Author Topic: G-D Thunderbird! (Read 2148 times)

Tedd · « **on:** October 30, 2019, 07:56:04 PM »

File this under weird stuff seen in the woods. A bird with a huge wingspan swooped over my head 20 minutes after sunset tonight. I was impatiently waiting to get out of my treestand stand while 3 doe and a buck were feeding the neighbors fresh picked corn near me. The enormous bird cleared the field. I spread my own arms for comparison and it's not even close. It was mostly silent and swooped left and disappeared in the evening rain. The deer ran as fast as they could.
I'm going with Thunderbird. (There are thunderbird petroglyphs on the rocks in the susquehanna river a few miles away.)
There is a storm system coming from the west. Must have carried something my way. Golden Eagle?
Tedd

Tim Finley · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2019, 08:28:26 PM »

Greater horned owl ?

arrow30 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2019, 08:34:01 PM »

blue heron, goose.

Steelhead · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2019, 08:35:16 PM »

Condor who moved East to avoid CA. fires.

nineworlds9 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2019, 09:03:50 PM »

Mothman?

Ronnie Newell · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2019, 09:11:05 PM »

Quote from: Steelhead on October 30, 2019, 08:35:16 PM

Condor who moved East to avoid CA. fires.

Condor who moved East to avoid CA. !!
FIFY.
LOL

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chinook907 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2019, 11:52:50 PM »

Turkey vulture.

Alexander Traditional · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2019, 05:07:52 AM »

That's pretty neat. If it was that quiet it probably was an owl.

Tedd · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2019, 09:56:26 AM »

Condor avoiding California! Ha.
If I was a little more ready for it, maybe I would have seen it better. I was locked on the deer while trying to pack up my stuff, I only saw it for a second. Arrow30 a heron could be it. I don't know what else would have a wingspan like that.
I have noticed a lot of bird flight in that stand.
Tedd

Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2019, 02:13:17 PM »

Quote from: Ronnie Newell on October 30, 2019, 09:11:05 PM

Quote from: Steelhead on October 30, 2019, 08:35:16 PM
Condor who moved East to avoid CA. fires.
Condor who moved East to avoid CA. !!
FIFY.
LOL

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Heck with fires, escaping politics and silly laws

SlowTurtle · « **Reply #10 on:** October 31, 2019, 04:41:24 PM »

Golden eagle maybe? Wing span up to 8’

Sam McMichael · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2019, 05:01:07 PM »

I second the guess of eagle.

Tedd · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2019, 09:36:54 PM »

Slow turtle that was my first thought. I have never seen one. Except possible earlier this summer. I thought it that one was a bald eagle but my neighbor said it was way too big. Again that time I only saw it for a second.
Tedd

Carcajou · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2019, 02:44:57 PM »

Orville, Wilbur??

Wudstix · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2019, 03:13:37 PM »

PA is in the winter range of the Golden Eagle.

hunthold · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2019, 04:32:39 PM »

Sandhill crane maybe.

Tedd · « **Reply #16 on:** May 09, 2020, 07:39:58 AM »

There is a bald eagle using that fence row. But I'm going with this -
https://www.liveabout.com/the-giant-thunderbird-returns-3862215

GCook · « **Reply #17 on:** May 09, 2020, 07:55:20 AM »

I am glad I was sitting in the blind waiting on pigs as I read that one or I would regret the loss of those minutes of my life.😂

Tedd · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2020, 08:15:29 AM »

They show up everywhere around here https://www.swordwhale.com/thunderbird-island-petroglyphs-on-the-susquehanna.html

The Whittler · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2020, 09:05:56 AM »

2d turkey vulture.


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