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Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a
tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras. Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight. I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! |
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On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras. Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight. I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance. That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though. |
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:22:23 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/4/2014 9:56 PM, wrote: On Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:59:40 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote: Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras. Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight. I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance. That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though. Ospreys can gang up on an eagle and take a fish away from him but if the eagle decides to fight back they scatter. I saw a little air to air display over Mound Key a couple years ago. An eagle was flying over an osprey nest on the island, just going south. The osprey came up on his 6, to escort him away, I guess. The eagle did a flip turn in the air and came up nose to nose with the osprey about 10 feet away and closing fast. The osprey tucked his wings and fell out of the sky, pulling out of the dive right over the mangroves. The eagle made a couple slow circles and then started flying back south again. Quite a show. We watched a couple epic battles with Red Hawks and Rabbits in the winter... We've a couple of red shouldered hawks in the neighborhood. They have a hankerin' for mourning doves. At least once every summer I'll catch a mini-explosion of feathers out of my back window and see that one of the hawks has caught another dove. Damn shame they don't like Canada geese. Lots of mothers are complaining about their kids coming home from school with clothes full of goose poop. Chicago may have gotten rid of some shooters, but it looks like they might have another problem on their hands - Giant Canada geese. "And in Chicago, goose poop is everywhere. Just take a walk in Lincoln Park this summer and you'll find the ground littered with millions upon millions of droppings. According to local park district officer Oscar Dahl, a goose "has one dropping every seven minutes. During the day, a goose drops one pound of dung. A flock of 100 geese will leave 100 pounds of goose droppings on a park every day." http://tinyurl.com/l2262q9 [I am absolutely amazed at the worthwhile stuff one can glean from the internet. Just think, 100 geese, 100 pounds of goose ****. Unreal.] -- Hope you're day is spectacular! |
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On 1/5/2014 2:22 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:22:23 -0500, KC wrote: We watched a couple epic battles with Red Hawks and Rabbits in the winter... This red tailed hawk ate the squirrel in my yard on camera http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Hawk%2...g%20dinner.jpg http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Hawk%20puffed%20up.jpg http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Hawk%20eye.jpg http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/hawk.jpg He put up every kind of threat display I have seen The rabbit was fat and the Hawk couldn't carry him away more than a few yards, then drop him again... |
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On 1/5/2014 9:21 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:22:23 -0500, KC wrote: On 1/4/2014 9:56 PM, wrote: On Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:59:40 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote: Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras. Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight. I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance. That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though. Ospreys can gang up on an eagle and take a fish away from him but if the eagle decides to fight back they scatter. I saw a little air to air display over Mound Key a couple years ago. An eagle was flying over an osprey nest on the island, just going south. The osprey came up on his 6, to escort him away, I guess. The eagle did a flip turn in the air and came up nose to nose with the osprey about 10 feet away and closing fast. The osprey tucked his wings and fell out of the sky, pulling out of the dive right over the mangroves. The eagle made a couple slow circles and then started flying back south again. Quite a show. We watched a couple epic battles with Red Hawks and Rabbits in the winter... We've a couple of red shouldered hawks in the neighborhood. They have a hankerin' for mourning doves. At least once every summer I'll catch a mini-explosion of feathers out of my back window and see that one of the hawks has caught another dove. Damn shame they don't like Canada geese. Lots of mothers are complaining about their kids coming home from school with clothes full of goose poop. Chicago may have gotten rid of some shooters, but it looks like they might have another problem on their hands - Giant Canada geese. "And in Chicago, goose poop is everywhere. Just take a walk in Lincoln Park this summer and you'll find the ground littered with millions upon millions of droppings. According to local park district officer Oscar Dahl, a goose "has one dropping every seven minutes. During the day, a goose drops one pound of dung. A flock of 100 geese will leave 100 pounds of goose droppings on a park every day." http://tinyurl.com/l2262q9 [I am absolutely amazed at the worthwhile stuff one can glean from the internet. Just think, 100 geese, 100 pounds of goose ****. Unreal.] -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We have several beaches and lakes that close here every year because of the **** the flying rats leave.... |
