On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Those eyes are kinda piercing…
Our campfire is about 400 feet from an osprey nest high atop a magnificent redwood. We'd hear the chicks' loud peeping through the dense redwoods, but we could never see them. One day I found a small opening through the trees that looked right at the nest. I set up a transit to get a better look only to see one of the adults staring at me through that same small opening. They truly have incredible eyesight. > > I also like the pelicans. Ages ago, we visited San Francisco and on one of > the beaches our friend took us to we watched a sizeable flock of them > skimming along, very pterodactylish. I have some pics squirreled away in > boxes at home...this was very much pre-digital photography in my household. We've some friends that are expert birders. Apparently, pelicans don't die of old age -- they go eventually go blind as a result of diving then starve to death. Those brown pelicans have beautiful colors in their feathers. I'll ask Jeanne to re-post some of the better ones she's received from her readers. She does a column in the local where she writes stories from locals that take great wildlife photos or describe wildlife encounters. As a result, she has accrued an awesome collection of digital photos of wildlife in the area. Unfortunately for me, one of those sightings resulted in an "occurrence" of a rare mammal within 500 feet our property that went into the state's natural diversity database. It was a photo of a male kite passing a Sonoma red tree vole to his partner mid-air. Spectacular shot, but one that cost me another botanical report required by the planners before reviewing my coastal development permit application. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
