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January 22, 2014
Sunny day in North Florida, temps in the mid-60s, heavy rain expected Friday. I've been outside working with my recycled leather crafts, gluing and riveting, and listening to birds. The thought came that maybe I could note the species and times just to see what I get. These are birds I hear everyday, each sound registers in my head and a species name comes out. I automatically catch direction and distance.
Below the fold is what I heard for a half hour or so.
And here is an old photo from my image library, just cause....
Mississippi Kite on top of the dead Loblolly Pine
the one that fell over Dec. 23 while I was taking photos.
Update Saturday. Friday ended with 3 & 1/3" of rain. Right now a strong wind is blowing the last of that storm away and the sun is peaking thru. Hope y'all up north enjoyed your snow. I wandered my woods this morning and came across a mess of Japanese Honeysuckle - about basketball size once pulled and stuck in the crotch of a tree. Also pulled 3 Nandina - thanks so much to my neighbor from hell for letting hers go to seed.
Bird calls 1-22-15
12:43
Crows congressing - this means there were multiple calls
12:44
Crow closer
Crows congressing
12:45
Crows congressing
Crow - it started to seem like a call and a response from the audience.
Crows congressing
12:46
Crow solo
Helicopter
12:47
Crow solo and then response
Crows congressing
12:48
Crows congressing cont.
Pileated Woodpecker distant
Crows stop
Crow solo
Crows congressing brief - a response?
12:49
Crow
Crow
Pileated Woodpecker
12:50
Pileated Woodpecker cont.
Crow
12:51
Crow
Crow
Crow
12:52
Crow
Crow farther away
12:53
Crow close
Ditto
Crow farther
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
12:54
Gun at range 1 shot
12:55
Gun at range 1 shot
12:58
Crow
Pileated Woodpecker
12:59
Crow
2 jets high up over me
1:00
Guns at range
Break
1:15
Jets way in distance
1:17
Red-bellied woodpecker
1:18
Crow
Crows
1:19
Crow
Crow
1:20
Crow
Crows
Crow
Crow
1:21
Crow
Crow 3 caws
Crow 3 caws
Crow 3 caws
1:22
Crow
Jet
1:23
Red-bellied woodpecker real close, single chirp
1:24
Red-bellied woodpecker real close, single chirp
Ditto
1:25
Jet distant
1:33
Gun at neighbors, 4 shots
Crows
Gun at neighbors, I quit!
The gun range is by I-10 and US-90 exit 192. Yes, the gun range is right along the interstate altho they do aim towards sand banks away from the road. Not that guns ever misfire or anything that might endanger anyone in the 1,000s of cars and trucks that go by each day.
Tallahassee airport is about 8 miles away as the uhh, the crow flies. When I started this I didn't realize I was going to blessed by a Congress of Crows. But then that is typical around here.
Your turn - what's going on where you are?
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