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Post by solgroupie on Apr 9, 2010 9:45:12 GMT -5
and where is he going?
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Post by callipygias on Apr 9, 2010 11:06:02 GMT -5
who is this guy? Guy? With legs like that?
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Post by spackle on Apr 9, 2010 16:35:51 GMT -5
... and way too much rouge!
Why that's Mrs Stacey Pringle, nudist librarian and mother of twelve. She's on her way to her night job as an inverse stripper. She puts on clothes for her act! Her stripper name is Sandhill Crane. Not very imaginative, is she?
Great pic!
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Post by afriendlychicken on Apr 9, 2010 17:10:03 GMT -5
^^^ I thought this blog was going to end up being like Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Instead, it's become Hal Roach presents. I'm loving it!
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Post by solgroupie on Apr 11, 2010 18:48:08 GMT -5
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Post by callipygias on Apr 11, 2010 19:17:22 GMT -5
Whoever took that probably thought it was romantic but all I see is Abbott and Costello.
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Post by Birdgirl90 on Apr 13, 2010 20:59:53 GMT -5
This evening I saw a female osprey flying over my area. They migrate through Colorado during the spring and fall migration seasons. This one was the second one I've seen live. My mom and sister were in the car, so we stopped and go out. It was their first one. It was too far away for me to get a picture on my cell, but here's what they look like: They are such awesome raptors. I love that they completely submerge themselves underwater to get fish - take that, eagles! ;D
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Post by spackle on Apr 13, 2010 21:57:12 GMT -5
Amazing birds! Just look at those little feet all neatly tucked up there. Just be glad you're not a fish!
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Post by afriendlychicken on Apr 13, 2010 22:23:41 GMT -5
This thread's starting to become a little unsafe for us chickens. At least there are no mongoose.
It's so good to see these birds. I may never get to see a raptor, so it's great to know what they look like.
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Post by callipygias on Apr 14, 2010 0:18:48 GMT -5
It's so good to see these birds. I may never get to see a raptor, so it's great to know what they look like. That's so strange. We get so many here my grandpa used to shoot them if he caught them hunting his chickens. So there you go, chicken, he's 101 years old, but he's looking out for you. I was screwing around on a putting green over the Clackamas River about five years ago when an Osprey flew up the cliff with his catch. He wasn't any more than 10 feet from the edge when he crested, probably about twenty feet from me. They're amazing. I remember thinking, "Wow, they really do turn the fish head-first when they fly with it." And look at the size of the fish this one's carrying. I don't know of any way to tell a male Osprey from a female without invading their personal space, though. As amazing as raptors are, I once read that if a Great-horned Owl becomes hungry enough it will actually hunt Osprey.
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Post by Birdgirl90 on Apr 14, 2010 10:04:33 GMT -5
^^ That's because Great Horned Owls are just that amazing. (Anything that hunts other birds or eats skunks without a second thought gets ranked a place of honor...) To tell a female osprey from a male in flight is actually pretty easy. Males have an almost completely white chest, whereas females have a series of dark spots that make them look like they're wearing a necklace. Cause, you know, ladies have style.
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Post by solgroupie on Apr 14, 2010 10:52:25 GMT -5
And look at the size of the fish this one's carrying. WOW.
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Post by callipygias on Apr 14, 2010 12:17:58 GMT -5
To tell a female osprey from a male in flight is actually pretty easy. Males have an almost completely white chest, whereas females have a series of dark spots that make them look like they're wearing a necklace. I've read that juveniles tend to have a more spotted chest/neck, but I can't find anything that says females do. The only way I can tell male and female raptors apart (or at least think I can) is when they're perched next to each other, the bigger one's the female. Sometimes even I can't mistake the male, though. One of the most beautiful birds I've ever seen is the male Northern Harrier. He was perched on a fence post at the ranch in Eastern Oregon. This is what the adult male looks like In the pic below you can see how his face looks kind of owl-ish. That's a Prairie Chicken he's attacking, though it's supposedly more of a territorial thing than a dinner thing.
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Post by spackle on Apr 14, 2010 19:40:46 GMT -5
The Prairie Chicken looks kind of like a soup tureen from that angle. Maybe he thinks he's coming in for some nice vichyssoise.
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Post by Birdgirl90 on Apr 15, 2010 10:15:26 GMT -5
The Prairie Chicken looks kind of like a soup tureen from that angle. Maybe he thinks he's coming in for some nice vichyssoise. It's so mmm, mmm good!
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