I saw a pretty cool barred owl last week around six in the morning. I was walking down a hillside with one bright security light shinning and I heard it make its who-cooks-for-u call and spotted it in a dead poplar tree surveying the valley. I made a call back to it but before I could get my camera out it got spooked and flew off. Still pretty cool.
Took a good three hours to figure out that the flightless bird in my yard today was a bobwhite. I'm glad I didn't call the wildlife rehabilitation people about the orphaned turkey chick I thought it was for a while.
I saw a pretty cool barred owl last week around six in the morning. I was walking down a hillside with one bright security light shinning and I heard it make its who-cooks-for-u call and spotted it in a dead poplar tree surveying the valley. I made a call back to it but before I could get my camera out it got spooked and flew off. Still pretty cool.
I am an avid outdoorsman and have somehow never spotted an owl! I've even seen a mink! No owls yet, though.
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I'm guessing we're not supposed to post pictures of the elusive Double Breasted Skinnydipper here.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I saw a pretty cool barred owl last week around six in the morning. I was walking down a hillside with one bright security light shinning and I heard it make its who-cooks-for-u call and spotted it in a dead poplar tree surveying the valley. I made a call back to it but before I could get my camera out it got spooked and flew off. Still pretty cool.
I am an avid outdoorsman and have somehow never spotted an owl! I've even seen a mink! No owls yet, though.
I had one that lived in my neighborhood for a few years. It used to sit in a pine tree in my neighbors yards looking for foolish chipmunks.
I had a great horned owl fly over me while in the backcountry in the Sierra Nevadas. Just got done taking a toke, laid back on a granite cliff-side and it soared about ten feet overhead and then into a valley stretching 3000 feel below. It was a most excellent night.
Birds are awesome. Here's one of may favorite bird pictures:
Pretty.
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One of my favorite birds is the wild turkey. No, not the whiskey, the actual, real (should be) National Bird of the United States, the wild turkey. They are so damn dumb but my god, they are just too cool. We had one tom that used to come around and eventually I was able to get it to eat grain out of the palm of my hand.
I find it bizarre that people still hunt these rather gamey tasting (so I'm told anyway) birds, and even more absurd that there are actually whole books written on how to hunt wild turkeys. They walk around most rural and semi-rural neighborhoods. What is there to "hunting" them? (I don't really want to know- just a rhetorical question.)
I wish I had photos but our local turkey seem to be nowhere to be found lately. Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I just hope they're not so dumb after all and have taken to the high country to wait out the season.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
One of my favorite birds is the wild turkey. No, not the whiskey, the actual, real (should be) National Bird of the United States, the wild turkey. They are so damn dumb but my god, they are just too cool. We had one tom that used to come around and eventually I was able to get it to eat grain out of the palm of my hand.
I find it bizarre that people still hunt these rather gamey tasting (so I'm told anyway) birds, and even more absurd that there are actually whole books written on how to hunt wild turkeys. They walk around most rural and semi-rural neighborhoods. What is there to "hunting" them? (I don't really want to know- just a rhetorical question.)
I wish I had photos but our local turkey seem to be nowhere to be found lately. Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I just hope they're not so dumb after all and have taken to the high country to wait out the season.
Turkey hunting is on the difficult end of the scale. They have to be called in and their eyesight is excellent, so movement has to be super slow and deliberate. I know you said the question was rhetorical, but knowledge is always good!
One of my favorite birds is the wild turkey. No, not the whiskey, the actual, real (should be) National Bird of the United States, the wild turkey. They are so damn dumb but my god, they are just too cool. We had one tom that used to come around and eventually I was able to get it to eat grain out of the palm of my hand.
I find it bizarre that people still hunt these rather gamey tasting (so I'm told anyway) birds, and even more absurd that there are actually whole books written on how to hunt wild turkeys. They walk around most rural and semi-rural neighborhoods. What is there to "hunting" them? (I don't really want to know- just a rhetorical question.)
I wish I had photos but our local turkey seem to be nowhere to be found lately. Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I just hope they're not so dumb after all and have taken to the high country to wait out the season.
Turkey hunting is on the difficult end of the scale. They have to be called in and their eyesight is excellent, so movement has to be super slow and deliberate. I know you said the question was rhetorical, but knowledge is always good!
These damn things are tough to hunt. They fly too. Add that to their 360 degree sight and you have a challenge on your hands!
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One of my favorite birds is the wild turkey. No, not the whiskey, the actual, real (should be) National Bird of the United States, the wild turkey. They are so damn dumb but my god, they are just too cool. We had one tom that used to come around and eventually I was able to get it to eat grain out of the palm of my hand.
I find it bizarre that people still hunt these rather gamey tasting (so I'm told anyway) birds, and even more absurd that there are actually whole books written on how to hunt wild turkeys. They walk around most rural and semi-rural neighborhoods. What is there to "hunting" them? (I don't really want to know- just a rhetorical question.)
