Author: Steve

  The final vote is in.  Two votes for gecko.  One vote for green anole.   I agree.    

  A 75 mile day.   Two Claritin is all it took to get past the first burst of hay fever.  None since.  We’ve readjusted to the altitude; sleeping just fine.   There is a model airplane park for radio controlled airplanes at Chatfield.  Normally, from the campground, we can hear the little pretend planes buzzing around.  This time we didn’t hear them much, so I didn’t spend much time imagining little pretend surface to air missiles.   1.260 miles from Port A.   We’ll stay here a week and visit with Becky, Brian, and the kids.    

  Final bird list for Chatfield:   33 birds.   Canada goose White pelican Double crested cormorant Great blue heron Turkey vulture Red tailed hawk American kestrel Mourning dove Common nighthawk Black chinned hummingbird Western wood pewee Say’s phoebe Western kingbird Black billed magpie Common raven Tree swallow Cliff swallow Barn swallow Black capped chickadee Rock wren House wren Blue gray gnatcatcher American robin Spotted towhee Lark sparrow Red winged blackbird Western meadowlark Common grackle Brown headed cowbird Bullocks oriole House finch Lesser goldfinch American goldfinch    

  Lots of thoughts about what those eggs might be.  We don’t really think they’re yogurt covered almonds, Rufous Sided Colorado chipmunk eggs, small duck eggs, Cadbury eggs, mouse eggs, hummingbird eggs, robin eggs, Easter eggs, dove eggs, or rock candy, but thanks for your suggestions/guesses.   No we didn’t taste them.  The shells are not as hard as bird eggs.  They were not in a nest, just in a quiet dark place.  We don’t think they are bird eggs.  We’re thinking reptile.  That brings us back to turtles, but the eggs were not in a place our turtles can get to.  The turtles dig holes in the ground.  They don’t climb.   That leaves lizards and snakes.  We haven’t seen any lizards that big.  A snake could get up there…   Just got an email from Chris (Bigfoot).  He says they’re gecko eggs.  He said it with great authority.  He could be right…  He found some in his shed.  This wasn’t in our shed but it was in a semi-dark place…  

  When we were cleaning up to leave Gulf Waters, we found these eggs.  (We already had the quarter and dime.)  The eggs were hidden under the barbecue screen shelf and on top of the set of drawers beneath it.  Don’t know what they’re for.  Too high for a turtle.  Didn’t see any hummingbirds hanging around the barbecue.  Clearly eggs though.   What do you think?