Birders

I was in 4th grade. This beautiful crimson bird sat in the bush for awhile he was like 15 feet away. I was trying not to move,breathe or gasp at how amazingly beautiful he was .

He perched there for around 6 minutes.
I was about to cry because he was that gorgeous. His red feathers were such a bright red he almost appeared to glow.

I have never forgot this bird. He started my love of watching birds.

Then there was this time I was riding home with a friend and a wild turkey was sitting in the busy two lane road near the yellow line it was laying down but its head was up looking around. It was unharmed it was very alive and cars were going around it. We were worried the bird might get hit so we parked and chased the turkey off the road into the woods alongside the road.

I was riding in the van to program and a peregrine falcon flew up ahead of the van and it hovered in the air at eye level and flew past us as we got real close to it. It followed the van we were in until we hit the main road.

This is not a live bird sighting but in 7th grade I was doing a display about predatory birds this would be displayed in the main lobby in a glass enclosure at my school. My mom worked for the dept. of natural resources. She arranged for me to have a stuffed bald eagle in my art display.

I had this magnificent bird in my bedroom for the night. I got to touch him,look at his feathers into his eyes look at the scales on his feet and his talons. I was totally blown away and I feel I was very lucky to have a bald eagle spend the night with me.