Stoneflies close and raptors distant. Reminded me of:
Poe: The Sphinx (short story, good quick read)
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/eapoe/bl-eapoe-sphinx.htm
Enjoy while waiting for the ice to break!
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Chris Pelkie
Research Analyst
Bioacoustics Research Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
On Mar 7, 2014, at 12:56, Susan Fast sustf...@yahoo.com wrote:
I went into the large field across the road from my house at 1030 this morning
to see what might go over. I saw 2 local RED-TAILED HAWKS being harassed by
some of the local CROWS, BLUEBIRDS singing, and 2 RAVENS soaring about. Then a
largish bird flew in from the south, red-tail size, dark brown above and light
below, but with long wings and deep, deliberate wingbeats that also showed a
slight hesitation. Did not recognize it. I tried to classify it as doing some
kind of courtship flying, but that didn't work. I watched it till it
disappeared to the NW, arguing and cursing my inability to assign a name to it,
because I knew I had seen that flight pattern before. Something FINALLY
clicked and I shouted SHORT-EARED OWL. This is a milestone as I have been
watching this field, dawn and dusk, for years for this species and now I had it
flying right by me couldn't put it together for a while. It's all in what you
expect to appear.
About 15 minutes later, another brown bird popped over the trees, same line as
the owl, but this was my FOY RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.
And finally, I collected a few stoneflies on my scope lens--Spring is coming!
Steve Fast
Brooktondale
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