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Date: | Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:13:06 -0400 |
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What's an American Bittern doing in my fields? That's a first, yard
bird number
158 or 159, depending on how scrupulous I am about that ring necked
pheasant
that stayed here for a week in 2000, most likely an escapee from the
neighbor's pen.
First thing this morning, as I walked out into the fields the bittern
came up from the
mowed grass, right next to the buck thorn patch, and slowly rose up
and flew off
toward the trees. I thought what was likely.....a hawk coming up from
prey. But,
I had a good long clear look, and it reshaped into a bittern. A
lightish brown
back and wings, with darker flight feathers.
These fields are approx. 50 acres of goldenrod, large buckthorn
patches and mowed
paths. Not a bit of marsh or water to be seen. Each day, birds
astound.
Inga Schmidt
Chagrin River Rd. Geauga/Cuy Co. line
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