A few days in West Virginia
As spring approached this year I set some dates to go visit my friends at Spruce Knob, we all know the weather can’t be bad for three days right?! A needed break from work and an excuse to hunt down the amazing warblers that move through the spruce trees every year at elevation was enough for me to ignore the forecast and I’m glad I did. I showed up on Wednesday afternoon and worked on a few projects with the Experience Learning team that required IT help then after that was done it was all about walking the property to see what gems I would uncover this time around. The magical place never stops amazing me and this trip was no different. The fields had been cut last year shorter than before (I don’t like ‘em all cut that short!) and there is now a more visible marsh which to my surprise had two solitary sandpipers. Crazy to this think that shore birds would be in the mountains of West Virginia. Later in the day the clouds rolled in and I got my yurt set for the night and camera all