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Re: Danger in the wild

Subject: Re: Danger in the wild
From: "Steve Pelikan" pelikan45224
Date: Fri Jan 4, 2008 5:06 pm ((PST))
Friends:

This is a great thread and I'm enjoying the stories!

Mine is not about the dangers of the wilds (mosquitoes, primarily, and
sand flies carrying parasites) but of civilization.

Several years ago I was lurking in the shrubbery of a city park just
north of the University where I work. Having censused migrant birds
there most spring mornings for a decade or so, people tended to give
me a call when something interesting turned but.

I had a report of a "Lawrence's" Warbler (back-cross of a hybrid of
Golden- and Blue-winged Warblers) singing in the park so I grabbed a
cassette  recorder and cheap cardioid (the only things I had then) and
headed out between my office hours and next lecture.

Moving slowing through the dense undergrowth towards a song that was
clearly from the bird I was seeking, I ducked under a shrub and
entered a little clearing filled with two men in suits. Both carried
suitcases and held guns in their hands. Clearly a drug deal of some sort.

I turned and ran!

That was by far my most harrowing field experience. Mother bears,rip
tides, rattlesnakes, large cats in the dark (when I'm lucky), falls
from rocks, fording rapids, etc. aren't nearly as terrifying. At least
then I know I'm dealing with something I can understand...

Happy New Year to everyone!

Steve P





"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause


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