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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: FLS on January 26, 2020, 09:20:04 AM
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I was enjoying some sun and coffee on the porch this morning when this Hawk checked me out.
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b62e/hqxdtwj9iuepvbw6g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/hqxdtwj9iuepvbw)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ab9b/vgyp0sz9i1879s76g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/vgyp0sz9i1879s7)
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(https://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/Oldman731/Birds.jpg) (https://s1234.photobucket.com/user/Oldman731/media/Birds.jpg.html)
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(https://i.imgur.com/n5dyAgk.jpg)
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What a beautiful bird. Excellent pictures. Thanks for posting.
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Amazing to watch them soar.....
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As a teenager I spent many days in the woods of my area hunting squirrel, quail, deer, and turkey. Back in the days before turkey hunting became "big" business.
On one particularly fine morning, my father and I were set up on the edge of a river bottom. We had eased into this area early in the morning on a scouting trip. the idea was to call a time or two and see if we heard turkeys respond. Daybreak came along and a gorgeous day was beginning when I heard a "woosh" and my father went to waving his arms. ya see, we were in full camo, sitting with our backs to a holly bush and trying to be very still. Apparently we were doing a good job at it as a redtail hawk mistook the crown of my fathers head for a perch.
I dont know who was spooked the most, me seeing this massive bird sitting on the old mans head, the old man wondering what was attacking him, or the hawk whos' perch decidied to rock and roll.
the hawk finally let go on the old man and flew maybe 20 yards to a large oak tree where it sat for the next few mins, and I swear, laughing at us. It chirped/laughed and then flew off looking for its next meal.
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Love the title of this thread. Many yrs ago I was on a fire watch tower on a hog back ridge. About 50 yards from me was some kind of radio relay tower, no longer in use. On the tower was about a dozen Turkey buzzards. And about that many more circling the tower looking for an opening to roost. Watching those butt- ugly birds soaring so gracefully on the updrafts was a sight to behold.
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There are Turkey buzzards here too and they are ugly but graceful flyers.
I've seen a Redtail Hawk skim the ground 10 ft in front of me at full speed hunting squirrels.
My favorite raptor is the little Kestrel. All the attitude in the size of a Blue Jay.