Fly free Ranger   

Poor Hunter, they've been together for so long - I hope he does okay on his own.

As always, I enjoy looking at your daily album. The eagle was a special treat! 

Dot in PA

Ditto from me too!  I'm so envious but happy that you are generous enough to share 'paradise' with us!   

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.

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 have known right away about the Sharpie - he's got the face of one though

It really does look like you are in paradise MAK!

Good morning and Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Carly, I hope you are fairing ok with the ice situation up there-you be safe too!   

Thanks MAK, power came back on here a few hours ago so we're good but still almost 200,000 without it.  The Jack and O'Connor cam is down too as there is no power out that way so I'll have to take a trip out this week and make sure they are okay as I'm on vacation until Jan 6. 

The trees didn't do so well in our neighborhood.  There is a beautiful red maple right by my balcony and it lost 10 limbs/branches and 2 others are cracked and ready to fall - I doubt they'll be able to save it.  A few other trees damaged out front too but not as bad.  It was so eerie last night sitting in the dark and listening to branches and tree limbs fall.  I saw a tree fall on a house across the way too right before night fell, it hit their second story deck and took out part of their chimney on the way down!

MAK..hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family!  Stay safe! 

LOL...Mei Lan turned out to be a boy and now we've got 3 girls...lol!!  Woohoo! 

 

Ah, okay.  That's what I was thinking too, but somewhere I heard differently.  Thanks for straightening that out!

Ditto.  And that's what got me confused as to why people kept thinking it was Pigott as I remember MAK saying before that Pigott was smaller than B.  This makes more sense to me now too.

O----M---G   I'm 57 and I can't lay an egg!!!

 

Heart stopping photos Dana, thank you for sharing.

As a watcher for many years at this site and from the ground at my own, I know how stressful it was for the people on the ground yesterday and the day before. And for those of us waiting for your word, it was gut wrenching. 

I thank-you all so much for being so dedicated and unbiased.  :clap:We all hope for the best and in our hearts have our favorites , but we always hope for not harm to anyone. You displayed that yesterday. 
and through it all , you still had humor.

We know that these things will be occurring more and more but your eyes are so important. eyes to the sky and may it be peaceful.

Bev in Alberta

What she said, I could never be so eloquent 

Looking sharp Miss B 

I am glad he is OK and thanks for post too.

Am I right in thinking he is one of Rhea Mae's?

You are correct, mama is Rhea Mae