TO MAZEPPA WITH LOVE

AN INCREDIBLE EVENT HAPPENED TODAY IN MAZEPPA.  A UKRANIAN TV REPORTER, ANNA LEVYTSKA ,  RECENTLY DISCOVERED MY BLOG BECAUSE OF THE REFERENCE TO THE FAMOUS POEM MAZEPPA WHICH OUR TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER.  THEY WERE IN DC DOING WORK AND WANTED TO SEE MAZEPPA.  SO THEY TRAVELED UP TODAY AND RUSSIA AND MAZEPPA CAME TOGETHER AS ONE.  WORD GOT AROUND ABOUT THIS GOING ON AND NIKOLOI MIRONNENKO STOPPED BY AND ANNA WAS SO STUNNED TO TALK WITH HIM IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT CHANNEL 16 AS THEY COVERED THIS AMAZING EVENT.

BIG BUCK AGAIN

WELL PERCY I ONLY CAUGHT 7 BUT MET IN THE CREEK BY 6 DEER AND THAT MASSIVE BUCK.  I SWEAR HE LOVES TO POSE FOR ME.  ALSO PICS OF WILD FLOWERS AND A KINGFISHER

MONSTER FISH

PERCY I WILL START WITH THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER PULLED OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK......22 INCH PICKERAL AND THIS GUY WAS A TRUE HAWG.  EXTREMELY THICK TOO AND BEING THE TRUE SPORTSMAN I AM HE IS BACK SWIMMING IN BUFFALO CREEK.  ALSO A GREAT PIC OF FUNGI AND THE BUTTERLIES ON THE IRON WEED.  THE SNAPPING TURTLE WAS EATING A FISH AND 2 PICS LOOKING UP THE CREEK.

DEER....TIME IN THE CREEK !

PERCY I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW CLOSE I GOT TO THESE 2 BUCK.  GREAT MORNING IN THE CREEK WITH LOTS OF WILDLIFE AND BOTH THE PICKERAL AND THE FALL FISH WERE 15 INCHES

WEEKEND FISHING AND DISCOVERY

GOT OUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY......PERCY I CAUGHT 16 SATURDAY AND 17 SUNDAY. A WHITE BIRD WAS IN THE CREEK AND TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY AN EGRET.  BOTH DAYS I COULDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY EVEN WITH THE BINOCULARS. VARIETY OF FISH TOO AS I CAUGHT FALL FISH...BLUEGILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND PICKERAL.  ATTACHING PHOTOS OF A BLUE HERON THAT ALLOWED ME TO FISH WITH HIM.  THE KINGFISHERS WERE EVERYWHERE AND SAW ONE GREEN HERON.  ALSO A COUPLE SANDPIPERS STILL HANGING AROUND.  A GROUP OF WOOD

DUCKS LANDED UP STREAM FROM ME BUT TILL I GOT THE CAMERA OUT THEY TOOK OFF. AND I FOUND A STONE WADING BACK UP THE CREEK AND CURIOUS IF IT WAS AN INDIAN TOOL.  WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY AND GET IT IDENTIFIED.  SATURDAY A GORGEOUS SUNRISE AND I KNOW MY OPINION IS BIASED BUT NO SUNRISE LIKE A MAZEPPA SUNRISE.  AND TODAY 2 DOE GREETED ME IN THE FIELD.

BETTER LATE...

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PERCY !  PICS FROM FISHING 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I CAUGHT 12.  LOVED THE WAY THE SKY LOOKED AS I WADED THE CREEK AND SNAPPED THE 1ST PIC.   NEXT IS A FLOWER GROWING ON THE TOP OF A STUMP.  THE BLUE HERON POSED FOR ME AS I GOT OUT OF THE CREEK.  AND LAST IS A REDHEADED WOODPECKER AND JUST WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM TO SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH TO BE A BIT MORE CLEAR.

BETTER DAYS FISHING...

PERCY I WISH I HAD A BETTER DAY OF FISHING TO REPORT BUT I ONLY CAUGHT 4.  ALSO LOST A SPINNER TO A SNAG AND FELL IN THE CREEK AFTER A ROCK SLIPPED UNDER MY FOOT.  BUT A GREAT PIC OF A DRAGONFLY TO SHARE