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  1. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Nice looking bird.
  2. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    I was told that with a gunshot, you can likely forget your chances of taking another animal in the vicinity. A professional hunter's concern when taking game for a living. With only a knife, no such problem. The ruckus from the dogs, would that be a factor? They did lose dogs, vicious dogs...
  3. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Knife hunting of Bear and Boar was once a tradition here. Hunters used dogs to keep the animal occupied, and tried to stay out of sight until there came the opportunity. I don't think an abundantly practiced tradition. I know a chap who was once amongst the practitioners.
  4. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Out behind my shop I put out bits of lunch that might be left over, or sometimes stuff from home. It seems like almost any time of day it will be taken by some Crows that live across the way in some woods, usually within ten minutes. I put it on a piece of metal roofing that covers some wood...
  5. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    One thing I have noticed when handling Crows, their bodies are literally hot to touch when you pick them up. I guess a metabolic rate thing, but to keep a large body like a Crows so hot all the time, they need lots of nutrition. Garbage or other bird's babies, it's almost non stop. Keeping...
  6. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    :( Sadly, Crows are misunderstood. We could move this over to the religion thread and blame God for the way they are.
  7. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    One of these woodpeckers likes to work on the Chestnut next to the shop. Perhaps a similar species to what you have, Stig? This one is indigenous to our region, however.
  8. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Extraordinary!
  9. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    That's a great shot!
  10. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Rog, I particularly like your in flight photos. The clarity of detail but still there is a sense of distance, is real cool.
  11. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Beautiful!
  12. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Those nests sure have some great views. Nice place to grow up.
  13. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Fire away!
  14. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    In case you have never heard a Cuckoo, and not the clock on the wall. They are starting to show up this year already. One can be up in a tree for hours giving their call non-stop. It can get to you. The females lay their egg in another species nest, and after it hatches it will kick out any...
  15. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    Do you guys in the states ever see Cuckoo birds, or hear them? I read where they are vagrant birds, sometimes appearing well outside their normal range, including in the states.
  16. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    It's a photo I pulled off the web, Roger. The device is a Canon EOS 30D. Sorry, I don't know about the lens. Great photos you're taking!
  17. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    We have these Black Kites all over. Birds of prey that are cool to watch soaring on the thermals. Pretty impressive to see on the electric lines with their wings spread wide to dry after a rain.
  18. woodworkingboy

    Bird Watching!

    I see these White Herons or Great Egrets regularly, often standing in the rivers. There used to be a large nesting area not far from my shop. Amazing that people would be living close, it was very noisy and stunk bad.
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