Oops, I Made a Mistake.

Last Saturday, I took a short 3 mile day hike in Kensington with a group of bird enthusiasts.  I have been in the park several times to view the Sandhill cranes this spring and was embarrassed to find out, from Saturdays' hiking guide, that the nests I believed were made by Sandhill Cranes are actually nests of the Great Blue Heron.  I have reworked that particular chapter in the book I am working on and thought I should also share with you since I posted that excerpt on the blog site.
Sandhill Cranes are private and build their nests on the ground in the marsh.  I have sat on the park bench and watched those birds several times but the trees are just far enough away that I could not make out the color details (physics has helped me understand that reflection, refraction, focal point of image all play into the tricks my eyes can play when I let my mind work overtime).  The Blue Heron has a large size but shape, beak, and color are very different from the cranes I love to watch in the marsh.  I apologize for this careless mistake.


Another quick update:  My physics final is Thursday … still holding on to my “A” and I am very proud of myself.  I find the Math fascinating and have discovered that I “get it”.  There is so much going on in the invisible world of electromagnetic fields, wavelengths, light, charges, chemical reactions, atoms, electrons … okay, I’ll stop.  I have been told that I can be a nerd.  I am proud of that too.