Day 6 Woodbine MD April 29,2021
Getting settled after the first day at Rollin’ Pines RV Park! Some ‘resituating’ always needs to be done when moving from one campground to the other. At the first park we did not put up our awning over the slideout. (We have the one) , so that was a “get ‘er done”, before the morning was long. All went well. After 17 months of no using it, the trailer has its own mind sometimes, so always be ready for what can be revealed. That went well ,thankfully.
The female E.Bluebird came out. The male is taking food to the box so their must be young ones.
Then we discussed how long we might be out each day, and that usually determines whether we take a lunch in the “cooler” (Ours is red and white and holds enough for a simple lunch.) We do this most birding days. We decided ‘no’, as we would not be out past 1:00 or so. (We weren’t back until 2:30!!!). Follow along here.
We headed out for the Audrey Carrol Audubon Sanctuary on Old Annapolis Rd which was part of the original road from Washington DC to Baltimore. Then it happened again. We took the road we had planned on but it turned out NOT to be the right one, so in backtracking to Mt. Airy (which we started on,… we stopped and asked! “Vicki”the barber knew exactly where to go. And we did.
This Annapolis road had many beautiful homes on it. With 167,000 people on the rolls, the county has a median income for a household in the county of $60,021, and the median income for a family is $66,430 (these figures had risen to $78,912 and $90,376 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). So it is a wealthy County . English Speakers were a minority , with German dominant until the Civil War. The KKK was influential here as late as 2018, and was a stronghold until the present. Joseph A. Banks and Penguin House Books are 3rd and 4th employers in the County.
We decided already that we would miss lunch in the trailer so stopped at an Arby’s in Mt Airy, where we split a rueben sandwich and Ruth ordered one of those Peach Cream shakes. (I am on water the entire trip.) Go ahead and ask?
In the Audrey Carrol Audubon Sanctuary are a number of Martin houses . Tree Swallow claimed!
So the Sanctuary of Audrey Carrol is a walk around only , and composed of open areas and forests on the edges. As it was raining slightly I walked a bit and Ruth watched from the truck for birds and wildlife. A large “gourdlike“ village”of Martin nesting sites was a center of the area. There were Tree Swallows that had taken over that roost. Not being able to stay out side for long did not give us much of an opportunity to identify many birds although they were there. (Cardinals, Song Sparrows, Blue Jays, etc).
These are nine Azalea bushes at one home "next door". Thousands of these in the area.
Heading back to the trailer we stopped in Woodbine at the only grocery on town, the Food Lion…and bought what we needed. Right next to the campground the first home has a beautiful display of Azaleas of which I will post the photos. The area here is an Azalea paradise, with almost every home having one at least, along with the Redbud, and those pure white Cherokee Chief Dogwood. There is a vista at almost every curve and hill in the roads, and there are many curves in these old roadways. The blooms will continue after the cherry and then will come the Bradford Pear (non commercial) and the Crepe Myrtle right through July. It’s a “Bloomy Paradise”.
A combination of Dogwood and Redbud in the Sanctuary
And some of that Pennsylvania Dutch art work.This is not a hex that is used at times.
Of course many trips show those "Oreo" cows.Just one here.
The day ended with a huge rain shower at supper time lasting about 20 minutes and it “came down in buckets” as they say. I will try to post a video of it. —Tomorrow we will visit a second Audubon Sanctuary a bit further away. I think we can get to that one without a “hitch” , …he says!- Catch you tomorrow when the wind is suppose to get up to 40 mph.
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