I had a wonderful experience while sleeping in a field near a friend's house about 30 yrs ago. Before dawn, I drowsily awoke to the strange feeling that something was dive-bombing at my face & veering off at the last second. I was in my mummy bag with only a bit of my face exposed. As the light slowly increased, I could hear & then see mosquitoes, one at a time, come buzzing at my face and then be neatly caught by a dive-bombing barn swallow. It was scary because the birds came fast right up to my face & veered off with a very narrow miss. I could feel & hear the swish of their feathers as they turned in the air. They never missed a mosquito & I was in awe.
Sarah Fern On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM Peter Saracino <[email protected]> wrote: > Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come > way up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the > nest and no apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go > about wake hunting as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a > sad day indeed in late August when I am mowing and the swallows are no > more. What a gift the natural world..... > Pete Sar > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-4114804527357574407_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all >> sides by shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and >> perhaps 20 total. Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn >> swallows in the mix. They were really really committed to seeing the hawk >> off. How would a redtail ever grab a swallow? They clearly thought it >> possible. >> >> Anne >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
