Creedence!
There was a tree at the end of our street that had a bald eagle's nest for as long as anyone can remember. New owners cut it down. Fuckers.
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Creedence!
There was a tree at the end of our street that had a bald eagle's nest for as long as anyone can remember. New owners cut it down. Fuckers.
There are bold eagles around us.
I saw one on 87 eating some roadkill on the to minnewaska to hike.
Their head don’t turn white until they reach age 5.
In case you didn’t know.
Baldies eating cow placenta during calving season is a common sight around here. The baldies sometimes share the placenta feast with Black-billed Magpies and Common Ravens.
Ewwwww........gross.
What's the right sous vide temperature for cow placenta?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
Another band I could do without. (And it's not possible to get stuck in Lodi.)Quote:
Originally Posted by pisteoff
This guy's been sitting in the same tree for almost 20 years, He was used to me being around and wouldn't fly away when I walked under him.
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When I first moved there I was walking along a split rail fence and one of my cats was walking alongside me on top of the fence, I felt something brush my face (a big wing) and saw an eagle was about to grab the cat. For some reason he didn't. They never bothered the cats again even though the cats would sit on the roof of the house 100' away from the eagle who almost grabbed one of them. There was another eagle from the same family who used to fly across the straight to Anacortes every day returning before dark every evening, We called him the commuting eagle.
I didn't bother to read through this thread, but Bald Eagles have a very distinctive chatter or noise they make.
When you hear it, that isn't a damn crow or raven.
FAKE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover
You could say I know a fair amount about eagles. Bald eagles tend to be dicks personality-wise.
Yeah, it's fake. The makers admitted so.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyandski365
BTW, that's a Golden Eagle. Note the wing dihedral, among other thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by flyandski365
I know - just commenting on BAEA in general. Haven't worked with GOEA.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
There's also something really off with the way that bird moves. Just bad CGI.
Maybe it was a blue heron? Fer chrissakes Benny. Buy a bird book.
Aren't you supposed to be in CO by now?
I have a picture "Somewhere" of local Golden Eagle with a 9 foot + wing span
How was that measured? Bird in hand? Or estimate from photo? That would be an unusually large GOEA. 8' is usually considered maximum GOEA wingspan.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTT
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Originally Posted by old goat
Its not unusual to see a murder of crows diving on a bald eagle and bugging shit out of them chasing them off and the only thing more intense is watching red wing black birds chasing off a crow and they are all assholes cuz they are trying to find something to eat ... no food stamps in the natural world
What if you run out of time and money?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
It's a bedroom community of Stockton and Sacramento, on a major highway. Worse comes to worse you hitch up to Sacto where there are food lockers and homeless shelters. It's just funny because the song makes it sound like it's in the middle of nowhere. Kinda of like shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. They'd put you in prison in Carson City, not Folsom. Artistic license.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
Any way neither The Eagles (either one) or CCR are as cool as a bald eagle.
Used to be goldens nesting on Lover's Leap near Tahoe. I was climbing there once with a golden circling overhead with the sun shining through it's wings. Seen that way you understand why they call them goldens.
and a bald eagle aint as cool as a golden eagleQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat
They call 'em Golden Eagles because of the golden nape, which is present on juvenile and adult GOEAsQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat
It's amazing that these references continue to fly right over your head, even when presented with clues.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I would bet that when John Fogerty wrote 'Lodi' it still was figuratively 'in the middle of nowhere'.
It was weird listening to that song as a teenager in Jersey. Although, I did sympathize with those that were stuck in Lodi. Again.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
I do have a very good book. But, you guys are just soooooo much smarter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
Snow is better in Vermont than Co. Right now.
What's yer preferred field guide Bunny?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f6d4180b3.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
R T Peterson is old school. Maybe time to step up to Sibley's.
Can you ID each of the buntings on the cover?
No way dude. I like to look at birds, but, didn't know there was going to be a quiz.
Buy an extra field guide, place on top of toilet tank, study while shitting
Pop quizzes happen. Blue Grosbeak, Varied Bunting, Indigo Bunting, Blue Bunting, Painted Bunting, Lazuli Bunting
I see six pretty birds.
I see 13 (male and female of each species + juvie Indigo)
I was surprised when I figured it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
I saw the eagle sitting on a big rock above the brush across the road from me, 50 yards away. Thought dam that things big. As I was getting my phone out of my pocket to get a pic it took off. As it was climbing up and away it flew right over a chain link fence right above the fence and right between two posts. It's wings covered the distance between the posts. I keep thinking about how big the thing was.
I went to the fence a few days later and measured the distance between the posts. The posts are 10' apart.
so yes unusually large eagle. The Eagle is still around here. It's always to high up or far away to tell just how big it is.
But I know, because I have a frame of reference. I need to find that picture the fence really gives it scale
You missed one.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
Quiz fail.
What did I miss?
I see what you did there.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
Like I said, I see six pretty birds.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
Or 7. The 14th could be female, too.
Perhaps Benny saw a gyrfalcon?
I don't think I've ever seen a bunting, but we have a bird book on one of our toilets, and I have to agree its good toilet reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldSteve
shit bird book?
That's what it's come to. 22 years old, it was Playboy, now, in the autumn years, it's bird books.
Check that, I think we have snow buntings in VT in the winter.
Question for OldSteve or any of you birders. This w/e I saw a Great Blue Heron standing on a frozen pond in VT. I figured this guy may have missed his flight down south as I've never seen one in winter. I thought they eat fish and frogs and stuff so I'm wondering if he'll make it?
Just different kind of birds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane