So yesterday Karah and Ellis and I layed a field of plastic mulch. As I was turning the tractor around to go back to the other end of the field and lay another bed of mulch I spotted a dove sitting on the roof of our neighbors barn. I have been keeping my eyes out for doves because one of my spring/summer target birds is a Eurasian Collared. It turned out to be a Mourning but as I glanced at it I saw a big bug, probably a carpenter bee, flying around behind it and then dive bomb and nail the dove right in the back of the head. The dove must have been sleeping because it jumped awake and looked around confused. I bust out laughing and then recounted the tail to Karah who was wondering what was up.
Also, today Kat came up for the day and I quit work early so the family could go birding. We hit Church road for some swans, northern shovelers, green winged teals and then continued on to the Quakertown Swamp. There is not much action there now but the GBH's are plentiful and nesting way. There are no chicks yet but we saw at least 25 nests and most had at least one heron on it. Was neat to watch them working on their nests and flying around with their necks out straight and landing in the trees like pterodactyls.
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