Great Horned Owl
No, not this owl. This is RAPTOR's GHO, from a program at the Cincinnati Nature Center last year. No, mine was a "heard only" bird, hoot-hoot-hooting at me at 7:15 am on Jan.1, in the Crooked Run Nature Preserve. (More on my New Year's Day birding adventure next post.)
And, for my sister, who complains that I only rave about first birds, the LAST bird of 2008 was a Red-bellied Woodpecker, who was watching me fill my bird feeders on New Year's Eve, and complaining that I was taking too long about it.
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It's been dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home since he first of the year so I haven't SEEN a bird yet! Maybe tomorrow on my day off...
I love your red bellied and I can already hear his protests!
Kathi, don't you love that hoot? I hear one occasionally at 5:30 a.m. Twice seen its silohuette on my neighbor's rooftop. Wow.
Nice red-bellied!
Happy New Year!
My fisrt bird was a Gila woodpecker. I'll have to check and see which bird was my last!
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