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Title: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: asdf2231 on October 04, 2009, 11:35:10 AM
My wife just called me.  She is driving up to Green Bay and saw something in the fields that made her u-turn on the highway to get a better look.

She got a TON of pictures of 4, FOUR freaking Whooping Cranes feeding together.

That represents about FIVE PERCENT of the surviving Eastern Migratory Population!!!

She has been birding casually all her life and has NEVER seen one in the wild before!!!!!
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Post by: Lord Undies on October 04, 2009, 11:41:22 AM
U-turn?  She could just crane her neck?
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: asdf2231 on October 04, 2009, 11:46:21 AM
U-turn?  She could just crane her neck?

Booo.

:-)
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Post by: Alpha Mare on October 04, 2009, 12:00:56 PM
First time I saw one was in an thick early morning fog.  Scared the crap outa me.
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Post by: JohnnyReb on October 04, 2009, 12:03:37 PM
Whoopie!
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Post by: Chris_ on October 04, 2009, 12:09:20 PM
U-turn?  She could just crane her neck?
Oh, here we go with the fowl jokes.   :-)
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Post by: Crazy Horse on October 04, 2009, 12:20:33 PM
Well ya gonna grill it, fry it or bake it???
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Post by: thundley4 on October 04, 2009, 12:20:52 PM
Oh, here we go with the fowl jokes.   :-)

The punsters always flock together. Don't let it get you DOWN.
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: Chris_ on October 04, 2009, 12:47:10 PM
The punsters always flock together. Don't let it get you DOWN.
Yep, these puns always go over easy.
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Post by: DixieBelle on October 04, 2009, 12:52:05 PM
WHOOP-ty Bird-doodoo. :-)

*seriously, that's kinda cool!!
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Post by: SilverOrchid on October 04, 2009, 02:18:57 PM
That is cool! Post pics soon!
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Post by: thundley4 on October 04, 2009, 02:20:30 PM
That is cool! Post pics soon!

I hope he doesn't keep us wading too long.
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Post by: NHSparky on October 04, 2009, 02:23:22 PM
Hey, I like whooping cranes.  I just can't eat a whole one, though.
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Post by: debk on October 04, 2009, 08:22:13 PM
Taste like chicken?




....seriously, that's really cool for B to have seen them.
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Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on October 04, 2009, 08:29:10 PM
I hope he doesn't keep us wading too long.

*groan*  :rotf:
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: Chris_ on October 04, 2009, 08:31:37 PM
I hope he doesn't keep us wading too long.
That's something you may have to ponder for a while.
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: asdf2231 on October 04, 2009, 09:50:55 PM
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6925_1135410670082_1371784175_30409225_7614950_n.jpg)

Whoopers!!
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Post by: Ralph Wiggum on October 04, 2009, 09:55:24 PM
Where was her gun?  I was expecting some bloody footage.
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Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on October 04, 2009, 10:05:27 PM
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6925_1135410670082_1371784175_30409225_7614950_n.jpg)

Whoopers!!

Whoppers.   :naughty:

(http://topnews.in/files/Chantelle_Houghton_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 05, 2009, 05:38:17 AM
Couple of things . . .

I had a great blue heron walk between my car and my bedroom window in the apartment building I live in, last week.  We have one or two in the area that fish at the local ponds at the various apartment complexes.  I've actually seen two within 40-50 feet of each other.  (Don't know how they taste--probably like spotted owl, though.  :tongue: )

Nice photo of the cranes, asdf.  Your wife has got to be proud.

CM, nice whoppers, too . . .  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: Randy on October 05, 2009, 06:29:15 AM
Taste like chicken?


Nope, like Manatee. :uhsure:


 :-)
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Post by: JohnnyReb on October 05, 2009, 08:09:20 AM
Whoppers.   :naughty:

(http://topnews.in/files/Chantelle_Houghton_1.jpg)

Now that's what I call a support group.
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: NHSparky on October 05, 2009, 08:13:18 AM
Nope, like Manatee. :uhsure:


 :-)


I thought it was more like Spotted Owl myself.
Title: Re: Holy Mother Mary!!!!!!
Post by: vesta111 on October 05, 2009, 10:06:18 AM
Couple of things . . .

I had a great blue heron walk between my car and my bedroom window in the apartment building I live in, last week.  We have one or two in the area that fish at the local ponds at the various apartment complexes.  I've actually seen two within 40-50 feet of each other.  (Don't know how they taste--probably like spotted owl, though.  :tongue: )

Nice photo of the cranes, asdf.  Your wife has got to be proud.

CM, nice whoppers, too . . .  :cheersmate:

Went to visit my Mom and noticed there were 3 kids on the end of her dock.  OH_OH- who were these kids and why were they dressed in clothing that looked from behind like medieval monks.

Like something out of a vampire movie they spread their arms and flew off.   Gave us all a start let me tell you.

Big suckers that I had never noticed before anywhere.

Kayaking in a small inlet I saw something watching me from the bank. I put my paddle aside and just floated inshore when this gigantic bird spread its wings and soared not 3 feet over my head-----The water was shallow and there was no way I could over turn, so I watched in awe as it zoomed over me.

Up here we have what us locals call the S*it Pokes.  I call them flasher birds as they stand on rocks with wings out drying in the sun.   Kind of look like old men in a rain coat flashing old women.

  These guys are not much larger then a big sea gull but are every where on the water front.---------Too greasy for even the starving to eat.

The Canary's that have infested Conn. have moved north lately. they survive the cold and cause havoc with their nests on power lines.   I noticed these odd birds in my yard this summer, very beautiful but strange to this area.