We’re currently being invaded by tens of thousands of snow geese.
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We’re currently being invaded by tens of thousands of snow geese.
I love watching bald eagles. There is a pair every year that nests at a small lake I fish. They're better fishermen than me.I miss the snow goose that hung around a couple years ago. I do not miss those horrid eagles that kept attacking it though. National bird or not, if I had a rifle, I would have shot them. Did y'all know it was illegal to shoot an eagle? I hope y'all would have visited me in jail
Yes. I am reminded of the first chapter of The Prince of Tides when young Tom kills a bald eagle and his father makes him clean it, eat it, and wear the feathers on his head at school. Talk about public shaming, ha.Did y'all know it was illegal to shoot an eagle?
I love watching bald eagles. There is a pair every year that nests at a small lake I fish. They're better fishermen than me.
Yes. I am reminded of the first chapter of The Prince of Tides when young Tom kills a bald eagle and his father makes him clean it, eat it, and wear the feathers on his head at school. Talk about public shaming, ha.
Maybe a great blue heron? I’ve seen several here that look like this:I cannot get close enough to this bird to take a good photo. Between the distance and the photo cropping, it looks like that grainy image of the Loch Ness monster lol. The two smudges on the pond are ducks, the bird I can't identify appears between the clumps of grass.
I looked at the bird through binoculars - it has a long straight orange beak, a white head with a black bandit mask, and a grey neck and body. It has to be some kind of heron. I looked at pictures of herons online and decided it must be a grey heron - then discovered grey herons don't live on the American continents lol.
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Maybe a great blue heron? I’ve seen several here that look like this:
There’s something so majestic about them, and when they fly, it’s breathtaking!That's it! Thanks Danie The blue heron that used to hang out on our pond was smaller and bluer so I didn't think they were the same but your picture looks just like the bird we have now
...nah, that can't be it...bird ain't grainy and out of focus enuff.....That's it! Thanks Danie The blue heron that used to hang out on our pond was smaller and bluer so I didn't think they were the same but your picture looks just like the bird we have now
I cannot get close enough to this bird to take a good photo. Between the distance and the photo cropping, it looks like that grainy image of the Loch Ness monster lol. The two smudges on the pond are ducks, the bird I can't identify appears between the clumps of grass.
I looked at the bird through binoculars - it has a long straight orange beak, a white head with a black bandit mask, and a grey neck and body. It has to be some kind of heron. I looked at pictures of herons online and decided it must be a grey heron - then discovered grey herons don't live on the American continents lol.
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Ooops - sorry - I should have read ahead!That's it! Thanks Danie The blue heron that used to hang out on our pond was smaller and bluer so I didn't think they were the same but your picture looks just like the bird we have now
Ooops - sorry - I should have read ahead!
(and besides - I see you are in Texas, not Wyoming - I'm mixing you up with someone else)
Once one became stuck in the shops at work. Huge! I got him out.
It looked like a small aircraft taking off.