Friday, November 15, 2019

Birding At Noon: No Fooling

Novice birders are oft advised to search for their quarry early on or belatedly inwards the day, when many species tend to locomote virtually active.  While this recommendation is for certain legitimate, specially during the oestrus of summer, it should non discourage birding action at other times.  Indeed, to a greater extent than or less birds (soaring species for example) may non locomote active until several hours afterwards sunrise, when solar heating is rigid plenty to arrive at thermals.

Today, I walked out to explore our Littleton farm at noon.  H5N1 golden eagle was soaring overhead, harassed yesteryear a modest flock of crows.  Within an sixty minutes I had encountered to a greater extent than than a dozen other species, many of which flushed to encompass when a sharp-shinned hawk streaked across the farm.

Such sightings (the eagle as well as the hawk) oft locomote on when to the lowest degree expected as well as at whatever fourth dimension of day.  The best advice for whatever commencement wild fauna watcher is to function out at that topographic point at every opportunity, during whatever flavor as well as at whatever sixty minutes of the hateful solar daytime (or night).  No Fooling!

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