Re: [cayugabirds-l] heron near miss
WOW!! That sounds like quite a thrill! That would indeed be a spectacular way for a birder to go, albeit pretty unpleasant for both bird and birder! Melanie On 7/13/2015 12:47 PM, John Greenly wrote: I was out rowing on the lake last evening enjoying the quiet time after sunset, when the silence was shattered by a GRRAAAWWWK followed instantly by two Great Blue Herons at eye level and so close that a set of primaries whooshed by within inches of my face. They had either failed to notice me crossing their flight path or miscalculated how fast I was going. Wouldn't that be a spectacular way for a birder to go... skewered by a heron! Much better than a falling coconut. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] heron near miss
Very cool! Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2015, at 12:47 PM, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu wrote: I was out rowing on the lake last evening enjoying the quiet time after sunset, when the silence was shattered by a GRRAAAWWWK followed instantly by two Great Blue Herons at eye level and so close that a set of primaries whooshed by within inches of my face. They had either failed to notice me crossing their flight path or miscalculated how fast I was going. Wouldn't that be a spectacular way for a birder to go... skewered by a heron! Much better than a falling coconut. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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] heron near miss
I was out rowing on the lake last evening enjoying the quiet time after sunset, when the silence was shattered by a GRRAAAWWWK followed instantly by two Great Blue Herons at eye level and so close that a set of primaries whooshed by within inches of my face. They had either failed to notice me crossing their flight path or miscalculated how fast I was going. Wouldn't that be a spectacular way for a birder to go... skewered by a heron! Much better than a falling coconut. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
