Posts Tagged ‘bird watching’

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Nov19

Amazing Loggerhead Shrike Bird encounter

by foovay on November 19th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Posted In: Update

I always say I miss all the good fun.  My hubby sees a new bird, or one he can’t immediately identify and by the time I get there and he hands me the binoculars, he invariably says “it just flew off that way-”. This story comes from our landlord/roommate at the ranch.  He’s a cowboy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb26

Buffalos and Finches and Doves and the Lottery

by foovay on February 26th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Posted In: Musing, Ranting and Raving, Writing - books, novels, short stories, articles, Squidoo, Update, Writing - books, novels, short stories, articles

The hubby has been busy this week getting some great photos like this one of a house finch. What I love about this is if you look, you can see how those streaky breast feathers blend right in with the brushy mess on the ground to provide the perfect camoflage. He also got our best […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb02

Amazing behaviour from a young Sharp Shinned Hawk

by foovay on February 2nd, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Posted In: Update

As you can tell, this young Sharp Shinned hawk has gotten quite used to me being outside working. In fact, he’s gotten so casual about my presence that he has been less than 20 feet from me twice today as I worked on the fence repairs. But this morning he astounded me with some behaviour […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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