[birdky] National geo moment

From: HapC1@xxxxxxx
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 15:06:27 -0400 (EDT)
I was about to put on my boots and walk across the mud flat when  I noticed 
a large Water moccasin exploring the fresh mud where I would be  walking. I 
chose to stay on the dock and watch the snake. The next thing that  
happened amazed me.
A Northern Waterthrush jumped onto the mud in front of the snake. The bird  
danced and bobbed around the snake as if he was playing a game of chicken. 
This  continue for quite sometime. The snake loosely coiled but never struck 
the bird.  The waterthrush actually stood on the snake at one point.
When the snake moved, the bird set off after it and continue the  dance.
When the bird tired of his game he took a bath next to the snake and acted  
like he didn't have a care in the world. The snake eventually wandered off 
for a  little peace.  Had the snake eaten the waterthrushes best friend or 
was  this bird stupid and lucky.
The mud flats are beautiful now and the shorebirds are dropping in.
 
 
Crappie Hollow, Blood River (Calloway Co.), Calloway, US-KY
Sep 4, 2011  10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Canada Goose  70
Blue-winged Teal   34
Wild Turkey  1
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Blue  Heron  X
Great Egret  6
American Golden-Plover   2
Semipalmated Plover  6
Killdeer  52
Solitary  Sandpiper  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper   11
Western Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  22
Baird's  Sandpiper  2
Pectoral Sandpiper  18
Stilt Sandpiper   4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  3
Short-billed Dowitcher   1
Ring-billed Gull  32
Caspian Tern  8
Pileated  Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
White-eyed Vireo   1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  X
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Bluebird  4
Northern Waterthrush   1
Chipping Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  5

Hap
Murray, KY

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