Sequoia - Day 3

Congress Trail

This morning we hiked the Congress Trail. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny morning.

One section of the trail is closed - from the Senate Group to the House Group - because a branch caught fire and fell to the ground and there are still flames.

On the second half of the trail, we saw a Brown Creeper, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Chickadees. But again I could not get any good pictures.

An adult bear ambled across the meadow in front of the Sherman tree. This was the first and only bear we saw on this trip. It looked good and healthy. It was tagged and the next day while we were on the trail we heard rangers firing rubber bullets to scare the bear away from the Sherman Tree. So once again it was too close to humans.

Several deer have been browsing in front of the Wuksachi Lodge when we come and go.