Rocktop at Crowders Mountain State Park
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Published 2024-06-22
Another thing I was expecting and excited for were the broods of cicadas. Turns out they weren't all that plentiful at this location. We only saw one and you could only hear them near the parking lot. I thought it would be so much louder. The sound they make is different than our local Florida Cicadas. I'm glad I got some audio. We're thinking the cold front that caused the rain at the zoo may have dropped the temperatures enough to quiet the bugs for a couple days.
I didn't choose this hiking route for the insects though. I was looking forward to climbing over some rocks. There wasn't a lot of scrambling but it was still a cool landscape.
Other wildlife we found included birds , lizards, and a black widow on the back of one of the signs!