Continued heat wave
with calm winds
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| View south from Storm King Mountain |
A trip up to the side of Storm
King Mountain along Route 218 was hopefully going to produce some sightings of
the Peregrine falcons known to roost here. Whether it was the heat, the time of day, or just plain old
bad luck, there were no falcons to be found today. The skies were clear in spite of the high temperatures and
the view was spectacular as always, but not one bird, falcon or otherwise was
seen flying over this mountain today.
As we came around to a lower
overlook, I could hear the call of a Bald eagle and quickly got out and scanned
the skies for this majestic bird.
Once again, the bird had to be calling from a perch rather than flying
for no bird was seen. Finally, I
did hear the familiar (Very familiar this year it seems!) song of the Scarlet
tanager. I finally realized that
there were two on opposite sides of the road. Eventually, I found one of the birds calling from among the
foliage and got a quick shot off before this bird also disappeared into the
forest.
We know the falcons are there,
and we know that folks have seen them quite recently. So, once the weather breaks, we will take another look,
perhaps from a different vantage point in the hopes of getting a decent photo
to share on the blog.
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