We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am
Last week there was low cloud and fog around and the chances of getting a good view from a high lunch spot seemed pretty slim. However, we decided to head for some high ground and hope for the best. Parking on the High Road near the last house heading north we were pleased to see the fog was quickly lifting. We hiked to the Pocahontas turnoff, then towards the bay just as far as the first side road then followed that to the top of the first steep section. It's getting hard to see now because it's so overgrown, but a side road heads uphill again on the right and eventually reaches some open bluffs with good views. A couple of Turkey Vultures took an interest in us for a while, coming close enough for us to see that one of them had grey on the head rather than vivid red indictating that it was an imature bird. This species nests on Texada and probably chooses to raise it's young on grassy bluffs like the one where we ate lunch.
JD.
A couple of Turkey Vultures soaring above us at lunchtime on a bluff not far from the fire lookout peak on Pocahontas.
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