erik
cheesehead
Hey everyone,
Finally some time for birding again. My studentteaching takes lots of time and so, now with easter i had a free morning. I left my parents house at 6.10 by bike. Biked about 6 miles to a nice reservation. Because it was so early there were no human beings around but me. My first surprise was a male hen harrier on a roadlight along a road in an industrial area. Pretty cool start. when i entered the reservation a rosefinch (i mean bullfinch but for the understanding of the replies i'll leave it this way
) crossed my path and there were blackbirds ALL over the place. When i parked my bike i walked along and soon i saw many jays flying around searching for nest materials. They are still stunning birds to me! On a small moorlake were some tufted ducks and a pair of little grebe. As well as an Egyptian goose which scared away all the mallards. As i walked on there was all this sounds in the fallen trees and soon i found out there were a lot of mice wandering around. I saw one Hazelmouse (?) from pretty close. The GS Woodpeckers were hammering everywhere and the pheasants were courting so i heard. I followed the sound and was suddenly scared by the sound right behind me. Two pheasants chased after each other fighting for the hen. She was the smartest and flew away. A Hare was at 10 feet distance but decided to stay where he was.
Later on a Goshawk flew over my head and disappeared behind the trees. More sightings this morning:
Deer
Lesser Whitethroat
Nightingale
and the normal stuff: finches, tits and so on.
I as well donated some blood to early mosquitos, luckily the ticks weren't showing yet.
This was my three hour trip. I had a splendid day, i hope you all can say the same about your Easter weekend!
Finally some time for birding again. My studentteaching takes lots of time and so, now with easter i had a free morning. I left my parents house at 6.10 by bike. Biked about 6 miles to a nice reservation. Because it was so early there were no human beings around but me. My first surprise was a male hen harrier on a roadlight along a road in an industrial area. Pretty cool start. when i entered the reservation a rosefinch (i mean bullfinch but for the understanding of the replies i'll leave it this way
) crossed my path and there were blackbirds ALL over the place. When i parked my bike i walked along and soon i saw many jays flying around searching for nest materials. They are still stunning birds to me! On a small moorlake were some tufted ducks and a pair of little grebe. As well as an Egyptian goose which scared away all the mallards. As i walked on there was all this sounds in the fallen trees and soon i found out there were a lot of mice wandering around. I saw one Hazelmouse (?) from pretty close. The GS Woodpeckers were hammering everywhere and the pheasants were courting so i heard. I followed the sound and was suddenly scared by the sound right behind me. Two pheasants chased after each other fighting for the hen. She was the smartest and flew away. A Hare was at 10 feet distance but decided to stay where he was. Later on a Goshawk flew over my head and disappeared behind the trees. More sightings this morning:
Deer
Lesser Whitethroat
Nightingale
and the normal stuff: finches, tits and so on.
I as well donated some blood to early mosquitos, luckily the ticks weren't showing yet.
This was my three hour trip. I had a splendid day, i hope you all can say the same about your Easter weekend!
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