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The migratory path for the annual trek for millions of these starlings and other birds has been totally destroyed in one fell swoop immediately beyond the berm shown here. Massive land clearing took hundreds of acres of trees and brush to make way for a shopping, apartment, parking and recreational area. Unfortunately this clearing did not take into account the devastating effects of local flora and fauna who now are scrambling without direction hoping to reach their destination or at least a place to rest. These are real birds and they are indeed angry - massive murmations are flying back and forth searching for landing points and have been doing so for over a week. Yet no accountability by the land developer or the land clearing company. There is no remediation for this now and the damage was accomplished in a matter of days. The noise when walking among what trees are left is deafening as the distress calls of these disoriented birds really is a bit unnerving.
This is a long walk from Louisville - met many interesting people along the way - learned a lot about Rt. 60. A special "thank you" to Thornton's for providing the diet coke refills and ice. : )
Pancake and I frequently hiked over to Long Run Park (Louisville, KY). One evening we'd decided to go the Shelbyville Road Route down Flat Rock Road. It was there someone had shot her in the eye. From there we hiked to Simpsonville then Shelbyville (30 miles). With a lot of TLC her eye has made a full recovery.