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Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: Tracking MAK
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on: 27-Dec-13, 03:40:33 PM
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 On day 6 in Paradise I was delighted to come out of my bedroom and see some heffers out by the front yard. Deziree and I took the truck again for our ride, finding no raptors today but we didn't care cuz the sun was shining brightly and it was a warm 50 degrees out. I found a couple red squirrels being dive bombed by a red-headed woodpecker near where Bertha lives. She was laying down again today and got up as I drove away. As I passed one of the feeding troughs for the heffer mamas and calves there was a bull calf standing in one of the troughs until I stopped to talk to it-then he jumped out and went over by his mama. lol Red-bellied woodpeckers and White-breasted Nuthatches were foraging for insects and nuts where the bulls roam and the birdfeeders were over-run by Tufted Titmouse and Chickadees. Click on the link below to view my pics of the day http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWqjFe
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Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: Tracking MAK
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on: 26-Dec-13, 05:22:48 PM
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The dark one looks like a Black Hawk and the photo 35 looks more like a sharpie than a red tail - red tails have really thick large talons, bigger than a pefa. I've picked up a few dead ones now - thanks to Miss O'Connor and the first thing I noticed is the huge talons. Feet are kinda skinny on this one and tail is shorter . Frank would know right away about the Sharpie - he's got the face of one though  It really does look like you are in paradise MAK! Thanks Carly-I knew #35 wasn't a Red-tail but seemed too big to be a sharpie. I forgot to bring my bird book so I can't look up anything here. No worries cuz I got lots of bird friends to help me out here on the forum! I'm just guessing..heh..Frank tried his best to teach me but I'm afraid I didn't have enough time with him to get good at ID'ing them. He would look up in the sky and see what looked like a 'speck' to me and he'd say 'oh hey that's a Blue Heron and I'd be squinting and going 'where?' 'where'? lol. I hear ya Carly-I have the same problem. The closest we have to Frank in ID'ing raptors is BrianH.  |
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Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: Tracking MAK
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on: 26-Dec-13, 05:02:01 PM
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The dark one looks like a Black Hawk and the photo 35 looks more like a sharpie than a red tail - red tails have really thick large talons, bigger than a pefa. I've picked up a few dead ones now - thanks to Miss O'Connor and the first thing I noticed is the huge talons. Feet are kinda skinny on this one and tail is shorter . Frank would know right away about the Sharpie - he's got the face of one though It really does look like you are in paradise MAK! Thanks Carly-I knew #35 wasn't a Red-tail but seemed too big to be a sharpie. I forgot to bring my bird book so I can't look up anything here. No worries cuz I got lots of bird friends to help me out here on the forum! |
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Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: Tracking MAK
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on: 26-Dec-13, 03:54:13 PM
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The theme on day 5 in Paradise was horses laying down-they were taking a load off! lol Even my favorite horse Bertha didn't get up to greet me today! The African Geese were close to the road as I drove by making all kinds of noise. I saw 3 different Kestrels, a couple Red-tail Hawks and the mysterious dark hawk from last year that nobody could decide on what kind it was. Miniature horses are many around these parts-they're so cute! I had a Mockingbird fly in and scare off a female Cardinal from a berry bush just as I snapped off a pic-completely missing the Cardinal as it flew off and getting a blurry shot of the Mockingbird instead. An old rusty truck amongst some cows and a Belair car that's older than me is for sale. Click the link below to share space with all these creatures and more http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWqjEa
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Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: Tracking MAK
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on: 25-Dec-13, 04:15:22 PM
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A very Merry Christmas on day 4 in Paradise! Todays ride was a short one but bountiful in wildlife gifts. Pics of my niece and sisters' dogs dressed up, backyard birds-including my first Cardinal and Chickadee (my 2 favorite backyard birds). I found the hay barn cat and Red-shouldered Hawk from last year with a couple guard dogs that weren't too pleased that I was stopped near their property. Pics of my sisters' goldfish that floats upside down, Donnas' E-geese and I had a blast doing some 4 wheelin' with my brother-in-laws' pick up truck, brought back memories from when I had Jeep CJ 7s' only I had the roof and doors off on them! Click on the link below to ride and sing along with me on this Christmas day!   http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWqjDk |
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