Last Saturday Dad, Rowan, and I went up Verstovia so that Dad could attempt to retake an old photo. It was a nice day for a hike it was sunny, but not too warm. It took us about two hours to get to picnic rock. We sat there and had lunch. While we were there I looked through my Binoculars over at the peak. Part way up the peak I notice there was a white spot there, and I realized that white spot was a Mountain goat. It was the first Mountain goat I had ever seen on Verstovia, so I took some photos of it.
After we were done eating lunch we headed down a trail that people take to go up to the top of the peak. As we walked down the trail I asked dad if I could side hill across to get a better look at the goat instead of going up to the shoulder with them. He said that was fine so after a little bit I split off and headed over towards the goat. I side hilled over to a rock field that was a bit below the goat. When I got there it took me a moment to refined the goat. Once I refound the goat I took some photos of it as it looked down at me from its perch on the cliff. After a bit I headed back across the side of the hill towards the trail to head back to picnic, which is where I told dad I would meet him and Rowan. On my way back I stopped and looked at plants and other things. When I was about half way back to the trail I saw a bird fly low to the ground strait towards me. It took me a few moments to figure out what it was. At first I thought it might be a Shorted-eared Owl, then I thought it was a Red-tailed Hawk. I did finally realize it was a Northern Harrier. I took some photos of it as it flew towards me then circled up over head. After the Harrier flew out of site I continued my way back to the trail and headed back to picnic rock. I got back to picnic rock and waited for a while for Dad and Rowan to get back. Once they did we rested for a bit then started down. On the way down we stopped and talked to someone for a while. While we were talking to them I saw Peregrine Falcon fly over headed.
It took us about an hour to get down after we stopped talking to the person.
