[TN-Bird] Pruning and Birding

From: Howard Groce <billyh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tn-Bird <Tn-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:15:38 -0600
TN-Birders,

 

One of the side benefits of pruning fruit trees each year is the time spent
outside with the birds.  I've spent a large part of the last two days
pruning trees and listening and watching for birds.  Yesterday (2/15/05), I
was rewarded with two flights of Sandhill Cranes (one at 1:45 and the second
at 2:15).  The first flight had forty cranes and the second one had 80 for a
total of 120 for the day.  At three o'clock I heard a Barred Owl begin
calling some distance away.  I was really surprised when a second owl
answered, not more than a couple hundred yards away from me.  They exchanged
calls for about ten minutes then quieted down.  We have a black lab that
spooked a flock of wild turkeys about a hundred feet away from where I was
working.  He flushed twelve of them and they split into two groups.  I could
hear them calling for about half an hour as they tried to get back together.

 

Today (2/16/05) was another rewarding day.  We live on the north side of
Dale Hollow Lake, about .2 miles away and it's not unusual to see Bald
Eagles, sometimes two or three together.  Today, though, we had NINE riding
thermals and gaining altitude, similar to the way Sandhill Cranes do.  What
a sight !  After riding almost up to the clouds, they headed north in two
loose lines.   The Barred Owl probably wished he'd kept quiet today.  As
soon as he revealed his position,  he was set upon by a group of Crows that
just wouldn't let up.  I wonder if the Crows feel threatened by the Owl or
if they just enjoy  harassing him.

 

 

Howard Groce

Byrdstown, TN

 



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