tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165794974633135501.post4469530993363438952..comments2024-03-23T09:15:32.818-08:00Comments on Sporadic Bird from Seward, Alaska : Sunday, February 26, 2017 Saw-whet Owl!Carol Griswoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883412801969720091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165794974633135501.post-57076603644675075942017-02-27T21:43:56.441-09:002017-02-27T21:43:56.441-09:00Carol,
Great story. A friend in Chugiak had much ...Carol,<br />Great story. A friend in Chugiak had much the same experience with a Saw Whet hunting under his bird feeders in the winter. On a very cold Anchorage winter day, I once watched a magpie perched on my tray feeder under a big spruce tree. The feeder had 4" legs, so it stood just above the hard packed snow. I was concerned because the magpie stood motionless for the ten minutes that I had been watching it. Sitting on the corner of the feeder, its beak pointed downward, very still. Was it sick? Injured? Hypothermic? Just as I thought through these scenarios, the magpie erupted in a blast of wings and beak, snatching a red backed vole that ventured out from under the tray feeder. It quickly beat the vole against the wooden frame of the feeder until it quit struggling. Then, the magpie settled down for lunch. All was well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253627219388550824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165794974633135501.post-56041375116562523432017-02-27T18:20:06.851-09:002017-02-27T18:20:06.851-09:00CAROL,
What a great encounter with the owl.sleepin...CAROL,<br />What a great encounter with the owl.sleeping away,very sound sleeper. I love.the part about tying the chicken to.fishing pole. I understand, you have to make it real for them.<br />Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04653847606001444870noreply@blogger.com