Birds flow through the Hudson River Valley during spring and fall migratory seasons, leading to tragedies such as this:
Dead Swainsons Thrush - ventral
We think it’s a Swainson’s Thrush that mistook our bedroom window for open sky:
Dead Swainsons Thrush - left side
We’ve tried several techniques to prevent birds from making that mistake, but to no avail.
It weighed 38 grams, a bit heavier than the typical 30-ish grams reported in our bird books. If I were flying to Mexico I’d want a little extra padding, too.
I put it out for recycling in the back yard; in Nature, nothing goes to waste…
#1 by Aki on 1-November-2011 - 13:06
A trail camera is such a wonderful gizmo for a lazy nature photographer like me. Didn’t know that my back yard’s nightlife is so hectic.
#2 by Aki on 2-November-2011 - 03:54
“in Nature, nothing goes to waste…”
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