Wow!  Thanks!
The starling wave is my favorite, but I also really like the Iberian Wolf.

Paul

It's either a Christmas tree or an ace of spades.

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Welcome back, Annette!  I've missed you.

Thanks for the vivid report, Donna.  What a great day!  I agree that it was likely a big Sharpie or Coopers.  I agree with Aafke that you can look forward to seeing more of the birds hiding around your house.  Sometimes, the best clue is when all the birds either freeze in place or suddenly fly off in a wave.  The latter is how I usually spot a peregrine.

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While researching an article on carrier pigeons in WW1 for her magazine, my wife, Mary, came across this remarkable sentence:

"Then there is Le Cirq, the pigeon which captured a German submarine and all its crew, and Babbette, a milk-white pullet, which was camouflaged as a crow, that the German Prince's 'shot-gun squad might not harm her, flew to French headquarters with a message from a secret
observer within German lines and enabled Allied guns to stop a surprise German attack on the Meuse."

[From The American Legion Weekly, August 29, 1919]

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Happy Birthday Joyce!


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I have a card in my wallet that proclaims me to be a "member of the Association of Old Crows."

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She seemed quite a good sport about it.  Evidently, Australia is a place where getting whacked on the head by a large bird is a frequent occurance.

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There were Snowy sightings last November on both Poplar and Hart-Miller Islands.  I fly right over Poplar Island when I go to New England, so I have been watching the island grow for years.  The first time I saw it, I had no idea what was going on in the middle of the Bay.

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Next stop Cape Cod or Nantucket?  She's got a nice west wind to ride.

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I guess there's a reason they call them kingbirds.

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Good picture and story!  I've not seen a Kaytydid like that.

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We made our usual trip to Ocracoke Inland, NC to say goodbye to summer.  It's a good bet for this, as the climate is semitropical.  This time, there were lots of juvenile gulls to puzzle over (can anyone ID these guys?), but the best part was the big, full moon rising over the dunes as the sun set.  After we got home, there was one final summer surprise on the way.

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