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Appkiller
Guest
Greetings from the midwest's Northland!
As I rode along yesterday, I was startled out of my usual reverie by the flight of a pheasant.
Taking flight from the ditch next to the road, the female pheasant flew about 20 yards, wings making
that whooshing noise that larger birds' wings do. Always a pleasant experience to run into our
feathered friends.
About two miles further on I have my second encounter. Eight turkey in the ditch - six females and
two juveniles! They moved slowly off, not flying like they usually do. Have you ever seen a turkey
fly? Pretty impressive, especially when they go overhead. They really can't go very far, but
still, amazing!
This day is getting good! Seven miles later, I am about halfway up a long climb and I see what
appears to be a group of four very large crows in the road. As I neared them, they took flight and I
realized my error - they were turkey vultures! They took flight and circled above me, some of them
lighting in one of the large oaks lining the road. As I stared up at the tree, I noted that there
were about 12 to 15 of them perched on separate branches. As I looked around, there were four or
five more wheeling about in the sky, and more in the other trees lining the roads. They appeared to
be gathering for migration and had to be at least 30 of them. Very impressive.
Further encounters that day included red-tails screeching at me as they took flight from telephone
poles and smaller raptors (forget their name, but with a square rather than fan shaped tail).
I feel sorry for those that have to ride in urban and suburban environs as the chance of these sorts
of encounters are very small.
App
As I rode along yesterday, I was startled out of my usual reverie by the flight of a pheasant.
Taking flight from the ditch next to the road, the female pheasant flew about 20 yards, wings making
that whooshing noise that larger birds' wings do. Always a pleasant experience to run into our
feathered friends.
About two miles further on I have my second encounter. Eight turkey in the ditch - six females and
two juveniles! They moved slowly off, not flying like they usually do. Have you ever seen a turkey
fly? Pretty impressive, especially when they go overhead. They really can't go very far, but
still, amazing!
This day is getting good! Seven miles later, I am about halfway up a long climb and I see what
appears to be a group of four very large crows in the road. As I neared them, they took flight and I
realized my error - they were turkey vultures! They took flight and circled above me, some of them
lighting in one of the large oaks lining the road. As I stared up at the tree, I noted that there
were about 12 to 15 of them perched on separate branches. As I looked around, there were four or
five more wheeling about in the sky, and more in the other trees lining the roads. They appeared to
be gathering for migration and had to be at least 30 of them. Very impressive.
Further encounters that day included red-tails screeching at me as they took flight from telephone
poles and smaller raptors (forget their name, but with a square rather than fan shaped tail).
I feel sorry for those that have to ride in urban and suburban environs as the chance of these sorts
of encounters are very small.
App
Three nights ago a red-tailed hawk ran into the church window, and there
