And for those of you who may row or formerly rowed, I am well aware that I technically shouldn't be looking out of the boat, but sometimes there are breaks and I check out my surroundings. And I've also been a coxswain a couple of times which makes for good viewings.
Anyway, here's my list of feathered friends I've seen this year while rowing:
- Blue Jay
- Wood Duck
- Rock Pigeon
- Great Blue Heron
- Canada Goose
- Ring-billed Gulls (one impolitely pooped on me)
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Turkey Vulture
- Grackle
- Mallard Duck
- Sparrow
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Robin
- Starling
- Tree Swallow
- Great Northern Loon aka Common Loon (this one was in Craftsbury, VT, not Cleveland, OH)
And that's your nature report for today. Keep on milein'.
If you know birds...maybe you can help me out. There's a bird we hear often in Ohio...heard it in North Carolina as well (Outer Banks if you're familiar with that area). It says, "Hmmmm Hmmm". Higher note, lower note -- generally in the morning. I guess I'd have to whistle or hum it to make it make more sense. We've taken out a Birds of Ohio audio book, listed to all hundred some, none of them matched up. Checked out a website with bird names/songs...nothing. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteI'm not really a bird genius, but this is my guess (about 10 seconds into the file): Chickadee - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poecile-atricapilla-004.ogg
ReplyDeleteWell, YOU ARE A BIRD GENIUS to us! HA! This is the bird. Mystery solved. Amazing. So common it's not even funny.
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