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FRJ wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:49 pm
jmh58 wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:34 pm Ray.. Try this.. www.aswp.org/pages/hays-nest
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This is so cool. Thanks, John.
The adults just switched nesting a few minutes ago.
How do you go back to earlier time to see the new chick?
This video is really nice.
Scroll down to the bottom.. See the red line?? Click on the right side of the red line and drag it to the left and watch the time.. Hope this make sense??
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Nice shot, Joe. ::tu::
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Steve Warden wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:30 pm Nice shot, Joe. ::tu::
::tu:: ::nod:: ::tu::
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Good photo, Joe. That looks like a very happy sparrow! I guess he is pleased that spring is here.
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Missed getting a pic of a Downy woodpecker, but I did catch a Chickadee.
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....just took the dog out in the back yard for a few minutes and a buzzard landed in one of our oak trees-I have never seen a buzzard that big-it must have been close to 6 foot wingspan!!.......... :shock:...................
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Checked in on the eagle family about 6:08.
Momma was just getting off the nest - still only one chick.
Looks like she had a fish off to the side and was feeding the little one.
Too cool!
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Steve Warden wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:12 pm Checked in on the eagle family about 6:08.
Momma was just getting off the nest - still only one chick.
Looks like she had a fish off to the side and was feeding the little one.
Too cool!
::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu:: I was watching too.. Hungary little one!!! ::woot::
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FRJ wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:51 pm Here is a little pal of mine from a couple of days ago.
Cute bird Joe! Nice picture! ::tu:: :D
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jmh58 wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:07 pm Scroll down to the bottom.. See the red line?? John :D
Got it John, thank you.

While I was looking they went to wide angle and panned from left to right.
Nice to see the surrounding area and the river and the road just below.
The smelly vehicles just might provide some road kill.
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Thanks to everyone for the nice comments.
Dinadan wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:21 pm Good photo, Joe. That looks like a very happy sparrow! I guess he is pleased that spring is here.
Thank you, Mel.
It's a little chilly here to start thinking Spring.
It's going down to below freezing most nights, although I see a bit of a warm up in the future.
It's been a very mild winter for us.
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Welll.. Its looking like Eaglet No. 2 will appear some time today.. ::ds:: ::nod:: ::ds:: Then Mom/Dad will get busy with the raising/feeding.. ::super_happy::
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While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

Ok, so I was actually changing out of my Sunday-Go-To-Meeting clothes. And it wasn't at my chamber door, but outside my upstairs office window.
Still, there was a tap, tap, rapping.

A peek through the blinds showed me the "some one" responsible -- a Yellow-Shafter Flicker.
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Shift change on the nest took place about 5:15 this afternoon.
Good shot of inside of the nest still showed only one chick hatched.
Hope the other one isn't a dud!
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Nice capture Steve. ::tu::

I saw a common flicker out in my yard a few days ago but he didn't hang around long enough for a photo shoot.
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Thought I saw a Meadowlark today.
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WOOOO HOOOO.. ::ds:: ::ds:: Second hatch!! ::ds:: ::ds:: She got 2 to care for now!! Wish them all to grow and be healthy!! Got rain off/on all week!!
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LUNCH AT STEVE'S PLACE!!
HE'S BUYIN'!!!
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But you gotta have feathers and show me you can get airborne for longer than 10 seconds from a standstill on level ground. ::sotb::
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Steve Warden wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:46 pm LUNCH AT STEVE'S PLACE!!
HE'S BUYIN'!!!
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But you gotta have feathers and show me you can get airborne for longer than 10 seconds from a standstill on level ground. ::sotb::

Keep a close eye on them Steve! :shock: They might be hoarding. ::shrug:: :mrgreen:
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TPK wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:53 pm
Steve Warden wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:46 pm LUNCH AT STEVE'S PLACE!!
HE'S BUYIN'!!!
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But you gotta have feathers and show me you can get airborne for longer than 10 seconds from a standstill on level ground. ::sotb::

Keep a close eye on them Steve! :shock: They might be hoarding. ::shrug:: :mrgreen:
Wouldn't surprise me. I filled that feeder about 4 1/2 hours ago and it's already 1/3 gone!
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How many of you continue feeding during the summer? I have been doing so in past years primarily because I like to see the youngsters show up with their parents.
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I feed year round because I like watching all the activity.
Cheap fun and entertainment.
(well, there is the cost of the seed :wink: )
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Not too often I see them feeding together.
For those who may not know, cardinals mate for life.
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Steve Warden wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:35 pm
jmh58 wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:07 pm
jmh58 wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:34 pm Ray.. Try this.. www.aswp.org/pages/hays-nest
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Link.. ::tu::
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Thanks for the bump John. I finally got a look at the chicks, briefly but a look.
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