A slideshow of the Ocmulgee last week.

The Ocmulgee National Monument was flooded last week.  The Ocmulgee River crested also. 
On the right, there is a slideshow of some "before and after" pictures of the Mound for you. 

The water level receded quickly and it's already pretty much back to normal again.

I saw a big alligator the day it really flooded.  I was quite surprised.  He's gone now, I suppose, unless I see him again. 

Click on the slides to enjoy.

Birdwatching at the Piedmont WMA

Debbie and I went for some birdwatching this past week end at the Piedmont Wildlife Management Area.

It rained but it now seems that we have become "diehard" birders that neither rain nor snow will stop!


Well, we didn't see a lot of birds but we enjoyed the walk in the woods greatly.
It's been raining a lot in Georgia and many areas around us have been flooded.
The last picture show the trail for the Red Cockaded Woodpecker, a hard-to-find woodpecker. We've seen this species last time we were here. Not this time.



What's nice about birdwatching is that even if you don't see a lot of birds you still enjoy the walk.

The Ocmulgee got flooded

My favorite birdwatching place got flooded.
We've had a lot of rain and these are the results.
This is the walking path that is now flooded.


I still saw a lot of birds that day. A flock of European Starlings has returned to the Mound. I also saw many Red Winged Blackbirds.

My two surprises were a big Water Moccasin (snake) up in a tree taunted by Mockingbirds and a close up look at a young Pileated Woodpecker who seems to be checking me out. Oh, one more surprise. A field mouse run out the shrubs toward me and almost went up my pants for safety, except that I hop up just on time for him to see I was a person and not some kind of tree.

Flooded!

The boardwalk is flooded too.







Lots and lots of water everywhere. Turtles everywhere, frogs everywhere, birds singing and playing.

Labor Day week end at Connie's

Labor Day week end at Connie's.
We were looking forward to spending lots of time in the pool but it rained the first two days and it did not turned out to be warm enough. The pool was very nice and irresistible so some of us
went in anyhow.

I for one enjoyed it thoroughly.

We ended up playing a lot of games: Rook (of course), Taboo, and Picturenary.


Oh, we ate some good food too. And drank a bit. Not too much.

All in all, it turned out to be a great week end.