Flights

[rejectomorph]

I've been hearing waterfowl flying over the house all the cloudy night, but I don't know what kind they are. The cries are faint, and high-pitched. They are neither geese nor ducks, I'm sure. A great variety of species winter in the wetlands of the Central Valley. I expect to see a few flocks passing, mornings and evenings, for the next couple of months, but those who fly by night I never see, even when the moon is bright. The moon will be a sliver tonight, but that, too, I probably won't see. This morning is even grayer than yesterday afternoon. It may be raining by the time I wake. Soggy days lie ahead. I'm well pleased.

Comments

[lydiacoffin.livejournal.com]

How do you know they are waterfowl?

I'm glad you find the greyness good. It suits the world more.

[rejectomorph]

There is some possibility that they were hawks or some other raptor, but I'm under one of the main routes of the Pacific Flyway which is used mainly by waterfowl, and most of the non-waterfowl using it are small birds who wouldn't be that loud from such a distance.