Happy belated birthday, Lou! Sorry I missed it!
A happy and healthy year to you!

score. major score. wow. deranged baby screech owls.

A very, very happy birthday - and a wonderful year to you!!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/us/21sushi.html
and
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/20/whale.meat.restaurant/?hpt=T2

  Don't be mad at Yarak.   
Actually, I'll take the blame for this one.   

I have no beef with Yarak, that was a veiled threat.
I did suspect it was you.

someone else try it.
I want to make sure this is nothing personal. CAROL...

I see you resisted the temptation of going further into dialect with "Tup o' the mornin."
Paul

"Top" means the same thing and you can't say "tup" on this board.
Yarak, the wanker, replaces it with diddle.

How big is the yard?  Will the family be able to go in and out of the house without being intercepted as territorial intruders?
Paul

the nest is maybe 50 yards behind the house - it's somewhat wooded back there. There are other houses closer to the nest, across their property line. The dog tends not to go back into the trees so much. Two RTHs have been observed going in and out.

Can't say Cop.u....l.....a......tion on here!
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I guess you can. You just did.

OOOOO.....KKKKKKKK...
WHAT !@#$%* DID THAT?
SHAKY?
I know that "YARAK," as he is called, nice name, has no such scruples

I posted that a *****C ... O... P...U...L...aaaaaaaaa...T...I...O... N****
was witnessed in Evanston and some SOFTWARE or HUMAN changed it to an abhorred euphemism

A copulation was witnessed in Evanston this morning (peregrines, don't you know).
I was delighted to be able to post "top o' the mornin" on that board, for extra credit.

"super metal and brutal" seem fine, as objective criteria for raven-naming go.

My nephew may have a similar slant on wildlife observation...as of this morning we have positive ID on an active redtail nest in my sister's backyard.  It'll keep the squirrels under control, and if, in true Illinois fashion, the birds try to airlift the family's Bernese mountain dog, I will be sure to post documentation.

SCORE! That is SO great!

http://chriswjohnson.blogspot.com/

He's doing just fine. Here is the link, including photos and video.
http://babyelephant.taronga.org.au/