Day eight Owl Eyes pt 2

The sound the I wrote about below (hard to describe but kind of had a piercing torpido sound) is the song of the Northern Cardinal! How silly was I to think it was so rare..haha. The only reason I was able to figure this out was because one, I've been seeing a lot of round robins and northern cardinals in the trees outside my backyard, so I searched on The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and low and behold the Cardinals call matched!!

Heres a link to hear it...

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/id

Today I am trying to literally pretend I am an owl. Whenever I find myself focusing too much on something, I must try to zoom out as an owl does and see the whole picture. We'll see how this goes, I am spending five hours in the woods today and will report back tonight on my findings.

I have to report back in because I just had the best experience. I was playing around with the Cornells Lab of Ornithology and kept playing back the black capped chickadees call. All of a sudden a little chickadee was calling back to the sound I was playing. It was so awesome to see its little throat swell up and release this cute little song back. Each time I played the sounds the chickadee got closer and closer to me. It was such an awesome experience, but I think I really confused him each time he looks up and released it was no a fellow chickadee calling back!

Night Reflection: Giving thanks to the weather

This April has been full of more beautiful days then rainy. Even when the rain falls it is nice to take a break from the sun.