Life bird! Details below. Pat Valdata Elkton, Md
Patricia Valdata <pvaldata...> wrote:
> > >-----Original Message----- >From: Delaware Birding [mailto:<de-birds...>] On Behalf Of Patricia >Valdata >Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:19 PM >To: <de-birds...> >Subject: Re: [de-birds] Crested Caracara - yes > >Maryanne Dolan and I (we're both from the Cecil Bird Club) saw the bird >around 4:45-4:50 this afternoon at the Irons Lane-Buckeye Lane intersection >near Dagsboro. Life bird for me! The couple who were there when we arrived >said we had missed it by about 20 minutes. But it flew in shortly afterwards >and we had excellent views through binoculars as the bird circled the fields >at treetop level. It made a complete circle around us and then disappeared >beyond the trees to the west; I surmised that it was looking for a place to >roost. We waited until about 5:10 and didn't see it again so left the >vicinity. > >We stopped at Bombay Hook's entrance gate on the way home and joined quite a >few other birders in hopes of getting the Barn and Short-eared Owls; saw one >owl briefly in silhouette but not a good enough view to tell what kind. A >few people heard Great Horned Owls. We also heard a strange, raspy call, >four of them in quick succession, but couldn't identify the caller. The >sound did come from the trees, though. > >We heard several Woodcock peenting and doing their display flights. Large >skeins of Snow Geese flew in and their calls drowned out everyone except the >Spring Peepers, but they looked gorgeous against the sky glow after sunset. > > >Pat Valdata >Elkton, MD >
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