FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] hit and missed photo-ops

["lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last Sunday, soon after checking a nearby Red-tailed Hawk nest, I startled a 
dark moth-like bird from a small Beech tree. I thought at the time that it must 
have been a Whip-poor-will  or Chuck-Will's-widow. Today Alison went with me to 
check the hawk nest. Two chicks bobbed their heads up long enough for several 
pictures. As we walked a little further on and passed the small Beech tree, I 
stopped with the intention of telling  Alison about last week's Whip-poor-will 
sighting there. But the moment I stopped and looked toward the tree, last 
week's Whip-poor-will was looking back at me and it wasn't a Whip-poor-will at 
all. It was a gray phase Screech Owl. We made eye contact at a distance of 
about 8 feet for about a second then off it flew, from the very same spot as 
last week. Next week I will be looking at that tree very carefully before we 
get close to it.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County 

================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS==============

The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign 
your messages with first & last name, city, & 
state abbreviation.
--------------------------------------------------
To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to:
birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------------------------- 
To unsubscribe, send e-mail to:
birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  
Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society
web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY
E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx