[Birdtalk] Stalking Decoys

[MarJean Muhlestein]

Some times those U-turns "payoff". Two weeks ago at about 10pm, We were at Smith's Food King in Farmington, just coming out of the parking lot and turning North onto the side road. My daughter Andrea was with me visiting from Alaska. We started up the road, and I caught an image on a post. Screech went the breaks, but I could not turn around, being it is a one-way road. There wasn't any traffic so I did a naughty, and backed up into the parking lot again. In turning the car about so that the lights could shine on my image...there it was a REAL Barn Owl. Since there weren't any red lights flashing at me, we sat there for a while and enjoyed our sighting. So folks keep on turning><

MarJean M
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Coleman<mailto:scoleman at utah.gov> 
  To: birdtalk at utahbirds.org<mailto:birdtalk at utahbirds.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:02 PM
  Subject: [Birdtalk] Stalking Decoys


  I have gotten excited before at sighting waterfowl to only to find it was a decoy, but Tim's response reminded me of one of my most embarrassing sightings. We were caravanning with several vans on a family outing up to the Unitahs on the drive from Deer Valley over to Kamas I slammed on my breaks and jumped out of my car binoculars in hand, the others in out caravan all slammed on their breaks and thought either someone in my van was sick or dying. I excitedly pointed up on the side of the hill at what I thought was a black bear only to see that it was really a cow. I was glad none of them had weapons because I think they all could have killed me.

  So don't feel bad
  Happy birding 
  Steve
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