Here's an inquiry I received on August 8th. If you have any ideas, please
reply to the list and I'll respond to the person who inquired.
Doug
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>Hi !
>I live in Durham, NC.
>I live in an apartment complex on the edge of town. There are quite a few
>clumps of trees surrounding the complex and some wooded areas close by.
>There are
>still quite a lot of woods between Durham and Chapel Hill.
>There are several creeks within a mile or two, but the closest large bodie=
s
>of water are 10-15 miles away.
>
>This week - the first week of August - I have seen a big bird at several
>different times of day: at 9 am, 11 am, 3 pm, and 8 pm, I think.
>
>Several times it was sitting on a branch, several times it flew from one
>branch to another, several times it it flew from one branch to another and=
>made a
>circle in midflight, and once it flew from low to high up in the sky:
>circling
>again and again higher and higher in the same circle directly overhead, mu=
ch
>of the time it seemed to be floating in the sky - on the updrafts, I guess=
,
>wings spread wide - for about twenty circles, then the circles got larger=
>and it
>went further afield and continued to circle until it became a tiny speck;
>ultimately I think it disappeared behind a cloud.
>
>I don't see very clearly without glasses so I can't say what color the win=
gs
>were.
>
>The cry was its most remarkable feature to me; it was a frequent loud
>insistent SCREE, SCREE, SCREE. Some times it was louder than others. I
>thought the
>bird was in distress or one of its family members was in distress the
>first few
>times I heard it.
>I listened to all the bird sounds in the raptor category in your wonderful
>sound library - thank you for that ! and the closest sound seemed to be
>the bald
>eagle, although this bird sounded much louder and more insistent.
>There have been some engineers in two of the nearby wooded areas earlier t=
his
>week. I wonder if they might have disturbed its habitat.
>
>Thank you for your very kind time and help.
>Yours sincerely,
>Sharon Ryan
>Durham, NC
>Tel: 919 408-8040
Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
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