First this one:
You could have blown me over with a single breath, but at about 4:30pm Central yesterday during the first day of a 4 day trip, Bob O'Dear and I heard the bird three times. Twice, it as the single high pitched shrill note, while the third time, it was the rapid fire cadence call. We are staying at Mallard Pointe Lodge and Reserve, the only private land adjacent to the restricted area. We have not heard the double pecking notes yet nor seen the bird, which I still think is a long shot, but I now feel better about our chances.Then this one:
A very memorable #799 ABA.
Will send more details as time allows.
The lodge here has a CD of about 4 vocalizations of the bird that we review daily. It was apparently obtained by a Cornell person who was not authorized to be in the restricted area, who is now being sought by Federal officials. Before he left the premises, he left the recordings here at the lodge.I've received a lot of emails about these odd posts. One emailer's tongue-in-cheek comment was: "The part I like best is clandestine Cornell employees one step ahead of the FBI!"
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That whole tale is just wierd, both his descriptions of the calls he heard, and the fleeing researcher leaving behind his mysterious CD...
"The part I like best is clandestine Cornell employees one step ahead of the FBI!"
Perhaps the TV series Surface is having too large an affect on our culture...
Yikes, another chapter in this saga detailed in a blog you'd probably prefer I not link to here... can be followed from birdchick
The rumor frenzy is gearing up, between this and that little slip-up on Laura Erickson's blog. It was inevitable I suppose.
As far as the "rumor frenzy" going up because of "the little slip-up on Laura Erickson's blog"--the only person with the brains to actually write me and ask why I'd changed the blog entry was Mike Hendrickson. As I told him, I was told by a reputable person that there had been 14 (I think now--it's been weeks) sightings so far "this go-round." But then the reputable person said she meant LAST season. I honestly never thought anyone would be stupid enough to draw conclusions from my change other than "huh--Laura must have made a mistake and corrected it" without actually writing to me and at least asking.
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