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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: A bird in the hand Faldage #182291 02/02/09 02:09 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: etaoin Originally Posted By: The Pook Great shots of that owl in the snowy misty weather Faldage! Love it. ahem! All us swans look alike. PS I agree with The Pook's assessment of the photo if not his attribution. All the bird pics posted here are fantastic. oops sorry eta, yeah all you Yanks look alike to us Antipodeans... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A bird in the hand Buffalo Shrdlu #182313 02/02/09 03:33 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Originally Posted By: etaoin I just put up a bunch more owl pics on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/etaoing/ Was this near your house? Do you live in the Big Woods? It's so hard to take photos when it's snowing! You did a marvelous job. It looks just like Bran's, too. I'll have to dig out the one I took of a Pileated Woodpecker in our backyard when I get home. A truly stunning bird. :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A bird in the hand twosleepy #182316 02/02/09 04:06 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: twosleepy Originally Posted By: etaoin I just put up a bunch more owl pics on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/etaoing/ Was this near your house? Do you live in the Big Woods? It's so hard to take photos when it's snowing! You did a marvelous job. It looks just like Bran's, too. I'll have to dig out the one I took of a Pileated Woodpecker in our backyard when I get home. A truly stunning bird. :0) yup, right out my front window! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Here s/he is! Buffalo Shrdlu #182334 02/03/09 12:49 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY These are not very good photos, but if anyone else has one s/he has taken personally, I'd love to see it! These guys are tough to find, and I was trying not to scare it off... They are good sized, about as large as a crow. I don't see even one a year, so they are fairly rare. I was happy to get these shots, poor as they are! :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! twosleepy #182335 02/03/09 01:32 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont nice! I've seen those a few times, but you're right, they like to stay out of sight. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! twosleepy #182337 02/03/09 01:42 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: twosleepy These are not very good photos, but if anyone else has one s/he has taken personally, I'd love to see it! These guys are tough to find, and I was trying not to scare it off... They are good sized, about as large as a crow. I don't see even one a year, so they are fairly rare. I was happy to get these shots, poor as they are! :0) BEAUTIFUL: what are they? A form of woodpecker?? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! LukeJavan8 #182339 02/03/09 01:47 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Pileated Woodpecker formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! Buffalo Shrdlu #182341 02/03/09 03:08 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: etaoin Pileated Woodpecker BEEAUTTIIIIFUUULL! Thanks a bunch. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! LukeJavan8 #182349 02/03/09 05:16 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Twosleepy sees with four eyes. It took me a while to see the two are one and the same. Last year I had this one mistaking my wall for a tree. Never made it in time to my camera. Nice pix! Hey, strange , it only prints the left one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here s/he is! BranShea #182351 02/03/09 05:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Hey, strange , it only prints the left one not if you treat the 'right' one as a separate image; i.e., right click on it and select "view image", then you can treat of that one. (browser differences may apply) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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