awe its so cute 

I've met a LOT of fishermen in my day, but the ice fishermen are the most "interesting".  Daddy used to ice fish on Greenwood Lake.  Daddy didn't built a hut - Daddy set his rigs and walked off the ice, accross the street and hung out at a buddy's house with binocs until the little flags went up! 

I loved Ice fishing    when I was young. We skated while we fished and when we got thirsty, we drank from the fishing hole    ..OMG....I can't believe we did that.

eeeeeeewwwwwwww!   

   

good for them

What the (bleep) is wrong with some people?  I hate that these idiots are even in my species.   

I had a river of blackbirds fly over my house this morning. It was so cool. I don't know how else to describe it. Had to be over 1000 birds. It went from as far as I could see north to as far as I could see south. Took around 5 minutes or more. Not sure how many went by before I noticed them. They just kept coming and coming. It was so neat. I saw long tails on some so I am thinking grackles, not sure about the rest. Red Wings and starlings maybe. 

Ms. Francoeur’s team killed 1,093 birds this year, a record (sound so proud of themselves)

That is a heck of a lot of birds and this is just one airport.

There has to be a better way. 

Lovely 

Okay got a question. Ms. Francoeur says

BIRDS OF PREY Falcons are not supposed to actually kill birds, but they do from time to time. “It’ll go for retraining,�

Then she goes on to say

SHOTGUNS  Shooters are trained and retrained on what birds they can shoot and which are protected.

So if the Shooters have to be retrained does that mean that they ARE shooting protected birds?

 

Beautiful flower but my time stinks lol 4:32

Happy Birthday Rich  
       

Happy birthday, Ginha!!!!!

I just don't think she will be that cooperative. 

Thanks for the translation, Bird Crazy, especially the part about the photographer with the eagle in his back. Ouch!   

(By the way, love your name!)

Helen P.

You are welcome and Thank you 

[To all you wonderful, funny people here, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I'm missing Mariah and Kaver, so my greeting is well...them. I hope wherever they are, they are safe, warm and happy. I pray they both do well this coming Spring and maybe find each other again. That would be the best gift ever. Thank you all for another great year.Blessings to you and yours,Donna]

   To all you wonderful, funny people here, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.                         

I'm missing Mariah and Kaver, so my greeting is well...them.   

I hope wherever they are, they are safe, warm and happy. I pray they both do well this coming Spring and maybe find each other again. That would be the best gift ever. Thank you all for another great year.

Blessings to you and yours,

Donna      

I believe (this IS the Season for Believing) that Donna says it best, so I will simply repeat, Merry Christmas to an amazing group of people who have a common interest in Mariah and Kaver, yet aren't bound to only that interest.  Planes, trains, and automobiles are not uncommon here.

Merry Christmas to you and yours and may God protect you and our beloved falcons,
Janet and Rich
 

from your lips to GOD's ear

Merry Christmas everyone!

well the translation wasn't perfect but gives some idea

As golden eagles hunt
05.12.2009, Kazakhstan | Press photographer Reuters has had time to remove the moment when one of the golden eagles who are taken part republican competitions ловчих of birds and their owners-беркутчи "Сонар-2009", instead of pursuing a hare, has risen upwards and has attacked group of the press photographers costing in a floor. One of them managed to evade, second golden eagle has seized claws a back. The press photographer has got off an easy fright and the damaged jacket. Such incidents - not a rarity during hunting ловчих birds.

In Kazakhstan have managed to keep traditions of the ancestors owned art of hunting with ловчей by a bird. Competitions беркутчи (with ловчими birds) spend hunters right at the beginning of winter as soon as in steppe the first snow drops out. In it to year hunting has passed in gorge Chengelsu (area Talgarsky of Almaty area). In total 48 owners of birds have taken part in competitions from 5 areas of Kazakhstan, with 39 golden eagles and 9 falcons.