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  #321  
Old February 22nd 11, 05:40 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Feb 20, 11:01*pm, wrote:


Oh, and thanks for the pix.
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  #322  
Old February 22nd 11, 05:53 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_2_]
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On Feb 21, 11:40*pm, Brian Huntley wrote:

[Bald eagles are] fairly thick on the ground in Nova Scotia for some reason. I
suspect the local chicken industry, but they also love the salmon and
trout. I was dive-bombed by one once while riding in Cape Breton.

Still, magnificent birds.


We've got a lot of them on a reservoir about 20 miles north of here,
in NE Ohio. And I know of another nest less than 5 miles away from a
very busy suburban shopping area right nearby.

On bike rides, we've watched their aerial acrobatics - diving at each
other, doing barrel rolls, etc. Someone said it was courting
behavior. Whatever it was, it's spectacular.

- Frank Krygowski
  #323  
Old March 30th 11, 09:28 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600, wrote:

[snip]

The second slithering obstruction of spring stayed still long enough
for a photo:
http://i55.tinypic.com/30mmxbk.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
  #324  
Old March 31st 11, 03:04 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600,
wrote:

[snip]

The second slithering obstruction of spring stayed still long enough
for a photo:
http://i55.tinypic.com/30mmxbk.jpg


You see some amazing things on your rides.

I see winos in multiple bulky coats huddled in the bus
shelters just before dawn, but nothing so exotic.

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Andrew Muzi
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  #325  
Old June 20th 11, 05:00 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600, wrote:

[snip]

This pronghorned obstruction ignored me . . .
http://i53.tinypic.com/50mujl.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/25iarnt.jpg

Because it was staring at this mini-wolf obstruction, a few hundred
yards away:
http://i55.tinypic.com/s4un8k.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/25kh1ec.jpg

A pretty little obstruction:
http://i56.tinypic.com/33dumoz.jpg

A baby red-tailed obstruction up in a cottonwood:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2iqzjlw.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/vmu3w3.jpg

Several views of a small snapping obstruction, with a red twelve-gauge
obstruction floating nearby:
http://i51.tinypic.com/2yoc21y.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/kbdf9e.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2gvknf4.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/33epso6.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/fxuhjb.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/riul3a.jpg

Showing ground clearance, huge head, and dinosaur tail:
http://i52.tinypic.com/fbdhja.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/34oyq1j.jpg

When an obstruction flies up out of a tuft of prairie grass, it's
worth a look:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2uerwnp.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2m6aoie.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
  #326  
Old June 20th 11, 05:51 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Dan O
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On Jun 19, 9:00 pm, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600, wrote:

[snip]

This pronghorned obstruction ignored me . . .
http://i53.tinypic.com/50mujl.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/25iarnt.jpg

Because it was staring at this mini-wolf obstruction, a few hundred
yards away:
http://i55.tinypic.com/s4un8k.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/25kh1ec.jpg

A pretty little obstruction:
http://i56.tinypic.com/33dumoz.jpg

A baby red-tailed obstruction up in a cottonwood:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2iqzjlw.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/vmu3w3.jpg

Several views of a small snapping obstruction, with a red twelve-gauge
obstruction floating nearby:
http://i51.tinypic.com/2yoc21y.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/kbdf9e.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2gvknf4.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/33epso6.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/fxuhjb.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/riul3a.jpg

Showing ground clearance, huge head, and dinosaur tail:
http://i52.tinypic.com/fbdhja.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/34oyq1j.jpg

When an obstruction flies up out of a tuft of prairie grass, it's
worth a look:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2uerwnp.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2m6aoie.jpg


I like this thread a lot. (Have to start carrying a camera.)
Speaking (literally) of obstuctions, I came up on a red tail hawk the
other day - perched in the middle of the road; just stood there with
its back to me as I veered way around.

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Old October 18th 11, 12:52 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
John Dacey
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600, wrote:

[snip]

Showing ground clearance, huge head, and dinosaur tail:
http://i52.tinypic.com/fbdhja.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/34oyq1j.jpg


As one salutes the first robin of spring, or the vanguard of swallows
revisiting Capistrano, so do I welcome the return of the first
crocodile back to the coastal wetland (read: swamp) I go to take
creature pix. I'm still not sure where these things go to miss the
heat, humidity and storm season in south Florida during the summer
months, but clearing off for that time is a better coping strategy
than the one I've got.

It was a pretty ugly day to be out (probably got more rain Sunday
morning than has fallen on Pueblo CO within the span of Perfesser
Fogel's prodigious memory). This was taken during a short lull between
cloudbursts:

http://businesscycles.com/graphics/nikpix/PIX_2024.jpg

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John Dacey
Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
http://businesscycles.com
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  #328  
Old October 18th 11, 01:11 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
James[_8_]
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On 18/10/2011 10:52 AM, John Dacey wrote:

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:48:12 -0600, wrote:

[snip]

Showing ground clearance, huge head, and dinosaur tail:
http://i52.tinypic.com/fbdhja.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/34oyq1j.jpg


As one salutes the first robin of spring, or the vanguard of swallows
revisiting Capistrano, so do I welcome the return of the first
crocodile back to the coastal wetland (read: swamp) I go to take
creature pix. I'm still not sure where these things go to miss the
heat, humidity and storm season in south Florida during the summer
months, but clearing off for that time is a better coping strategy
than the one I've got.

It was a pretty ugly day to be out (probably got more rain Sunday
morning than has fallen on Pueblo CO within the span of Perfesser
Fogel's prodigious memory). This was taken during a short lull between
cloudbursts:

http://businesscycles.com/graphics/nikpix/PIX_2024.jpg


I stayed at a golf resort for a conference near Tampa, Florida once.
There were swamps and wildlife. I asked where to find a lizard, and was
told to stroll down the first fairway to the bottom of the hill, find
the pond at the bottom and there may be one sunning itself nearby.

I took photos and retrieved balls (golf) from nearby that others were
too scared to. I got quite close. Kneeling to get a better front on
photograph.

They seem like such mild mannered pussy cats compared to the crocs here
and in Africa.

--
JS
 




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