Speaking of an usual 'yard' bird, I actually had an usual house bird. A couple of years ago when I had the log home in southern Ohio, I had a very unusual 'birding' experience. It was April and on the way home I encountered a jack knifed logging truck so I had to take the long way home. The long way home meant passing a great spot along The Ohio Brush Creek so I thought I might just see some wood ducks. Finally arriving home having not seen any ducks, I opened my front door was in shock to see lamps knocked over. I thought that a break in had occurred and my place had been ransacked. With that I took several steps forward and out of no where a female wood duck flew across my living room crashing into a large window. Later I found out that the Amish builder had neglected to place a screen over my chimney opening. I chased the lady duck around my cabin for awhile until I persuaded her to fly safety into the freedom of my woods. Outside of a little duck poop in the house, it was truly a birding sighting for the ages! Dan > From: daryl.owens@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bcbirdclub] Unusual Yard Bird > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:25:59 -0400 > To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Well I don't have pictures of it and my unusual yard bird isn't that > > unusual. However, the circumstance of how it became a yard bird are. Last > > summer, late in the evening, around dusk, I'd been working in the garage. > > When I lowered the door, noisily I might add, I must've spooked a roosting > > Ruffed Grouse from a nearby pine tree. When it flew out, it hit a power > > line and fell to the ground. My daughters and I ran to it and thought it > > must be dead. When we reached it, we saw it wasn't dead but probably > > injured. We stood over it for a few minutes not sure what to do. But the > > Grouse wasn't going to stick around to find out what happened next as it > > regained its wits, flew away and scared our wits from us! > > Daryl Owens > Oakwood > > Sent from my iPhone==================== > Mailing List For Buchanan County Bird Club > website: www.bcbirdclub.org > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/bcbirdclub > ==================== > Administrative contact: donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ====================