Early this afternoon, on the bluff side of the big lake, a Pileated Woodpecker was giving persistent alarm calls. At first I thought my presence was disturbing it, but its continued distress after I proceeded down the trail suggested otherwise. Before long, I found myself almost face-to-face with a perched Sharp-shinned Hawk. It sat for many minutes, no doubt waiting for me to leave, before it took off and flew past at head-height. Once it left the area, many of the usual residents came out of hiding.
On the river trail, there was a flock of Tree Sparrows foraging. The conifers had no sign of the pair (possibly trio )of owls I'd seen there on Sunday. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