I wish I had photos but our local turkey seem to be nowhere to be found lately. Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I just hope they're not so dumb after all and have taken to the high country to wait out the season.
Turkey hunting is on the difficult end of the scale. They have to be called in and their eyesight is excellent, so movement has to be super slow and deliberate. I know you said the question was rhetorical, but knowledge is always good!
One of my favorite birds is the wild turkey. No, not the whiskey, the actual, real (should be) National Bird of the United States, the wild turkey. They are so damn dumb but my god, they are just too cool. We had one tom that used to come around and eventually I was able to get it to eat grain out of the palm of my hand.
I find it bizarre that people still hunt these rather gamey tasting (so I'm told anyway) birds, and even more absurd that there are actually whole books written on how to hunt wild turkeys. They walk around most rural and semi-rural neighborhoods. What is there to "hunting" them? (I don't really want to know- just a rhetorical question.)
I wish I had photos but our local turkey seem to be nowhere to be found lately. Yeah, I know, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I just hope they're not so dumb after all and have taken to the high country to wait out the season.
Turkey hunting is on the difficult end of the scale. They have to be called in and their eyesight is excellent, so movement has to be super slow and deliberate. I know you said the question was rhetorical, but knowledge is always good!
These damn things are tough to hunt. They fly too. Add that to their 360 degree sight and you have a challenge on your hands!
I have one word for you two: TURKEYS!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I can't count how many times a horde of wild turkeys or deer just meander in front of me throughout my life and then my hunter friends try to describe how difficult it is to hunt a wild turkey. I'd literally have over 100 kills if I just carried a shotgun with me when putzing around the woods.
I can't count how many times a horde of wild turkeys or deer just meander in front of me throughout my life and then my hunter friends try to describe how difficult it is to hunt a wild turkey. I'd literally have over 100 kills if I just carried a shotgun with me when putzing around the woods.
I can't count how many times a horde of wild turkeys or deer just meander in front of me throughout my life and then my hunter friends try to describe how difficult it is to hunt a wild turkey. I'd literally have over 100 kills if I just carried a shotgun with me when putzing around the woods.
Out of season
Around here they just migrate. If I wanted to (and were into that sort of thing), at some times during the year I could pick off a bunch of them from my porch. And when they're not around here, that means somebody else could be picking them off from their porch. Besides, I would no sooner shoot a turkey than I would a bald eagle. They're both marvelous creatures in their own right.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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I once saw a flock of Blue Herons in Indiana. Easy 1000 birds.
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a bird shit on my friends head once on the way to grade school.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I once saw a flock of Blue Herons in Indiana. Easy 1000 birds.
u saw 100 blue Herons!?! cool!!!
missed a zero.
flock in a farmers field along side I-65. est about 200. then on the opposite side est 800 or so near Seymour In just below US 50. Earlier that week I saw about 50 near Brownstown Indiana on US 50.
Farmers had cut the silage corn and the stalks were stubby.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I once saw a flock of Blue Herons in Indiana. Easy 1000 birds.
u saw 100 blue Herons!?! cool!!!
missed a zero.
flock in a farmers field along side I-65. est about 200. then on the opposite side est 800 or so near Seymour In just below US 50. Earlier that week I saw about 50 near Brownstown Indiana on US 50.
Farmers had cut the silage corn and the stalks were stubby.
I've only seen them in singles, never in a flock.
That would be cool.
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I once saw a flock of Blue Herons in Indiana. Easy 1000 birds.
u saw 100 blue Herons!?! cool!!!
missed a zero.
flock in a farmers field along side I-65. est about 200. then on the opposite side est 800 or so near Seymour In just below US 50. Earlier that week I saw about 50 near Brownstown Indiana on US 50.
Farmers had cut the silage corn and the stalks were stubby.
I've only seen them in singles, never in a flock.
That would be cool.
oh it was. I have a particular affinity for that bird. like its my spirit totem.
sad part was it was all too brief for me. doing 60 mph on the freeway.
outside of that I have seen a mix of heron and crane in a river that runs through my city. and up in michigan not too far from the ohio border on 75. wetlands and this overflow pond from Erie.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Really into birds. Owls I've seen: Hawk Owl, Alaska Great Horned, NJ, CO Screech, CO, NJ Snowy Owl, NJ Short Eared Owl, NJ Long Eared Owl, NJ Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)
It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls. To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me. Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
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I've even seen a mink! No owls yet, though.
I had a great horned owl fly over me while in the backcountry in the Sierra Nevadas. Just got done taking a toke, laid back on a granite cliff-side and it soared about ten feet overhead and then into a valley stretching 3000 feel below. It was a most excellent night.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
That would be cool.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
woah, those are great pics. What kind of phone?
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
S21 Ultra
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Owls I've seen:
Hawk Owl, Alaska
Great Horned, NJ, CO
Screech, CO, NJ
Snowy Owl, NJ
Short Eared Owl, NJ
Long Eared Owl, NJ
Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)
It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls.
To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me.
Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly