Riding Through the Redwood Forest, Strawberries and Chicks

Tuesday May 19, 2021 Guerneville CA.

Dirt bike ride

I decided to go up into the redwood forest to go for a dirt bike ride as I didn’t have anything else I wanted to do today.

So I jumped on the bike and rode off across the road and through a couple of gates and on up the hill going through here.road1

 

Windy

I could hear the wind blowing through the tree tops. It was a good windy day up there but not bad down in the forest where I was riding.

I rode through this spot on my neighbor’s place.road2

 

And stopped here on the Lost Ridge for a short break.bike3

 

And continued on down here and up that road.road4

 

The bike covers a lot of ground so I move right along going through this spot.road5

 

And headed back down the hill going by this spring area.road6

 

Water tank level

When I went by the water tanks I looked over to check the ribbon gauge to see how much water was in them. They are almost full so tonight I will water the raspberry patch as the berry plants could use a drink.tanks7

 

Armstrong Valley Farm

Then I pulled into  my brother’s garden to check on the strawberry patch.garden

 

There were lots of strawberries that are starting to dry out as my brother doesn’t want to deal with them so I ate what I could. :O)berries9

 

On the way out I walked by his squash patch that looked like it was producing a good crop.squash10

 

Little peepers

Once home I checked on the new peeps and put out some food for them to eat and filled their water containers.chicks11

 

I’m not sure how many chicks hatched out as they don’t sit still long enough to get a count. My guess is 30  or more.chicks12

 

Cute little fuzzy balls. At this age their body is smaller than an egg and they can get through a one inch hole so I  have to keep an eye on them to  make sure none get into trouble as sometimes they can get out but can’t find their way back in.chicks13

 

Nice day, I didn’t get much done.

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Evening Paddle At Monte Rio and Boarded By a Duck

Monday May 17, 2021 Monte Rio CA.

More chicks hatched out

With new chicks I had to check on them throughout the day to make sure they were all ok and not stuck somewhere they shouldn’t be. I put more feed out for the little guys to get them started eating.hen1

 

Between caring for the chickens I did some more work on the old well removing sediment and a bit of chair hopping too.

Cherries

My cherries are starting to get ripe so I got the ladder out to make it easier to get to them. The wild birds are starting to work them over.ladder2

 

Evening paddle at Monte Rio

Late in the afternoon I was thinking of going somewhere for a paddle so around 5 I headed down to Monte Rio and put my boat in the water.

I paddled up under this bridge thinking I might head up river.bridge3

 

Up river looks real nice but I changed my mind and headed down river instead turning around here.beach4

 

I passed by this green heron and spooked it and it took off.heron5

 

The sun was going behind some of the hills but there still was some sun when I was in the right places.river6

 

Good sitting spot

I made it down to Villa Grande Hole and sat and watched for awhile.villa7

 

This mallard duck swim by with her new little ones.ducks8

 

Boarded by a duck

And this pair of mallard ducks swim up to me real close.ducks9

 

I was surprised when the female jumped up on my boat to see what was going on like she owned the place.duck10

 

She had a look around and then jumped back in the water.

The male mallard duck as they swam off.duck11

 

Headed back up river to Monte Rio

After about an hour sitting there I started back up the river stopping in this spot for a bit almost back to Monte Rio. The sun is about to go down in the west.rio13

 

I’d seen this bird fly into the trees up ahead so I paddled on over there and it turned out to be a great blue heron doing some scratching.heron13

 

It looks like an old  male and it didn’t fly off as I passed on by.heron14

 

Back on the boat ramp I put my boat on the car and went on home.

Chick check

First thing I did was check on the new chicks which seemed to be doing ok as they were all in their nest boxes. I did note one of the nest boxes was empty as the hen and the little ones had moved in with one of the other nesting birds. I looked and hey seemed to doing doing ok together.

Nice day.

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