Heron Chick on Street

 UPDATE:   It's a Green Heron fledgling and still alive this morning, as I saw it on a landscape bush, sitting right at the top.  Hope mom is feeding it.   

What in the world was this fledgling doing in the middle of Jackson street?  For gosh sakes, it looked lost and too little to be on its own and why in the world would a Heron nest in a residential tree?   

I think its a GBH fledgling, but I'm no bird expert.   I had to slam on my breaks, as the lostling was in the middle of the street.   He then ran to the yard at the corner of 30th and Jackson where there are two large trees, maple I think and looked up into the first one, then ran to the second and did the same.  I drove on then, knowing there was nothing I could do.   That's a bad corner, bad place, for a fledgling to be.  No cover, dog walkers are thick, along with kids, bikes, cars, etc.

I had to go retrieve traps today in Sweet Home.  I figured why should I make the trip without going to the lake.  So I loaded the kayak and had a grand old time.  On the way home, I picked up the traps and stuffed the three traps in back beside the kayak and tied them in, since the back is open, with the kayak in the car. This weekend its supposed to rain, not too much, and it'll be done by Tuesday night.   I guess.  Maybe snow in the mountains, but I"m not really sure I heard that right.

 I had a great time at the lake and paddled a long distance, but stopped to swim twice.   There were not that many people on the lake on the side I was on, although I also paddled to the other side and down towards Sunnyside park.  I quickly turned around when I encountered massive numbers of boats and people near Sunnyside.

That's not my thing---lots of people.  I do like it when the lake is rough even white capping.  I not only like the rough water, but it keeps a lot of boats off the lake when its rough.  It began to cloud over just as I was leaving.

I stopped on the way back not only to get the traps but once back in town, to pick up some offered free food at a friends place.  I don't turn down unwanted or shared food.  It really helps out my budget tremendously.  I came home and made a delicious dinner out of some of it.