Dan, while it would have been great to capture what you saw, some times just being there and seeing it for your self is a great experience by itself.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:52 PM Subject: OT: At the Bird Feeder > I had a spooky experience this morning. > > With all the snow, the bird feeders were very low. Itou went out > first thing this morning to fill them. Something large flew by, > but I only saw it out of the corner of my eye. > > After filling the bird feeders, I went back to the garage to get > some corn to leave for the wild turkeys that come through our > yard. (It is illegal in my town to feed the deer.) As I return, > the birds were already crowding the feeders -- blue jays, > cardinals, finches, titmice, juncos, flickers and a red headed > woodpecker. As I passed the feeders, I heard a loud "thwack" just > behind and above me. Then, I was a large bird flutter to the > ground about 50 feet away. My first thought was that it had flown > into on of the cedar trees behind me, although that didn't make > much sense. As it went by, I thought it might be a dove, but it > was too large and too brown, and it seemed to have a bright red chest. > > It stayed on the ground, watching me, so I slowly moved closer, > finally getting within about 20 feet. I looked up at me, then > lifted off and flew away. At that point I recognized that it was a > hawk, possibly a Cooper's, and the red "chest" turned out to be a > male cardinal it had snatched right out of the air. > > Of course, I wish I had brought one of my Pentax cameras out with > me, but everything happened so fast, I know I wouldn't hve been > able to get anything. > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the KillerWebMail system at stanleypmlaw.com > > > > >
