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20-Apr-23, 07:35:33 AM
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Veteran's Day Thoughts
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on: 11-Nov-10, 07:47:19 AM
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Let's all remember our Veteran's today and thank them for their service.  Former Georgia Senator and Governor Zell Miller had a stirring speech about the sacrifice of soldiers: “For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.†|
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: OK, guess this bird
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on: 10-Nov-10, 10:23:41 PM
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Really cool picture! I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's a Puffin.  I agree Carol. The wings look puffin-like!
What a evolutionary wonder! That face -- a clown of the bird kingdom for sure!!!
Anne in Toronto Love that picture too Anne! LOVE Puffins!  |
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: Thought for Today
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on: 10-Nov-10, 08:54:42 AM
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My friend and co-worker Kim brought this to my attention.
Thought for today.
With extreme pride, we wish a happy birthday to all Marines past and present.
May your shelter half never leak.
May your sleeping bag always be warm.
May your feet always remain dry,
and may all your jouneys be downhill.
Happy 235th Birthday Marines!
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Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Re: Twitter
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on: 09-Nov-10, 09:25:48 AM
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Her beak opened wide and HACK!, HACK!, HACK!, HACK! On the 5th HACK! a large, gray shapeless lump fell from her beak. I watched as it fell over the ledge to the playpen below. Well, that was fun! Hahahahaha! You just see it all huh Carol? Right place, right time! I love to study their behavour. I could sit for hours just watching them. The more you watch different birds, the more you notice similar behavours. Fascinating! If I lived in Rochester, I'd get a job as a Street Cleaner. That way I'd be out all day, (not doing my job), just watching Falcons. Probably that job wouldn't last long. Before the condos were built in the old Kodak visitor's parking lot across from the Kodak Tower, I always wanted to be the guard that worked there. He had a little guard shack, totally surrounded by glass and it was heated! I would have been happy to talk to the visitor's and watch M&K on the tower all day long. I forget his name, but he was definitely a fan and would talk to us about the falcons, always asking how they were doing. He would feed the pigeons every morning. I bet they miss him. |
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Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Re: Twitter
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on: 09-Nov-10, 08:53:24 AM
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Her beak opened wide and HACK!, HACK!, HACK!, HACK! On the 5th HACK! a large, gray shapeless lump fell from her beak. I watched as it fell over the ledge to the playpen below. Well, that was fun! Hahahahaha! You just see it all huh Carol? Right place, right time! I love to study their behavour. I could sit for hours just watching them. The more you watch different birds, the more you notice similar behavours. Fascinating! |
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Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Re: Twitter
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on: 09-Nov-10, 08:36:09 AM
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Speaking of Beauty hacking up a pellet. While Dana and I watched the Falcon on the Kodak Tower, I set up the scope to verify that it was indeed Beauty. It's just that we don't see her there very often. There she was, in all her glory. Black/Green and Silver bands glistening in the sun. This gorgeous, creature filled up the whole view through the scope. She was preening, pulling out small tufts of soft downy fluff that stuck to her beak. She would lean over and gracefully wipe it off. I thought, how lucky were we to have Peregrines in Rochester. That's when IT happened! Her beak opened wide and HACK!, HACK!, HACK!, HACK! On the 5th HACK! a large, gray shapeless lump fell from her beak. I watched as it fell over the ledge to the playpen below. Well, that was fun! Hahahahaha!  Beauty returned to her preening and stretching. |
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