Well we decided to head out to Lk Erie Metropark to view the birds and whatnot. We counted 100 white swans and also spotted our 2nd ever osprey (both this year) aka sea eagle. Several species of ducks geese and shore birds were also seen. Several woodchucks and a few bunnies.
But once the sun started to set the invasion of the gnats started. I'm talking a white-out. We tried to film them and if you look closely around 17 seconds into the view on the far left (that is not fog) there were googol's X googol's of them. They did not bite but we were breathing them in and they got into our eyes, ears noses and what little hair I have left. We made a dash for the vehicle for protection.
We also louped Elizabeth Park and saw the Muscovy ducks, a strange looking white and black with red wattles that I can only assume the prior owners tried to domesticate them there before donating the land to the county.
As we headed into Riverview we saw a dozen deer headed to the Wyandotte golf course for a night of browsing. Two nice bucks and one 4 pointer and the rest were does and fawns. The herd grows larger every year as does the gnat infestation.