About this episode
Hudson Gardner reflects on nature and expresses gratitude while observing wildlife in the mountains.
Transcript Hello... I am on the hillside listening to two coveys of quail call back and forth They've been slowly getting closer over the last 15 minutes, and I think they're going to link up I saw one group They had a bunch of fluffy little hatchlings running around I don't know how big the other group is though I'm below a range of mountains with snow and avalanche gullies, forests up the sides, larch and fir, ponderosa pine Ah, wow, a western tanager just landed in a pine tree I haven't seen one yet this year That was cool They're bright, bright orange, bright red, yellow, golden, crazy looking birds Probably the most brilliant bird in the west maybe I guess there's lazuli buntings out here too Or is it indigo buntings? ....that quail is trying to get the other quails to come over There's boulders on this hillside, and one of my favorite tea plants which is wild tarragon I gathered about eight stems of it just now It's a good spot for it There's a bunch of plants It's nice to be here I feel like my mind is already clearing out from the dampness of the coastal, humid, cold Salish Sea Up here in the high mountains, a divergent part of the Rockies above a big lake On a glacial…
People in this episode
Host: Hudson Gardner
Topics covered
- nature
- gratitude
- personal reflection
- wildlife
- environment
Keywords
- quail
- western tanager
- wild tarragon
- mountains
- gratitude
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Salish Sea, Rockies, Lake, glacial moraine
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