Final August Day Walking With Sikes Lake Coyote Pack

On this final day of August, the day known as Saturday, with the temperature in the 80s, with the humidity high, I ventured to Sikes Lake for a sultry walk in the natural sauna steambath.

Walking with me was the growing pack of Sikes Lake Coyote Goose Guards.

The Sikes Lake Coyote Goose Guards seem to have accomplished their humane goal, making geese feel unwelcome, and safe from another mass extermination by the local goose haters.
 
Ducks must not be as easily intimidated by coyotes as their goose relatives are. One still sees several flocks of ducks milling about around and on Sikes Lake.

I hope there are no local duck haters currently plotting the mass extermination of those cute quackers.

Welcome rain is dripping this afternoon. Not copiously, but enough drippage to provide some cooling...

Hot Humid Friday Sikes Lake Walk Around With Coyotes

This first Friday of May it was to Sikes Lake I ventured today for a humid walk around the lake. The temperature was in the upper 70s, but felt way HOTTER due to that annoying humidity.

The Sikes Lake Pack of coyote goose guards seems to grow each time I return to this location.

Some coyotes have now been spotted on the MSU (Midwestern State University) campus.

I have seen a few geese willing to risk being in the presence of the artificial coyotes, but doing so at a coyote-free location, like the coffer dam that crosses Sikes Lake, with a fence making coyote access to the geese impossible.

Thunderstorms and possible tornadoes were on the weather menu yesterday, but there was no booming or twisting. The same thing is on the weather menu for today. So far, nothing has thundered or been excessively windy.