>His attention may be focused in the wrong direction -- a possible example >of why ducks rarely succeed in the military.
No ducks, but here's a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were blocking the road as I left my house a couple of days ago. Shot from the car window and not much in the way of good pictures, but I was in a hurry. They're about 4' tall.
>>His attention may be focused in the wrong direction -- a possible example >>of why ducks rarely succeed in the military.
As contrasted to bird colonels, anyway.
> No ducks, but here's a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were blocking the > road as I left my house a couple of days ago. Shot from the car > window and not much in the way of good pictures, but I was in a hurry. > They're about 4' tall.
What purpose-built bodies those are. It's hard for a wading bird to not look like a wading bird.
Is that the edge of a city park? Golf course?
I remember when I was a boy in the Midwest my father pointing out a crane flying high overhead and saying that it was carrying its fishing poles -- referring to its long legs, trailing parallel, behind it.
I got this a couple weeks ago. I love the graceful loop the head and beak complete. It also reminds me of one of those magnetic "cause" ribbons I see on cars and such.
>>>His attention may be focused in the wrong direction -- a possible example >>>of why ducks rarely succeed in the military.
>As contrasted to bird colonels, anyway.
>> No ducks, but here's a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were blocking the >> road as I left my house a couple of days ago. Shot from the car >> window and not much in the way of good pictures, but I was in a hurry. >> They're about 4' tall.
>What purpose-built bodies those are. It's hard for a wading bird to not >look like a wading bird.
>Is that the edge of a city park? Golf course?
The golf course I live on. Sandhills return to the same area every year. They also mate for life. They come to the golf course during the day because the short grass of the fairways make it easier for them to find insects and other delicacies. They return to marshy areas after the day's feeding, and their nests are in marshy areas.
They are terrible neighbors. Their cry is loud and raucous and reverberates through the neighborhood in the early morning.
Placid birds, though, that seem unbothered by the golfers. They move out of the way of approaching golf carts, but slowly as if they were going anyway.
>I remember when I was a boy in the Midwest my father pointing out a crane >flying high overhead and saying that it was carrying its fishing poles -- >referring to its long legs, trailing parallel, behind it.
>I got this a couple weeks ago. I love the graceful loop the head and beak >complete. It also reminds me of one of those magnetic "cause" ribbons I >see on cars and such.
Sometime back I was in Kenya on vacation, and went to Lake Baringo where there are thousands of flamingos. Never got a close-up of one. I also saw them in Bonaire on a dive trip (I was diving, not the flamingos) where they fly to Bonaire to Venezuela and back every day.
>>>>His attention may be focused in the wrong direction -- a possible example >>>>of why ducks rarely succeed in the military.
>>As contrasted to bird colonels, anyway.
>>> No ducks, but here's a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were blocking the >>> road as I left my house a couple of days ago. Shot from the car >>> window and not much in the way of good pictures, but I was in a hurry. >>> They're about 4' tall.
>>What purpose-built bodies those are. It's hard for a wading bird to not >>look like a wading bird.
>>Is that the edge of a city park? Golf course?
> The golf course I live on. Sandhills return to the same area every > year. They also mate for life. They come to the golf course during > the day because the short grass of the fairways make it easier for > them to find insects and other delicacies. They return to marshy > areas after the day's feeding, and their nests are in marshy areas.
> They are terrible neighbors. Their cry is loud and raucous and > reverberates through the neighborhood in the early morning.
> Placid birds, though, that seem unbothered by the golfers. They move > out of the way of approaching golf carts, but slowly as if they were > going anyway.
While I suppose it's possible, they just don't look like a bird that's used to hustling anywhere.
>>I remember when I was a boy in the Midwest my father pointing out a crane >>flying high overhead and saying that it was carrying its fishing poles -- >>referring to its long legs, trailing parallel, behind it.
>>I got this a couple weeks ago. I love the graceful loop the head and beak >>complete. It also reminds me of one of those magnetic "cause" ribbons I >>see on cars and such.
> Sometime back I was in Kenya on vacation, and went to Lake Baringo > where there are thousands of flamingos. Never got a close-up of one. > I also saw them in Bonaire on a dive trip (I was diving, not the > flamingos) where they fly to Bonaire to Venezuela and back every day.
Heh! Looks like home. Oh, no...not that. I mean because I have Tux images here and there and a stuffed penguin. :)
But back to ducks for a moment. I was out in the desert yesterday, and got this shot in the water held by a little dam a rancher built back in the early part of the 1900s. It's not the usual duck shot. :)
