Humans spread poison

Air temperature 45 F, wind near calm, fog. Visibility 1/3 mile at the airport, probably less here though it comes and goes. AQI moderate for PM2.5. Still plan on a bike ride later.

Tiresome humans

No matter the situation, "us versus them" is bound to rear its ugly head.

Friday migratory report

20+/- geese out at the cemetery pond when I headed out, not in view when I came back but I heard them downstream. Dead warbler by the roadside, couldn't ID without stopping and maybe not even then because fall warblers are confusing. No other fresh roadkill unless I count woolly bears.

Upland red maples starting to turn, sumac flaming, bracken going brown. Asters everywhere, with still occasional goldenrod and chicory and what looked like a couple of Queen Anne's lace. More milkweed pods splitting, more cattail heads going to fluff.

Signs up saying the road past the cemetery pond will be closed for a month, starting end of next week. Sounds like culvert replacement or similar semi-major work, not just paving.

Temperature 60s F, AQI marginal, hazy sky. Got out on the bike, upriver and back through the bog. Did not die. Still old and slow.

15.36 miles, 1:24:20