2018 March 17, & 2016, 2015 My thoughts

March 17, 2018 Today I went to the Florence Lauderdale Visitor Center where I saw this little Bird (Killdeer), and the little Killdeer's feathers flared out as I started walking past her I took my cell phone and took a couple of pictures I noticed 4 eggs were laying on the ground near her. She had made a nest in the grass near the sidewalk at the visitors center That was why there was an orange cone sitting there I hope she guards them well.

Killdeer 

March 17, 2016 Today was a beautiful day the sunset was awesome. I did a little work outside this afternoon. I sat looking out my window watching all the varieties of birds eat from the four feeders. My husband said to look and we saw a long-eared rabbit sitting in front of the tractor eating grass. I looked out the window on the other side of our RV and saw a groundhog come waddling down the field looking for his dinner of fresh clover. Well, I lay on the sofa watching Wheel of Fortune (we watch it every night)when it ended I went to work on my computer. Every evening I check to see what color the sunset is and tonight it was awesome. I will post some pictures later. While taking pictures of the sunset I turned around looked behind me and saw a herd of deer (doe) I counted at least eight. They just stood there while I snapped their picture. I was careful not to make any sudden moves. I have not seen any deer for some time. I think this warm weather has brought out all the animals and climate change has caused us to have such an awesome sunset.

Rabbit 

March 17, 2015, was such a beautiful day, the sun was shining, no rain, snow, or sleet. I enjoyed it very much, we did not go anywhere just worked a little in the yard. The older that I get the less I want to do any manual labor for it makes me hurt all over, I guess that is old Arthritis working in my bones.

2021 Mar 9, Day trip Oak Mountain State Park Pelham, Alabama

Today we rode to Pelham via hwy 43 through Russellville, ending on I-22 going into Birmingham. We filled up with gas at Loves Gas in Jasper and restroom break. We traveled through Birmingham I-65 to Pelham. We stopped at the Interpretive Center and Treetop Nature Trail, where we saw a Eurasian Eagle-Owl, and Shelby the Bald Eagle. Most of the Interpretative Center was closed for renovations. We also saw several hawks and owls in another area.

Bald Eagle 

owl 

As we were coming back inside the center we met a Park Ranger with a Red Tail Hawk that was blind in one eye. We talked to her for several minutes and watched while she fed the hawk. She said that its food comes to them frozen so they just thaw it out for them. She was returning the hawk back to its cage. We thanked her for taking the time to show us and tell us about the habits of the red-tail hawk.

Red-tail Hawk 

We began our journey back home we had not eaten any dinner and both agreed that we would like to stop at O'Bryan's in Hartselle. I ordered a petite Sirloin steak with a sweet potato. Hubby ordered a Delmonico Steak, baked potato, and salad bar. After we ate we took pictures of the Blues Brothers statue and other memorabilia at the steak house.

O'Brien's Hartselle

We stopped at Krogers in Hartselle and headed for home. We traveled from Hartselle to Decatur taking Hwy 20 alt 72 to Wheeler Dam. The sun was going down as we were near home.

Sunset

We had a great day both wore out from all the traveling.