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Post by pontiac1940 on May 22, 2022 4:44:58 GMT
Good news about the owlets. I have not been paying much attention to the owlets but was concerned one was missing as I'd only seen one or two when I did go to see. Someone said they had seen all three two or three days ago. Tonight, all three were around. All three have left the nest and can hop and flap from limb to limb. (They have yet to fledge ... i.e. actually fly.) Someone also saw one of the adults today as well. This is Beta...the middle one. The other two are Alpha (the big one) and Gamma, the runt. All three have grown and seem to be fine. (There are reports of quite few owls dying from the avian flu.)
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Post by BuckSkin on May 22, 2022 6:30:31 GMT
There are reports of quite few owls dying from the avian flu.
Maybe you should run them down to the local drug store and get them inoculated.
I am sure the same stuff they use on these housed-up chickens should work for Owls; it can't be too expensive; five chicken nuggets are still 99-cents.
Excellent photography ! (as always)
My exciting bird story for the day --- about twenty minutes before dark, I went out to move Ol' Henry across the driveway, from the big pasture to the barn lots (where the water is and the big powerful fan in his stall). The hateful flies were beginning to torment him to death; so, I attached a cattle fly tag to each side of a halter and my mission was to wrestle the halter on him as he tried to dash out the gate. He knows that the halter means fly relief; so, he quickly poked his head in it; however, he didn't want to wait around for me to snap the hard to snap snap under his throat and was trying to run over me. During this episode, with nary a camera in sight, a HUGE Red-headed Wood-pecker landed on the gate post, about two feet from my head; sat there about nine milliseconds, and flew off over the barn. Since we have lived here, I can count the times I have seen a genuine Red-headed Wood-pecker on one hand. I saw them all the time as a kid; but, like the obviously extinct Bob-White Quail, it is rare to see one now.
Even more rare around here, I saw my first Yellow-Bellied Sap-Sucker Wood-pecker a couple weeks ago; I was standing on the porch and he came out of the woods and flew right over my head; he was huge as well.
Oh..., and by the way, I would have given the owls less sophisticated names like Jim, Bob, and Frank.
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Post by jackscrap on May 22, 2022 8:35:15 GMT
City views
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Post by tourerjim on May 22, 2022 12:57:42 GMT
Taking shade...
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Post by pontiac1940 on May 22, 2022 13:06:40 GMT
I would have given the owls less sophisticated names like Jim, Bob, and Frank. HA HA. That started because the largest (the alpha bird) was so much bigger than the other two. So it just progressed, although I'm the only one who calls them that. Good old-fashioned names are rare these days, eh? Went to our grandson's high-school grad 2 weeks ago. No one Mary, Susan, Karen, Gary, Jim or Bob in sight. That Red-headed Wood-pecker would have scared me. You need to buy a Go-Pro and wear it 24-7. Melbourne, right? Nice city photos. We are leaving this morning to go to Edmonton. On a global scale, it's a small burg of only 1.1 million, but the best thing I'll see all week is Edmonton it in my rear-view mirror when we come home next Wednesday. BuckSkin , that's Edmonton, Alberta, Canada vs Edmonton, Kentucky.
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Post by hmca on May 22, 2022 15:10:58 GMT
Such a bucolic scene, Jim.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 22, 2022 16:48:29 GMT
that's Edmonton, Alberta, Canada vs Edmonton, Kentucky
You said that like you have been to Edmonton, Kentucky, Headhunter country. You would have to look hard to see Edmonton, Kentucky, in a rear-view mirror as it wouldn't fill a very big spot; but, it is probably the only place in the world where you can get a Slaw-burger, fries, and a bottle of ice-cold Ski. Poor ol' Dumas Walker's little place was inundated after the release of that song and he sold so many Slaw-burgers as to cause a shortage of cabbage. To really appreciate the drink, Ski, one had to be around here in the mid-60s/early 70s, when drinks came in big thick returnable glass bottles and drink coolers were able to achieve near-freezing temperatures. Ski was the flagship of nearby Greensburg Bottling Company. The real deal had about two inches of lemon and orange pulp settled in the bottom of each bottle and enough citrus bite and caffeine to bring a dead man to life; and, like all commercial drinks of the pre-1976 years, just a sprinkle of Cocaine to make you turn the empty bottle up and suck out the last drop and then turn your pockets inside-out looking for another nickel. (Yes, I can remember when drinks were a nickel)
Those who came of drinking age after 1976 have never experienced the real joy of a genuine "cold drink" (when I was a kid, all soft-drinks were "cold drinks"), in big thick glass bottles, cold enough to bust your teeth and give you brain freeze. Today's weakened-down excuses for soft-drinks, in big glass-fronted "coolers" with big barn-door-sized doors that let out what pitiful little cool is in there while some bewildered patron tries to choose from 744 different flavors that all taste the same and are barely below room temperature straight from the cooler are nothing to write songs about.
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Post by hmca on May 22, 2022 22:58:19 GMT
First warm day....lots of activity on the river....went with these two paddle boarders.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 23, 2022 0:47:13 GMT
....went with these two paddle boarders.
At first glance, they look like they are sweeping up a mess.
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Post by Jim on May 23, 2022 2:07:43 GMT
Our first bloom of "Stephen's Big Purple" Hybrid tea rose opened up today. One of our favorite fragrant roses. Incorporated Lenabem Anna's texture 414.
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Post by Jim on May 23, 2022 2:09:44 GMT
This is Beta...the middle one. The other two are Alpha (the big one) and Gamma, the runt. All three have grown and seem to be fine. Beautiful capture!
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Post by pontiac1940 on May 23, 2022 5:17:14 GMT
BuckSkin Great story. Not been to Kentucky. I vaguely recall having my first cold drink in a bottle in about 1952 or so. I'm probably wrong, but I am sure it was one of those small, stubby "green tint" Coke bottles.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 23, 2022 5:59:25 GMT
I vaguely recall having my first cold drink in a bottle in about 1952 or so. I'm probably wrong, but I am sure it was one of those small, stubby "green tint" Coke bottles. Yes; the 6-1/2-ounce Coca-Cola; very common and still available today at select venues such as Cracker-Barrel --- except the glass is much thinner and no Cocaine since 1976.
The government achieved a side benefit they weren't contemplating when they abruptly forced removal of narcotics from drinks and food-stuffs; the common populace had no idea about such things as addictions. When they could no longer acquire the tiny amount of drug that was the cause of their cravings, in trying to satisfy their addictions, they drank and ate much more, causing an explosion in obesity problems in the late 70s and throughout the 1980s.
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Post by jackscrap on May 23, 2022 7:36:51 GMT
Banksia
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Post by BuckSkin on May 23, 2022 8:30:33 GMT
Nice capture ! Now I get to Google it as I have no idea what it is.
UPDATE: In reading about them, I just learned that Australia has Stingless Bees; I can't imagine a bee that does not sting....
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