"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote
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>> Canada geese aren't seen much down here. There are lots of snowy egrets,
>> herons, ibises and the occasional stork. Sometimes even a pelican
>> Red-tailed hawks are abundant and they're huge birds... one landed out
>> back and just sat there. I said, Mom, look! There's a hawk! It was
>> just sitting there. Resting, I guess, after a hard day of trying to find
>> mice and squirrels to eat.
>
> Too bad you didn't take pictures.
>
There's plenty of time to take pictures. When the weather gets warmer there
will be snowy egrets, ibises and herons all over the place All manner of
water fowl.

> Here's a red tailed hawk perched on a garden post... waiting for moles to
> pop up... was a long way off (500 yards):
> http://i39.tinypic.com/312zt5y.jpg
>
> Couldn't resist this DD robin (let's not think it's a male), had it blown
> up to a 8" X 10" and framed, makes a great pin up on my wall:
> http://i43.tinypic.com/x44x7m.jpg
>
Robins are one of the wild north american birds whose sex is hard to
determine. Usually there are defining features. Not so with robins.

> A stork on my barn, probably making a delivery:
> http://i39.tinypic.com/dynl9s.jpg
>
> Some days there are gaggles:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/zmjlo0.jpg
>
Gotta laugh at gaggles of geese

Jill