Even more! thinking about this topic I realized I was forgetting my early birding years in the Detroit, MI area.
*Yard*: Blackburnian, Bay-breasted & Chestnut-sided warblers from my bedroom window!!! For a kid trapped in a very urban area this was an awe-inspiring sight! On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Dan Jackson <danjack...@lbwhite.com> wrote: > Yard: Common Loon (calling flyover), Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult > landed in the top of a cottonwood in my yard) - I live in a valley in the > driftless area 8 miles from the Mississippi, 20+ miles from the nearest lake > and ½ mile from nearest tiny creek. Rusty Blackbirds, Swamp & Lincoln's > Sparrows under my feeders (still no water). Kentucky Warbler (found a > singing male in my back yard when I returned home from a successful trip to > Wyalusing State Park that I made specifically to see my first ever of that > species). > > Parking Lot: Probable Smith's Longspur with a flock of Lapland Longspurs > at a Blacksmith shop near Two Harbors, MN. I got out of my car and walked > toward the shop. The flock of Longspurs landed between me and my car. I > had no optics or camera in my hand but one of the birds was a very different > looking and larger female longspur. Matched all the books but I only had a > short look. > > > > Motel: Black-billed Cuckoo calling from a bush at the edge of a parking > lot at a motel near Bar Harbor, ME. Clark's and Western Grebes seen while > sitting on my bed and looking down out of my window at the Edgewater Hotel > in Seattle. Was really startled when a tugboat went by within 20 yards a > few minutes later!! (I was on the second floor and was at eye level with > the captain). Laughed when a Sea Lion started barking from the water under > the hotel. > > Work: Long-eared Owl, Whip-poor-Will, & Lark Sparrow > > > > Dan Jackson > > Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Near La Crosse) > > www.pbase.com/dejackson > > community.webshots.com/user/DanielEJackson > > > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community" - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
