Single loud note. Photo-bombed by an buzzing insect. It sounded like there there were two different birds, but it may have been just one making two slightly different single notes.
Yesterday. 8 July 2022, was kind of a weird day, at least in the afternoon when I did a short drive SW of Calgary. I needed to get out for awhile, after spending a few hours the previous day trying to work out why my emails have not been updating on my iPad mini. No success.
Decided to just do my usual short drive to the SW, just to catch a Bluebird or two or anything else of interest/beauty. Also looked to see if there were any fungi growing yet, and found a handful during an extremely short walk. Maybe still a bit too early for others.
Two highlights for me were an absolutely beautiful sky for a short while - Altocumulus clouds? The other was finding a Bobolink that gave me somewhat closer views than I have seen at a different location so far.
When I first arrived in the SW, there were road construction vehicles on pretty well every road I usually drive. So disappointing. Later in the afternoon, they all eventually either parked off the side of the road or drove somewhere else. I wasn't sure if I should drive on one of the roads, now empty, but decided to take the risk and just drive slowly. One of my best sightings was the reward.
Getting back to the city, I needed to fill up with gas, ready for the next drive. Waiting to pay took some time as the gas store scanner wouldn't work, so no one could pay or get change. Shortly afterwards, one of the traffic lights close to home was not working, either. My queue of traffic couldn't get a green light. I was glad to finally get home!
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