Bad Mood---until the Rare Bird
You know, from time to time I’m in a bad mood. Yes, I’m speaking seriously here. I’ll wait for you to catch your breath after the shocked gasp you just suffered....
No, really, I’m not always the happy-go-lucky, bouncy bright and sunshiny, full of energy guy you have come to know. No, I too suffer from mood changes and occasionally, I cannot control myself. Sometimes I lash out at someone without good reason (though usually when I lash out at someone it’s for damn good reason!). right now, I’m in that sort of mood. I slept all of about 3.5 hours last night. I have a lecture to give tomorrow and I’m at least one homework assignment behind in fisheries assessment-with no hope of being able to finish.
Whoa, holy crap!! I can’t believe it!!! My eyes have blessed me again. As I was sitting here typing in yet another wandering thought, I glanced up and saw a raven fly down into the tall grass outside. I stopped typing to watch it. They are my favorite birds. Then I noticed that there was a white bird there, too. I thought at first that it was a seagul, the most liekly explaination for such a large white bird in this country. Eventually, there were eight ravens flying around dive-bombing the white bird. I thought that maybe they were trying to kill a wounded gull or something. So, I went to my friends and told them about the ravens “trying to kill a gull”, said I.
Our Hero was wrong. One of my friends knows a certain guy who’s quite a bird enthusiast (he’s studying to be an ornithologist). He pulled out the telescope and focused. Lo and behold, the white bird was, in fact, the white morph of a gyrfalcon! This bird is very rare in these parts. It doesn’t breed here. So, this bird guy I know, Jan by name, told me that this is only the fourth one of these birds he’s seen in 10 years of birding.
My eyes rewarded me and a bunch of other people the opportunity to see an extremely rare bird. Go me!
No, really, I’m not always the happy-go-lucky, bouncy bright and sunshiny, full of energy guy you have come to know. No, I too suffer from mood changes and occasionally, I cannot control myself. Sometimes I lash out at someone without good reason (though usually when I lash out at someone it’s for damn good reason!). right now, I’m in that sort of mood. I slept all of about 3.5 hours last night. I have a lecture to give tomorrow and I’m at least one homework assignment behind in fisheries assessment-with no hope of being able to finish.
Whoa, holy crap!! I can’t believe it!!! My eyes have blessed me again. As I was sitting here typing in yet another wandering thought, I glanced up and saw a raven fly down into the tall grass outside. I stopped typing to watch it. They are my favorite birds. Then I noticed that there was a white bird there, too. I thought at first that it was a seagul, the most liekly explaination for such a large white bird in this country. Eventually, there were eight ravens flying around dive-bombing the white bird. I thought that maybe they were trying to kill a wounded gull or something. So, I went to my friends and told them about the ravens “trying to kill a gull”, said I.
Our Hero was wrong. One of my friends knows a certain guy who’s quite a bird enthusiast (he’s studying to be an ornithologist). He pulled out the telescope and focused. Lo and behold, the white bird was, in fact, the white morph of a gyrfalcon! This bird is very rare in these parts. It doesn’t breed here. So, this bird guy I know, Jan by name, told me that this is only the fourth one of these birds he’s seen in 10 years of birding.
My eyes rewarded me and a bunch of other people the opportunity to see an extremely rare bird. Go me!
posted by Our Hero, at 2:46 PM
1 Comments:
It was thrilling to get a glimpse at a bird that is so rare here:) What are the odds man? A gyrfalcon landing and showing his grandeur infront of the Biology department?
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