When the mercury dips to -30c without even thinking of what it is with the wind-chill factored in…I begin thinking how much I miss the summer with plus temperatures.
Must be a sign of getting Older…but the clicker finger is still working.
Easy to reflect back on time spent with the Osprey at the summer place.
Cheers !
Dennis
Absolutely amazing to witness a Great Gray actively hunting. Slow and deliberate and silent in flight being totally focused the whole time on a possible meal in the snow below. This owl had been perched on a pole glaring at something…slightly moving its head from side to side to pin point its prey .
Then suddenly off it went…with a few flaps and long silent glide then making a wide bank prior to the plunge.
The whole time staying focused on what was beneath the snow…all this is very characteristic of a Great Gray hunting an open area.
He/she come up empty on its attempt…only to continue in the endless search for food and survival.
Back to one of my Fall Eagle Voyages and my sit-n-wait approach. As stated previously there had been great numbers of Eagles collecting before migration. So many that attempting to count them became impossible…perhaps next October I’ll need to take an assistant just to count birds.
Until then and when I get bored I browse the Eagles 2020 folders and relive all the excitement.