During a short repair trip with Kevin to the site of the Blackstone radar in southern Virginia Mike took this photo of a flock of birds tracing out the guying cables, antenna wires, and reflector wires at the western end of the main array near sunset. During this trip Mike and Kevin met the new director of the Southern Piedmont Agricultural and Extension Center (AREC), Dr. Arash Rashed. The Center is affiliated with Virginia Tech and the Blackstone SuperDARN radar is located on its grounds in the middle of cow pasture. Next year (2023) will mark 15 years of radar operation from this site.

Web site for the Southern Piedmont AREC: https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/southern-piedmont.html