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A warm, balmy day threatening rain all afternoon, but the scrub oak meadows were full of summer flowers, interesting lizards, new song birds … how better to spend the afternoon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left North TH around 11:15 and hiked Mt Pisgah via trails #3 and #4. Human traffic was seasonally low – almost none. The threatening rain kept them home perhaps. With the recent rains light as they were, the north side of the hill was as green as green can be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Western Fence lizard (Wikipedia<\/a>) was the only one who would sit still … all the other zipped into the grasses – they were heavy in the upper south-facing meadows. I didn’t know what it was …. they are fast! Look at the long toes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the 3.5 hours and 10 miles, it was the summer wildflowers that caught my camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Song birds per Merlin app changed from the south and north sides of the hill. The north side had greater diversity, and two new birds for the year: Wilson’s Warbler<\/a> and Olive-sided Flycatcher.<\/a> Strangely no raptors were in the sky until around 2pm … maybe the heavy moist air messed with the updrafts, but after 2pm a group of 6-10 turkey vultures<\/a> filled the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve said it so many times that …. one does not have to drive far to find the ‘woods’. My total driving = <20 minutes. Mt Pisgah<\/a> … ah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was too short to include full Data Geek details … YTD: 137.25 carbon karma hours banked, and 604 miles hiked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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