the Way of the Turtle

5.6 Mile Ride Along the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Path
Thursday, April 10, 2008

OK, that's a pretty pathetic distance to ride on such a warm day, but I was under pretty severe time constraints since I needed to get to karate class. So I rode from the Niskayuna Lions Park out to Lock 7 and back. Initially it looked like it wasn't going to be anything more than a short ride on a nice day, but then I spotted the mergansers (and tried to get some photos, with very limited success) and really exciting, a red-tailed hawk sitting on a telephone line... I watched him (and snapped pictures) for quite a while, until he dropped down into the grass alongside the road to nab some dinner.

JMH