Hey Orville!  How ya doin?



Anything I can get you?

How do I get this darn thing off!  It tickles! 

A beautiful feather amongst the pea gravel.   

lol Ei, we had the same idea.   

Checking in From Smith Mt Lake, VA (near Lynchburg) and headed to western NC (Hickory) - NOTHING is forecast for either location.  As for home, it has already been downgraded to CAT 1 (85 MPH sustained winds at the eye-wall, not at the edges, remember).  Heavy rain is expected (we lowered the pool about a foot).  Loose stuff was brought in (except bird feeders, which were filled).  If a tree falls, cant do a thing about it anyway.  We'll be back home on Monday.  Oh!  Left 2 canarys in a coal mine - a bowl of ice cubes in each freezer to warn me if the power was off a long time.  If I find a frozen puddle, not eating the food!

That is a great idea Janet.  About the ice I mean.  

and 3,000 posts!  You go girl!   

I can never resist the Hammie pictures.    

Here's Beauty checking us out!

Stay save everyone!
I'm  to busy this year to post a lot on the forum .But I read all the messages every day,I still think this is the best forum.I admire all you falconwatchers ,and I watch all the pictures en videos everyone posts .Patti ,I came halfway true your album and will watch the rest of the pictures on a cold winternight.I miss Aafke and hope she will be back on the forum soon.For now I hope the storm is going to slow down and causes not to much damage.
Greetings Carla

Thanks Carla!  This is going to be a bad one.  and I miss Aafke too! 

Good job BigFrank and Tracy!!!  Way to protect those birds!   

and don't worry, we won't tell Mark. 

 

Happy Birthday Albion!

Hope you had a wonderful day!

Quest on the ledge today:

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Thanks!   

Sorry for the short notice. It was an emergency.

Next time we'd like at least a 24 hr notice please.  

Maybe a Tweet?

I talked to Shaky about tweeting that we were working on it, but my tweet would have hit a non-working forum.  lol

and my tweet from around 4 pm did not make it to the forum about seeing Unity up under the pigeon box.

Of course the tweet would hit a blank wall but the ones that follow would get them!! 

True Donna!  I'll remember that next time.   

Sorry for the short notice. It was an emergency.

Next time we'd like at least a 24 hr notice please.  

Maybe a Tweet?

I talked to Shaky about tweeting that we were working on it, but my tweet would have hit a non-working forum.  lol

and my tweet from around 4 pm did not make it to the forum about seeing Unity up under the pigeon box.

Sorry for the short notice. It was an emergency.

Next time we'd like at least a 24 hr notice please.   

[Stiftung PanEco]

A final update about the three young falcons:

Stiftung PanEco
They are not longer at our Bird Sanctuary. They are in freedom and none of them came back. That is a good sign, so they are able to live for their own.

Very good news Annette.  Thanks so much for letting us know.   

Where ever this Hurricane hits, it's going to be nasty.  The last potential tract of the storm had it sideswiping Rochester!  Keep in touch and let us know how you're doing over the next few days.  Stay safe everyone!    

All these reports of killing birds of prey and other animals coming out of Scotland is very alarming.  What is going on!!!