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On 1/5/2014 10:06 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:21:43 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: Damn shame they don't like Canada geese. Lots of mothers are complaining about their kids coming home from school with clothes full of goose poop. Chicago may have gotten rid of some shooters, but it looks like they might have another problem on their hands - Giant Canada geese. "And in Chicago, goose poop is everywhere. Just take a walk in Lincoln Park this summer and you'll find the ground littered with millions upon millions of droppings. According to local park district officer Oscar Dahl, a goose "has one dropping every seven minutes. During the day, a goose drops one pound of dung. A flock of 100 geese will leave 100 pounds of goose droppings on a park every day." http://tinyurl.com/l2262q9 [I am absolutely amazed at the worthwhile stuff one can glean from the internet. Just think, 100 geese, 100 pounds of goose ****. Unreal.] That is one of the animals mentioned in the Time magazine article about our pest problem. Their conclusion seems to be that we need to start shooting some of them. All of them... |
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:06:37 -0500, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:21:43 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: Damn shame they don't like Canada geese. Lots of mothers are complaining about their kids coming home from school with clothes full of goose poop. Chicago may have gotten rid of some shooters, but it looks like they might have another problem on their hands - Giant Canada geese. "And in Chicago, goose poop is everywhere. Just take a walk in Lincoln Park this summer and you'll find the ground littered with millions upon millions of droppings. According to local park district officer Oscar Dahl, a goose "has one dropping every seven minutes. During the day, a goose drops one pound of dung. A flock of 100 geese will leave 100 pounds of goose droppings on a park every day." http://tinyurl.com/l2262q9 [I am absolutely amazed at the worthwhile stuff one can glean from the internet. Just think, 100 geese, 100 pounds of goose ****. Unreal.] That is one of the animals mentioned in the Time magazine article about our pest problem. Their conclusion seems to be that we need to start shooting some of them. That sounds like it would be a good job for old, retired farts like me. Put a bounty on 'em, say $3, that'd pay for ammunition and fuel. Hell, I'd go to Chicago for that. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! |
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On Sunday, 5 January 2014 11:13:05 UTC-4, KC wrote:
On 1/5/2014 9:21 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:22:23 -0500, KC wrote: On 1/4/2014 9:56 PM, wrote: On Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:59:40 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote: Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras. Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight. I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac. -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance. That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though. Ospreys can gang up on an eagle and take a fish away from him but if the eagle decides to fight back they scatter. I saw a little air to air display over Mound Key a couple years ago. An eagle was flying over an osprey nest on the island, just going south. The osprey came up on his 6, to escort him away, I guess. The eagle did a flip turn in the air and came up nose to nose with the osprey about 10 feet away and closing fast. The osprey tucked his wings and fell out of the sky, pulling out of the dive right over the mangroves. The eagle made a couple slow circles and then started flying back south again. Quite a show. We watched a couple epic battles with Red Hawks and Rabbits in the winter... We've a couple of red shouldered hawks in the neighborhood. They have a hankerin' for mourning doves. At least once every summer I'll catch a mini-explosion of feathers out of my back window and see that one of the hawks has caught another dove. Damn shame they don't like Canada geese. Lots of mothers are complaining about their kids coming home from school with clothes full of goose poop. Chicago may have gotten rid of some shooters, but it looks like they might have another problem on their hands - Giant Canada geese. "And in Chicago, goose poop is everywhere. Just take a walk in Lincoln Park this summer and you'll find the ground littered with millions upon millions of droppings. According to local park district officer Oscar Dahl, a goose "has one dropping every seven minutes. During the day, a goose drops one pound of dung. A flock of 100 geese will leave 100 pounds of goose droppings on a park every day." http://tinyurl.com/l2262q9 [I am absolutely amazed at the worthwhile stuff one can glean from the internet. Just think, 100 geese, 100 pounds of goose ****. Unreal.] -- Hope you're day is spectacular! We have several beaches and lakes that close here every year because of the **** the flying rats leave.... Are you sure it isn't because you've visited? |
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