Friday Faces: Craig

Yesterday I walked a new trail in search of bobolinks, a bird rarely, if ever, seen in my neighborhood park. I found them, but I also found much more, including a new “Face” for my Friday Faces feature that I wrote about here.  I have been collecting Friday Faces, off and on, since December 2013, and it has been an enriching experience. I have met some interesting people, and now I can count Craig as one of them.

As I stood on the grassy hillside, hoping a bobolink would land nearby, I saw a man with a camera climbing up the hill. When he reached me, I asked if he came to this park often, and he replied, “No, it’s my first time here,” and went on to explain that he had spent the morning photographing at another location. Lunch time was approaching, and he decided some ice cream would taste pretty good, so he packed up his camera and headed for the ice cream store in Chagrin Falls. Our most migratory blackbird, the Bobolink makes a round-trip voyage of up to 9000 miles between northern North America and its wintering grounds in the pampas regions of Argentina and Brazil (Birds of Ohio). As he was driving past this little village park, a bobolink flew in front of his car and, momentarily at least, took his mind off ice cream. Swinging his car around, he pulled into the parking lot, and headed up the hill where he encountered me and my request for a “Friday Face” photo opp.

After a brief photo shoot, we both continued to wander the hillside, looking for bobolinks. I hope that Craig was successful and went home with the pictures he wanted on his memory card. I know I did. Thanks, Craig. You pointed out a Savannah sparrow, the first I have ever photographed in my 15 years walking the trails, believe it or not, and you were a good sport about the photo shoot. I’m glad that I met you on the hillside yesterday.

Notes:

1. You can read more about the search for bobolinks here.
2. Look on my SmugMug site if you want to see all of my Friday Faces.

Thanks for joining me “on the trail” today.
Carolyn aka Skip