And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sitting in the dappled sun beneath the Sequoia I was pleasantly surprised to watch an owl silently swoop to a landing mere feet from me. It was only that I caught him in the corner of my eye. As I looked from whence he came, I spied a second owl gliding just as silently to join its mate. Fantastic, a real marvel.
Northern Shrikes are about the size of a robin and absolutely the most brutal and effective killer I've ever seen.
Changed my life last January when one took down a bird the same size by beating it against the ground until something broke, then grabbed it and flew off.
Sitting in the dappled sun beneath the Sequoia I was pleasantly surprised to watch an owl silently swoop to a landing mere feet from me. It was only that I caught him in the corner of my eye.
ReplyDeleteAs I looked from whence he came, I spied a second owl gliding just as silently to join its mate. Fantastic, a real marvel.
i had one swoop just past my head years ago while sitting in a tree stand, i never herd it coming. it scared the shit out of me when it came by.
DeleteOwls are large birds. That got me to thinking. Are there birds of prey which aren't large? Perhaps the swiftest of them all, the Peregrine Falcon.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Kestrel , about the size of a bluejay. Mean little things if you're a mouse or grasshopper.
DeleteKites and Shrikes are medium-sized to small birds, much smaller than a Peregrine.
ReplyDeleteNorthern Shrikes are about the size of a robin and absolutely the most brutal and effective killer I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteChanged my life last January when one took down a bird the same size by beating it against the ground until something broke, then grabbed it and flew off.
you'll never hear them in flight. amazing animals and very efficient in what they do.
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