[TN-Bird] hunch pays off: rescue almost needed
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: amber@xxxxxxxxx, michelle@xxxxxxxxx,TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Tracey Everson <everson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 06:26:56 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks,
With all the spring flowers popping up, and the anglewing butterflies
getting pretty thick (though I've not yet seen a Mourning Cloak -
where are ours?) I heard the forecast for last night was warm with a
front coming through. Goodie!
Left the windows open when I went to bed, following a get together
with 14 friends and some liquid refreshments out of both bottles and
jars.
So at 6:36 this morning when I heard the loud whistling over the
sound of the Middle Prong of the Little River, it didn't register.
After a couple minutes the fog (in my head, not outside) cleared
enough for me to spring out of bed, grab my binoculars, then a pair
of pants and rush outside to see my first LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH of
the year. He was a beauty, singing away on a branch a foot over the
cooold (I know, I was in it last night) water.
However the combination of excitement, bare feet and foggy mind cause
me to loose my footing on the steep bank. I don't know how I was
able to keep from plunging into the cold water, but my backside sure
was unhappy as I climbed back up!
Oh, well. It was worth it.
Charlie
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Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22"
"Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough"
- Ben Frankline, Poor Richard's Almanac
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