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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:03:42 PM

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That could be an Americanism. The term "buzzard" in the old world and Africa always refers to what you and I would call hawks.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:16:31 PM

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Sometimes turkey vultures are referred to as "turkey buzzards". The old world didn't have turkeys, although they are related to peacocks, so that usage would be meaningless to them. But the origin of the word "buzzard" is European and it is especially applied to the genus Buteo which are a category of hawks. Similarly, in Europe they call what we in North America call moose (wapiti), elk. They call what we call elk, deer. Big deer, but deer.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:24:15 PM

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Here is a lizard riding a pig.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:25:59 PM

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Here is Miss Tennessee... or is that Mississippitennesseebama

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:29:16 PM

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Here is Granny and Tweety looking for that puddy tat...

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:43:47 PM

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Types of Vultures and Vulture Species List

https://www.thespruce.com/types-of-vultures-and-vulture-species-list-385431

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 6:47:52 PM

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This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 7:28:57 PM

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in Europe they call what we in North America call moose (wapiti), elk. They call what we call elk, deer. Big deer, but deer.

Moose ain't wapiti though, yo. They's Alces.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 7:39:13 PM

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looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 7:45:51 PM

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This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...

This is an awesome picture!

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 8:45:38 PM

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It could be a Cooper's or a Red-Tail. Red-Tails are as big as Bald Eagles. Here's a juvenile:

I'm pretty sure we have both of those around here. I have seen various falcons and hawks here, but none (when perched) looked as big in the body as this bird did.

Buzzard is kind of a generic name meaning hawk. Vultures are not buzzards. With hawks, the females can be much larger than the males. So my guess is either a female Cooper's or a female Red-Tail. Full grown Red-Tails don't tend to have that much light colored feathers on the breast so my best guess is a female Cooper's.

If chilly weather has set in, the puffing up of feathers to trap a layer of warm air could also make the body look bigger.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 8:50:44 PM

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looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"

Totally nude cabaret??? No tables and chairs at all? SRO?

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 8:51:51 PM

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This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...

This is an awesome picture!

It appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 9:55:03 PM

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This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...

This is an awesome picture!

It appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...

Why doesn't the store have a Fly-Thru to go with the Drive-Thru?

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/11/2017 9:57:53 PM

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looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"

Totally nude cabaret??? No tables and chairs at all? SRO?

The Kit-Kat Club from Cabaret?

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 8:40:15 AM

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This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...

This is an awesome picture!

It appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...

Why doesn't the store have a Fly-Thru to go with the Drive-Thru?

Fly-thru is not needed because there is no one who can fly here. Obesity became widespead among junk food loving American eagles ;)

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 12:57:44 PM

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Some sort of hawk just strafed my yard and left a cloud of (dove, I think) feathers floating.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 2:06:42 PM

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Here are some of the feathers left behind. They are Mourning Dove feathers, which, if I were a hawk would be my favorite snack. Not the feathers, the dove.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 2:08:48 PM

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The strike occurred about 8 ft. off the ground and it was just a flash, a bunch of doves and other birds took off and then whap!

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 2:19:30 PM

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Here is Granny and Tweety looking for that puddy tat...

Indian chick is a beauty. That bird is a golden eagle. I read an article about this guy in eastern Siberia, not a Mongol but another ethnicity, who rode around on a horse hunting with a golden. That bird could take down anything, mountain goats and wolves, just by knocking them off of whatever high place they were at, falling to their deaths.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 3:32:55 PM

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Here's a Downy Woodpecker. You can tell by the red spot on the back of it's head that it is a male. I recently saw some Hairy Woodpeckers at that same feeder. They look almost identical to Downys but are about twice the size.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:18:37 PM

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Here's a female and a male House Finch. The redhead is the male.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:19:49 PM

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Here's a male House Sparrow and two female House Finches.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:41:51 PM

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The strike occurred about 8 ft. off the ground and it was just a flash, a bunch of doves and other birds took off and then whap!

That's what happens without CAP.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:46:29 PM

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And here's a female Downy Woodpecker.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:47:44 PM

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The strike occurred about 8 ft. off the ground and it was just a flash, a bunch of doves and other birds took off and then whap!

That's what happens without CAP.

That would be the crows. I hear them every day but rarely see them.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 4:51:18 PM

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When West Nile Virus first hit, I went a few years without seeing or hearing any crows. They are vile but highly intelligent birds. I'm glad to have them back. Blue Jays were also highly vulnerable to West Nile, and they were gone for a while too. They're back, I put out peanuts in the shell for them.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 12/12/2017 5:41:47 PM

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Some Furry Bottom Crows at the bird feeder.