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The Bird Man
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Had one O' those fly low over me a couple of hours ago. I wuz takin' pitchers of squirrels at the time.
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EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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dhuber, Long time no see.
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My dad was in the Army and sometimes we lived on base. At Fort Benning the hanger was close to the pool we went too and sometimes when they took off grass would fly into the pool. We hated those "birds".
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I used to ride on the back of one o' those birds when I was in the Army at Ft. Hood, TX. They were really nice!
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes..
EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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We call them Whirrley Birds. They have to go over our house to the local airport, about 8 mile away. I live between 2 airports. We birdwatch in 2 ways. ha ha ha
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The Jedi
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Do you live close to an Army base?
No, I'm assuming these flew up from Oceana Naval Airbase at Virginia Beach. That's a 5 1/2 or 6 hour drive from here.
We get military flights through here rather frequently. Usually fighter planes though. Floyd County, where I live, is at a high elevation and it's sparsely populated. It also sits right on the upper edge of the Blue Ridge plateau. All this makes it attractive for training flights.
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Horray bestofour,
You did well. Did you have to zoom at all on that one?
Good job, need more.
b
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I've been so busy lately, I haven't taken the time for any bird pictures, but here's one of a female Downy Woodpecker from just now.
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when I got up this morning my yard was full of black birds
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once.
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Hey that is the greatest photo.. Your a good shot also. I like that bird.
PS Better busy than bored.
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Get some other color ..Not my favorite
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not my favortie either too noisey
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once.
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Horray bestofour,
You did well. Did you have to zoom at all on that one?
Good job, need more.
b
I had the full zoom. It was way up in a tree.
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That is wonderful.. You learn fast.
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A happy housebuilding hubby.
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Good pictures Sheri! I love your captions too!!
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Is that real? Looks like a phony to me .
YOur outstanding already..
Good work. No go get something huge.
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I missed getting all of her tail feathers, but this was the only shot I got.
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Is that real? Looks like a phony to me .
YOur outstanding already..
Good work. No go get something huge.
Yes, a real dove. They have a nest in one of my camellia bushes.
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Beautiful.
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