I Stopped Here To Photograph A Red-Winged Blackbird On The Green Road Marker Sign.

…A Few Moments Later, Mr. Vern Gebhardt and His Case-International Disk Harrow Rig Arrived & Stopped, For A Friendly Chat.

…"Roads with little traffic are more enjoyable, … where kids wave to you when you ride by, where people look from their porches to see who it is, where when you stop to ask directions or information the answer tends to be longer than you want rather than short, where people ask where you’re from and how long you’ve been riding.“

Luden, ND. After Oakes, ND, I also get back on the road the next morning. I stop to photograph a Red-Winged Blackbird on the green road marker sign.
…BUT, Red-Wing Blackbirds are very cautious. Just try to get a good close up photo. As long as my car was moving, even slowly, they would remain perched. But just stop the car for 5 seconds and hold camera steady. They get suspicious and start to crouch for take off as this one is doing.
…After studying my maps 30 minutes, a huge Case-International tractor rig with disk comes up this side read and stops. Vern Gebhardt (Gephardt? Gephart?), shuts off the engine, and comes over to my car to see if I need help. We have a long & good conversation about the wildlife population cycles here. Mr. Gephardt explained his observations on the population increases and disease related population crashes in the fox vs coyote.
… Click Here To See Photo Of => Vern Gebhardt And His Huge Case-International Tractor Rig With Disk
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