gennimom
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« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2012, 03:26:25 PM » |
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We do! We love it here. I'd prefer a different house if we buy, but the neighborhood is great. Love the neighbors!
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gennimom
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« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2012, 12:49:37 AM » |
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Well, since I'm double posting after nearly a month, let me preface it by saying I've decided I'm NOT enamored of all the neighbors. This kind of thing happens entirely too often and I've seen 30 or 40 of these guys fly out of a tree at one time. I took the picture standing on my driveway. As you can see by the red circles, there are 5 just in this one picture. However, to leaven the scariness, I took a picture of this little guy a few days later. |
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theritas
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« Reply #32 on: March 08, 2012, 09:01:49 AM » |
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For something more soothing: Penguin Cam. |
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« Reply #33 on: March 08, 2012, 08:57:43 PM » |
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Well, since I'm double posting after nearly a month, let me preface it by saying I've decided I'm NOT enamored of all the neighbors. This kind of thing happens entirely too often and I've seen 30 or 40 of these guys fly out of a tree at one time. I took the picture standing on my driveway. As you can see by the red circles, there are 5 just in this one picture. However, to leaven the scariness, I took a picture of this little guy a few days later. Oh, wonderful, pictures! Thanks, GM! WHOA! How cool (heh heh)! Just when I signed on, a couple walked right by the camera, then a moment or two later one stopped and looked deep into my eyes. Wonderful cam! Thanks, Theritas. For something more soothing: Penguin Cam. |
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« Reply #34 on: March 29, 2012, 06:57:21 PM » |
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My SO and I were out in a suburban patch of woods, and came across a little vole poking around the grass. I was surprised it wasn't apparently afraid of us, but excited to get such a close look. But then the little guy began spinning around. First he spun in a clearing in the grass, then in a mud puddle. After a while, we carefully put a stick in the middle of his spin, and he kept going like it wasn't there.
A bit of poking around online led to "spinning disease," but most of the references were from the 50's and 60's. Any contemporary insight about this weird behavior?
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« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2012, 04:27:15 PM » |
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I was thinking about the non-avian wildlife I saw this morning and I remembered this thread. In addition to the birds:
*Two deer standing in the middle of the trail as I turned a corner. They stared at me, then took off.
*One gopher tortoise in a furrow by the edge of the trail. At first I thought it was an armadillo, but then got a closer look.
* An interesting-looking lizard with thin yellow stripes on its back. I believe it was a Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus)
* >1 squirrel.
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gennimom
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« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2012, 10:21:43 PM » |
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Okay, I was going to post new pictures, but I'm trying to figure out how to reduce them to something a little smaller than 4 mb. Just a little large. We have some new neighbors up the street! I'll try to do it tomorrow.
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« Reply #37 on: May 27, 2012, 10:32:41 PM » |
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I'll look forward to seeing those, Gennimom! Can you open them in Preview, then export them as smaller files?
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gennimom
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« Reply #38 on: Yesterday at 11:47:56 PM » |
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Grrr. I know I've saved photos in smaller sizes. Why can't I figure it out now? I've been opening them in Preview. I've also opened them in a program that came with the camera.
Hmm. I've got an instruction book for the camera and software here somewhere.
Maybe that will have an answer...
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« Reply #39 on: Today at 03:53:05 AM » |
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Tubing down the river, we ended up stalking a heron yesterday. Once we would get close, it would fly a bit further downstream. I love to watch them just standing around, but when they actually fly nearby, I'm truly delighted.
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« Reply #40 on: Today at 11:09:56 AM » |
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On our last field trip of the term, my students got to watch a Great Blue Heron getting chased off by a mother mallard who decided he was getting too close to her ducklings. They were all pretty impressed! (The students, I mean, although maybe the ducklings were too.)
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