"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "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
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>> 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
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> Robins are one of the wild north american birds whose sex is hard to
> determine. Usually there are defining features. Not so with robins.

There are marked differences between male and female North American robins,
especially only the male sports the bright redish orange breast. The female
colors are duller, especially the breast which is mostly tan and white,
dotted sparsely with pale redish speckles.

Scroll to bottom: http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F12_G3a.html

If there's one thing I know it's breasts! LOL


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