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---589800495-1768283902-1369826887=:9888 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Driving the back roads everyday to and from work I often get to see some un= usual wildlife occurances. Usually they happen to fast to appreciate or cap= ture on camera as it is usually over before the car can be stopped but the = drive home was different.=0A=A0=0APheasants, grouse, woodcock, eagles on th= e road are relatively common but from a distance I new the pose was differe= nt and immediately thought Bittern. Yes! I pulled upto to 10 feet of an Ame= rican bittern sitting on the shoulder of Georgefield Rd which kept his beak= straight up as they normally do in the reeds. I was able to dig out the ce= ll phone, and snap a few pictures thru the window (to bad no zoom on cell p= hones as the pictures are nothing exciting except for the location) He sat = there for a few minutes and only when I tried to get a picture throught the= passenger window did he fly off. GB Heron also took off when I arrived fro= m the ditch.=0A=A0=0AOther species on my evening walk on my property (final= ly a dry sunny evening with no wind) and feeder birds=0ABlue headed Vireo= =0ALeast Flycatcher=0AAlder Flycatcher=0AHairy Woodpecker=0ADowny Woodpecke= r=0AYB Sapsucker=0ARedstart=0AYR warbler=0AMagnolia Warbler=0AB&W Wabler=0A= Parula Warbler=0AOvenbird=0ARC Kinglet=0ACanada Geese with Goslings=0APheas= ant with chicks=0ARuffed Grouse=0AHermit Thrush=0ASwainsons Thrush=0ARobin= =0ATree Swallow=0ABarn Swallow=0ART Hummingbird=0APurple Finch=0AGrackle=0A= RW Blackbird=0AChipping Sparrow=0ASong Sparrow=0AJunco=0AFlicker=0ASnipe (w= innowing)=0Amorning dove=0Arock pigeon=0Acrow=0Achickadee=0A=A0=0A=A0=0ARob= Woods=0AGeorgefield NS=0A=A0=0A=0ATo free oneself of knowledge is to die, = and thus one lives. - Krishnamurti ---589800495-1768283902-1369826887=:9888 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Driving th= e back roads everyday to and from work I often get to see some unusual wild= life occurances. Usually they happen to fast to appreciate or capture on ca= mera as it is usually over before the car can be stopped but the drive home= was different.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Pheasa= nts, grouse, woodcock, eagles on the road are relatively common but from a = distance I new the pose was different and immediately thought Bittern. Yes!= I pulled upto to 10 feet of an American bittern sitting on the shoulder of= Georgefield Rd which kept his beak straight up as they normally do in the = reeds. I was able to dig out the cell phone, and snap a few pictures thru t= he window (to bad no zoom on cell phones as the pictures are nothing exciti= ng except for the location) He sat there for a few minutes and only when I tried to get a picture throught the passenger window did he fly off= . GB Heron also took off when I arrived from the ditch.</span></div><div><s= pan></span> </div><div><span>Other species on my evening walk on my pr= operty (finally a dry sunny evening with no wind) and feeder birds</span></= div><div><span>Blue headed Vireo</span></div><div><span>Least Flycatcher</s= pan></div><div><span>Alder Flycatcher</span></div><div><span>Hairy Woodpeck= er</span></div><div><span>Downy Woodpecker</span></div><div><span>YB Sapsuc= ker</span></div><div><span>Redstart</span></div><div><span>YR warbler</span= ></div><div><span>Magnolia Warbler</span></div><div><span>B&W Wabler</s= pan></div><div><span>Parula Warbler</span></div><div><span>Ovenbird</span><= /div><div><span>RC Kinglet</span></div><div><span>Canada Geese with Gosling= s</span></div><div><span>Pheasant with chicks</span></div><div><span>Ruffed= Grouse</span></div><div><span>Hermit Thrush</span></div><div><span>Swainsons Thrush</span></div><div><span>Robi= n</span></div><div><span>Tree Swallow</span></div><div><span>Barn Swallow</= span></div><div><span>RT Hummingbird</span></div><div><span>Purple Finch</s= pan></div><div><span>Grackle</span></div><div><span>RW Blackbird</span></di= v><div><span>Chipping Sparrow</span></div><div><span>Song Sparrow</span></d= iv><div><span>Junco</span></div><div><span>Flicker</span></div><div><span>S= nipe (winnowing)</span></div><div><span>morning dove</span></div><div><span= >rock pigeon</span></div><div><span>crow</span></div><div><span>chickadee</= span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span></span> </div><div= ><span>Rob Woods</span></div><div><span>Georgefield NS</span></div><div><sp= an></span> </div><div></div><div> </div><div>To free oneself of k= nowledge is to die, and thus one lives. - Krishnamurti</div></div></body></= html> ---589800495-1768283902-1369826887=:9888--
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