I went camping in the adks last weekend... well not technically "camping" My friends have a cabin up there. They're older place has a cute little wood stove w/ no electric but they wanted to test out the new cabin which was a little more "comfy" and we were using kerosine heaters but no electric. (I prefer tents...or if a cabin then at least the one w/ the wood stove) aaaanyway. My redneck friends are avid hunters so we got all dressed up in camo and headed out on the 2200 acres they own up there! We didn't see any deer but I did experience something amazing! We were sitting in the forest on "night watch" waiting for the sun to go down. We were toward the top of a ridge where it slopes way down and then rises again across from us. So I could see the creek below us and the next mountain across from us. All of a sudden as if it were out of a movie, we both spot this big "white" bird coming straight toward us... eye level from the other mountain. With hardly any maneuvering through the branches and trees this bird B lined it straight toward us..eye level the whole way, wings flapping end everything. I swear to you it was about 2 feet from my face I think it was going to land on my head..it got this close and I finally saw vertical breast streaking... my new NJ raptor ID trained brain immediately thought young accipiter. At this point I flinched my head down into my chest a little bit and at that moment the bird spread it's wings to stop it self and landed on top of a snag directly to my right...about 4 feet away and 2 feet up. Oh...hello Coopers Hawk... come to check me out?
it was incredible...
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