Day 16

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

This little bird kept coming over near where I was sitting on a log and chiming to me, so I decided to do some research to figure out what type of bird he is.

This little guy is a Red-winged Blackbird, apparently very prevailent in North America. These birds love to be near the water, as I found this guy at Mendon Ponds, a park in northern New York. The males have this noticeable red and yellow streak across their wing, like the bird pictured above, while the females are more subdued, often brown. 

* If you are interested in knowing more, feel free to visit the sight below! That is where I found most of my information (some of it was based on my own observations, as well)!

* http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-winged_blackbird/id?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=fb7e4c32a2-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2013_3_07&utm_medium=email

Day 15

The Canada Goose

Many families of Canadian Geese have begun to take up residence in urban areas, such as these families seen here a a pond near a construction sight in a suburb of a city in northern New York.

These geese have an affinity for water and tend to settle near ponds and large, open grassy areas. They also travel and stay in families. 

Unlike many other geese, Canadian Geese have a liking for people, but people do not always like them. They tend to make messes that bother people and are very vocal creatures. 

Day 14

Meet Bobby Lee from Alabama

He enjoys sitting on the beach, getting drunk, smoking, and paying for girlfriends.

He has 9 brothers, him being the 10th and youngest, and 4 sisters.

He is a Vietnam veteran.

And he is a union worker as a brick mason.

He travels all over for his job and has been coming to the Rochester area most summers for at least 10 years now.

He claims he's got a lot of money and just has fun with it. He even wanted to buy my camera off of me!

Bobby showing me how he shot civilians during the war to save his life.

This 64 year old man was not the least bit shy to share his story with me, from the first time his brothers got him drunk off of moonshine at age 11, to his heroine and cocaine escapades in the 60's, stabbing a man who wanted his coat at a local biker bar, up to the two cops that caught him smoking pot on the beach down in Irondequoit and let him leave without a problem.

Before I left, he offered my friend who was with me and myself to smoke a joint with him. No worries, we declined. But thanks for the offer.

Day 13

Adirondack Mountain Club

Members showing each other new ways to enter the kayak.

More experienced members teach newer members 

how to enter the kayak and help them along the way.

Day 12

Learning how to grill.

She built the grill herself!

Day 11

"Stealth"

Stumbled upon joining a kickball team today.

Team name: Raging Alcoballics

Day 10

Sweet, sweet nostalgia