The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135091   Message #3218554
Posted By: gnu
05-Sep-11 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2011
What a thrill! Second time in my life, both from Mum's back yard. The seagulls and crows disappeared, the robins and blackbirds and such went into the trees. A flock of chickadees went into Mum's apple tree and tweeted up a storm. I was looking up at the apple tree and a female Great Northern Harrier appeared about 80 feet up. She was using the wind like a sail and when she banked away from me I could clearly see her against the sky... magnificent!!! The wings are more impressive to me than on any other bird although I'd say a Great Horned Owl ties.