Mar 25, 2014
Jon offers these to OFNC members on Tuesday and Saturday
afternoons on Greenland past the Thomas
Dolan Parkway .
I went to the Lincoln Fields meeting place for 11:30 and only Eric was there. Soon Jon arrived and we drove out to
Geenland. I noticed a line of cars and a
few scopes already out. Brenda McRea and
Dave Moore were the ones I knew. A few others
arrived and some left.
The first bird spotted was a Turkey Vulture, FOS! We saw a couple more and one came in quite
close. Suddenly Jon spotted a Bald Eagle
right overhead, and we even got a few images.
Jeff Skevington arrived and spotted a Merlin coming straight
at us. We had great looks but no chance
for a photo.
There were few very
distant raptors, one of which was surely a Red-tailed Hawk.
It was a good introduction to hawk-watching while getting
caught up with news from friends. I was
telling Brenda about our upcoming arctic trip on the Thelon ,
when another watcher, Gene, came up and said he had done that trip several
years ago. What a coincidence, as most
people have never even heard of the Thelon . We had a good chat.
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