Friday we went for a drive down towards Wellsboro, PA. It was a hot summer day, and all I had to do was sit in the car, and take it easy, and do some birding. As we drove along we saw kestrals, mourning doves, crows, goldfinches, cardinals, and mockingbirds. Near Lawrenceville, we checked out the osprey nest which is visible from the road heading south. It appeared that it had done some serious landscaping up there.

We arrived at Ives Run about noon, which is not the best time to do any birding, but I was thankful for the outing, so we drove around to see what was about. We saw Canada geese, a blue heron, an Eastern bluebird, some chipping sparrows, a brown thrasher, a mourning dove, and a ring-billed gull. Leaving the area, just a little bit south on the highway, George pulled off to check out another osprey in the distance.

We had lunch in Wellsboro, which meant getting out of the car, and back in, very carefully……then headed home on the back roads.

We got lost a couple of times, and even the road atlas wasn’t helpful. Our wanderings took us by a marshy area, though, and there we spotted several kingbirds,  a cedar waxwing,  and a kingfisher that got away before we could get a picture.