable. We dress in bright colors during hunting season. The fact that you aren't supposed to hunt in the places we visit does not stop everybody and we like living.
The other day a state patrol truck drove by at least four times where the bike path parallels the road for a bit, peering through the brush at us. Eventually he must have seen binoculars rather than rifles because he went on his way.....but I guess we must look more like hunters than birders.
Can't wait until I can go back to dark and dreary, drab and dismal, brown, grey, and green, birding clothes. The little birdies can see bright orange as well as the rangers and react accordingly.
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I had to Google DEC...December made no sense.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Jan, I forget it is called different things in other states.
ReplyDeleteI had to google DEC also...
ReplyDeleteUpon reading the Dec 5th, 2017 edition, I linked over to the subject of "scary people". I must say I was bit shocked to hear
ReplyDeletethat there are such "low lifes" to encounter in beautiful rural settings. Also, meeting up with "low lifes" during birding
excursions is pretty depressing too! Maybe you need to get a Rottweiler to help carry the camera gear. It may help purify
the atmosphere and improve the birding experience. Let's hope for an early spring !!
Tom
Linda, sorry again....I should have written it out. Just lazy I guess. LOL
ReplyDeleteTom, we were stunned and horrified by the things that happened to us just a couple of miles from home this summer. We were actually threatened !!! by a couple at Yankee Hill Lock, who finally decided, aloud no less, that Ralph looked too tough to tackle, although I was probably a push over....we took to only visiting our favorite spots when the weather was bad enough to keep the city folks home. That being said, we have met and still do meet many nice people and lovely dogs. We have come to be on a first-name basis with some of them...