Raining today on the Vineyard, but we visited our house under construction and took photographs of the interior to show electric and plumbing wires and pipes. Because insulation will be going in next week.
Later we went to Felix Neck, wildlife sanctuary, for a bird walk to spot Baltimore Orioles. With the rain heavy at times, there wasn't a big turnout, but the small group went anyway. The sanctuary's birdfolk had salted the area with orange halves, a favorite for the birds.
None were in sight, so we ambled around an acre or so, looking at what we could see. I felt like an unworthy hangeron, because my wife and the other participants were experienced bird watchers, could identify birds by their calls. Sometimes I couldn't even hear the call because I haven't yet learned how to focus my ears, as it were.
Then, as we returned to the main cabin, one of our group said "There!"
And there it was, feeding on an orange atop a post. We fixed our binoculars and fed our eyes on its wonderful orange colors.
We didn't have our camera but I found a shot online that's very like what we saw.
Then we went inside the cabin and watched a computer screen that showed video feed from a barn owl nest atop the cabin. Several small barn owls huddled together, one preening.
And here's a barn owl photo.
A very satisfactory day, all in all.
1 comment:
Enjoyed yr bird blog. My father's sister, two years older than he, got into birdwatching during the two years she was out of school sick. They were close, so he learned to watch too. He was doing it after he retired, as well. Somehow I never got into it. Living in Manhattan was not, well, conducive to same! But you should find a lot of interesting birds on MV. P.
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