Today I had a flock of geese fly by the huge window that my cube faces. As usual I picked up my binos and glassed the flock looking for Ross's or White-fronts, but nothing unusual, then I saw a bird soaring in the background. 3 Bald Eagles flew in a thermal at what I am guessing to be about 2000 feet. They were not visible to the naked eye. Two adults and one immature. They eventually rose so high I lost them to the binos. At what height does this happen? Good day for thermals. I wonder how many thousands of birds fly by unnoticed in my field of view every day! I have only been in the new digs since May and I have seen 42 species here. It pains me to see thousands of gulls fly by and not have time to ID them every day. "Alt sees something" are the comments from my coworkers when I walk up close to the glass and lift my binos to my eyes. Today was the first day I could not show them what I was seeing. They didn't believe me, my sighting was rejected. The Best Buy Bird Records Committee has spoken. Busted. What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man.(gratuitous reference to an obscure 60's TV western)
Mark Alt Manager of Project Management Best Buy Co., Inc. Logistics [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (w) 612-291-6717 (Cell) 612.803.9085 -----Original Message----- From: MARTELL, Mark [mailto:[email protected]]=20 Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mou] Roseville - Bald Eagle As a resident of Roseville I knew that our fair city was inspiring, but to elicit such wondrous poetry warms my heart. Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou] Roseville - Bald Eagle 'Twas the week of Thanksgiving and all thru the town A new blanket of snow had just been laid down. Driving my car, here is my telling: Approaching Cty C driving on Snelling When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a bald eagle, I saw him! both his front and his rear. He was chasing a small bird and they looped round the trees I almost lost sight when I quickly did sneeze. The little one escaped, a small space did he enter;=20 Gorgeous bald eagle soared off, to eat later his dinner.=20 ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
