Re: While walking the puppy...
Warblerick@aol.com
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 07:40:05 EDT
Christine,
Good luck birding while walking the puppy! I'm in a similar situation, having
adopted a "pound puppy" this past July. It makes for very challenging birding,
I will say! He (SCOUT) has, however, alerted me to more than a few flyover
birds that I might have missed otherwise, as he watched them come in over my
head, and I noticed him watching the bird. One was a Black Vulture flying in
low.
I have learned to carry my bins no matter how little I think I will see.
There is always something. We got a retractable, 30 ft. lead, and this gives
him some room to roam while I try and focus on a bird, before he draws the
lead taut and pulls me out of focus! Like I said, challenging. I can offer no
clues as to the birds you saw, but I had a bird (falcon-like) fly over a field
early this morning, that I swear was a Peregrine. It even called as it went
by, but I didn't get my bins on it till it was way past me, and can't really
say if it was a Peregrine or not. Oh well....
Happy birding and puppy walking!
Rick Sussman
Ashton, mD
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