{"id":38483,"date":"2026-03-06T05:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=38483"},"modified":"2026-03-06T05:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:07:38","slug":"blooms-mist-and-a-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=38483","title":{"rendered":"Blooms, Mist and a Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An after breakfast local hike at Mt Pisgah with grey and threatening skies, but the weather peeps promised ‘showers maybe’ … I met hiking buddy at North TH at Pisgah around 10:30 to start. I never put on rain jacket nor pulled out umbrella – just mist periodically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring is further along than last week when there were just green leaves; today, blooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The birds were out on every section of trail with bushes or trees. One new bird was ID by Merlin – Acorn Woodpecker (All About Birds<\/a>) – the wrens were especially noisy. On the back side of the hill just past East TH, a red-tailed hawk flew up from the grasses near the trail and perched on a tree further down the hill – its plumage was spectacular with deep red tail feathers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fungi were not plentiful at all, except this one type in one place. Looks like a tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Started at North TH and went around to Tr 4 and then to the summit; my hiking buddy went back down to TH, and I went down the hill toward East TH to Tr3. Around to Tr2 and up the hill again, and back down to Tr 4 back to the car. 2x atop Pisgah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n