[EMAS] Re: Sandy Mush Gamelands Bear creek access, Feb 9, 2012
- From: Gwenda Ledbetter <bahpu80@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wellsteadwest@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:27:46 -0500
That display! The only part of woodcock I've seen is his tail
scrambling(can a woodcock scramble? ) away in a refuge on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia.
I think I heard its *Peent*. I raced the sun all the way up to Mt. Mitchell
once to see one, timing my arrival for sunset. I parked at that point
halfway up
the road to the top, got out of the car. The sun is sliding out of sight. I
feel that I'm being stared at and turning find three deer giving me the
once over.
We stand looking at each other for a long time, then they whoosh away. The
sun is gone. I get in the car to descend. suddenly what looks like a small
ghost
both arms lifted, appears in the headlights; an owl. Appearing to be all
white, I remember seeing legs and wings lifted and spread like a traffic
cop.
I screeched on the brakes. No one behind me. It got hold of some kind of
vision and flew away. Nothing else on the way home but i was altered, the
way we always are being part of nature. Gwenda LedBetter
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Doug Johnston <wellsteadwest@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Vin Stanton and I decided to visit the gamelands and look for Woodcock.
> They have been seen in several places within the gamelands in the summer.
>
> We started around 4:30 to see what other birds we could find. Slim
> pickings at that hour - see below.
>
> Woodcock started to display around 6:15 and were going strong at 6:35 when
> we left. One landed about 20 feet away and started calling, then took off
> for his display, returning to almost the same spot for more calling from
> the ground. A great sight and sound to round off the day!
>
> Doug Johnston
>
>
> Sandy Mush Gamelands Bear creek access, Buncombe, US-NC
>> Feb 9, 2012 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
>> Protocol: Traveling
>> 1.0 mile(s)
>> Comments: Clear, light breeze, mid 30's
>> 12 species
>>
>> Wild Turkey 3
>> American Woodcock 2
>> Mourning Dove 3
>> American Crow 25
>> Carolina Chickadee 5
>> Tufted Titmouse 1
>> Winter Wren 1
>> Hermit Thrush 1
>> Field Sparrow 1
>> Song Sparrow 3
>> Dark-eyed Junco 1
>> Northern Cardinal 1
>>
>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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