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NATURE ALI'S
GRAND ADVENTURE - Day 8 - June 27, 2009
I woke at dawn
quickly brushing my teeth and getting back on the road. I didn’t bird in Indiana
but pushed on to Ohio where I was to meet my sister at 7:30 p.m. The only
traffic I encountered during the trip was a little slow down two hours into
Ohio, a truck lost control on an overpass and shed its contents of light beer on
the highway below where an unsuspecting motorist crashed causing much damage to
their vehicle. Continuing on, I did have an opportunity to bird a rest stop five
hours later just outside of Cleveland where I saw my first Black-capped
Chickadee.
I saw a
sparrow that I have yet to identify (I believe Henslow’s Sparrow); that pretty
much means it is a life bird. Drove into Cleveland to view Lake Erie, nice big
lake but far too busy for me. The stadium for the Cleveland Indians is right off
of the Interstate and straight down the road is the stadium for the Cleveland
Browns next to the Rock & Roll Museum. The flags were at half-staff in memory of
Michael Jackson.
Margot’s bus
was over a half-hour late so we took a quick tour around the downtown area and
then headed off to New York via Pennsylvania. We arrived well after dark and
stopped at a motel just outside of Buffalo.
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