Training Log Archive: GlenT

Another day at Moreau, a bit shorter than yesterday. Checking some orange and brown controls, mapping some dot knolls and GPSing a mountain bike trail. The mtn bike trail is not an official park trail, is indistinct in places and may be more so in the fall, but may facilitate control setting. Used the LiDAR map with 1m contours for part of the time - would be interesting to use for the competition. :-)

Today's out-of-the-ordinary bird sighting was three pileated woodpeckers which were on or near the ground and I spooked them as I approached. Perhaps fledglings and mom. They didn't hang around for long, but their calls and red heads are pretty distinctive.

Event: 2010 US Rogaining Championships
 

Wandering (and wondering) around at Moreau. Checking controls for White, Yellow and Orange courses for both days. Plus some advanced control scoping. Visited ~45 points! Fabulous weather - sunny, dry, 70's. Didn't do the CNYO Rogaine (which was this weekend) but this came close.

Discovery: Saw a bird which looked and acted like a great blue heron but was all white (with yellow legs). Didn't have binoculars so couldn't get a good look at all the details. Apparently there's a "great white heron" variant, but sightings of them outside of Florida seem to be rare. There was also a more normal looking great blue. Both were feeding in Mud Pond, the northernmost lake/pond on the Moreau Map.

C • Egret 4

66N, Bacchus, Pratt, 66S. Cooler (upper 70s) and drier than it's been.

66N, Albany Tpke and back. Mid 80's and muggy.