I went fishing on the backside of Stampede Reservoir yesterday but it turned into more of a bird watching expedition. I saw sea-gulls, ducks, geese, swans, golden eagles, grouse, merganzers and many others I can't even name. Then I saw these two things, they kind of startled me. They were at least 4 feet tall and were not backing down much as me and my dog approached. They made a very loud cackeling sound and when we got close they flew for about 100 yards and had a wing span of at least 6 feet!!
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I felt like I was in Jarrasic Park at first, then I thought they were escaped peacocks or emus or osteritches. When I got home I did some reasearch and think I have positively identified them. I think it's pretty rare that you see these up in the Sierra. I am hoping to capture a great photo of sasquatch next time!
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