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Shrike and a tank!
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Shrike and a tank!
- From: Randy Emmitt <birdcr@concentric.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:48:49 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Folks,
Today I went butterflying in the Richmond County section of the Sandhills
Gamelands. I ventured down the wrong road and saw a sigh that the road
wasn`t open to though traffic due to Fort Bragg. Well in this large open
field I was looking from the truck at wild plums and a Northern Shrike in
the top of them chasing about and didn`t see the "No Trespassing Federal
Property" sign, I drove part way down a snad track and parked the truck
just before the top of a hill. I walked towards a wild plum mass and saw a
greenish ofject, checked with binoc and saw a big green tank with its main
gun pointed right at me. I high tailed it out of there and then saw the
sign! Didn`t see any movement around the tank, but wasn`t sticking around
to see if anyone was around! Be extra careful if you go out there no days!
i did see 8 species of butterflies and a Hermit Thrush. Field Sparrows were
calling everywhere I went too!
Randy Emmitt
Rougemont, NC
Randy Emmitt Photography
http://www.rlephoto.com
Carolina Butterfly Society webmaster
http://www.carolinabutterflysociety.org/