My Resident Wet Backs:

http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> My Resident Wet Backs:
>
> http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>
> http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>
> http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>
> http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg

They make good jerky...

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:42:50 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>My Resident Wet Backs:
>
>http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>
>http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>
>http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>
>http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg

I really envy you for your back yard. Thanks for sharing
Janet

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:18:38 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> My Resident Wet Backs:
>>
>> http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>>
>> http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>>
>> http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>>
>> http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg
>
>
>Not exactly a flock!
>
>They're a PITA when they migrate through here, holding up traffic, left
>and right, without a care (small brains). They used to settle down at my
>pool for a few days during the north migration and spend the whole time
>trying to dive through the loop-loc pool cover in hopes of fish. Too
>stupid! The reservoir is only a mile away! After 10 years they finally
>wised up.

Canada geese have a far higher IQ than you... Canada geese don't go
after fish... they're strict vegetarians. And Canada geese don't
migrate on the ground, what does your pea brain think those wings are
for. duh

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:52:13 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:42:50 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>>My Resident Wet Backs:
>>
>>http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>>
>>http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>>
>>http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>>
>>http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg
>
>I really envy you for your back yard. Thanks for sharing

You're welcome.

That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
be building their nest. Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:06:19 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
snip
>
>That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
>be building their nest. Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
>can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
>distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
>Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
>be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
>the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
>http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html

I've never heard of a Paperbark Maple. I would never have guessed it
was a maple from the foliage and bark.
Janet

On Apr 9, 9:42*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:18:38 -0500, Andy > wrote:
> >Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> >> My Resident Wet Backs:
>
> >>http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>
> >>http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>
> >>http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>
> >>http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg
>
> >Not exactly a flock!
>
> >They're a PITA when they migrate through here, holding up traffic, left
> >and right, without a care (small brains). They used to settle down at my
> >pool for a few days during the north migration and spend the whole time
> >trying to dive through the loop-loc pool cover in hopes of fish. Too
> >stupid! The reservoir is only a mile away! After 10 years they finally
> >wised up.
>
> Canada geese have a far higher IQ than you... Canada geese don't go
> after fish... they're strict vegetarians. *And Canada geese don't
> migrate on the ground, what does your pea brain think those wings are
> for. duh

"Canada Geese are primarily herbivores, although they sometimes eat
small insects and fish."
source-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Goose

--Bryan

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:43:01 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:06:19 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>snip
>>
>>That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
>>be building their nest. Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
>>can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
>>distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
>>Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
>>be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
>>the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
>>http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html
>
>I've never heard of a Paperbark Maple. I would never have guessed it
>was a maple from the foliage and bark.

There are many types of maples, not all look like the common sugar
maple and silver maple... Japanese maples don't look very mapley
either and there are hundreds of varieties of those. The Paperbark
maple is somewhat rare, and pricy.

On Apr 9, 5:09*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:43:01 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>
> > wrote:
> >On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:06:19 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >snip
>
> >>That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
> >>be building their nest. *Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
> >>can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
> >>distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
> >>Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
> >>be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
> >>the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
> >>http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html
>
> >I've never heard of a Paperbark Maple. *I would never have guessed it
> >was a maple from the foliage and bark. *
>
> There are many types of maples, not all look like the common sugar
> maple and silver maple... Japanese maples don't look very mapley
> either and there are hundreds of varieties of those. *The Paperbark
> maple is somewhat rare, and pricy.

Hooray - so far, no one has called them Canadian Geese.

On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:58:14 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:43:01 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:06:19 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> >snip
>> >>
>> >>That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
>> >>be building their nest. Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
>> >>can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
>> >>distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
>> >>Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
>> >>be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
>> >>the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
>> >>http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html
>> >
>> >I've never heard of a Paperbark Maple. I would never have guessed it
>> >was a maple from the foliage and bark.
>>
>> There are many types of maples, not all look like the common sugar
>> maple and silver maple... Japanese maples don't look very mapley
>> either and there are hundreds of varieties of those. The Paperbark
>> maple is somewhat rare, and pricy.
>
>Can you tap those for Syrup or do those have to be sugar maples?
>I don't know much about them.

Can tap any maple tree for syrup but these don't grow large enough to
make it worth while. Actually one can make syrup from many trees
other than maple.... it's really just the concentrating and heating
that produces what we call maple flavor. I don't care much for the A
grades, they're practically flavorless, I much prefer the darker B
grades.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:52:13 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:42:50 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>
>>> My Resident Wet Backs:
>>>
>>> http://i55.tinypic.com/28sy4c7.jpg
>>>
>>> http://i55.tinypic.com/ivvo05.jpg
>>>
>>> http://i51.tinypic.com/32zq1s5.jpg
>>>
>>> http://i55.tinypic.com/2rwxdsx.jpg
>> I really envy you for your back yard. Thanks for sharing
>
> You're welcome.
>
> That same pair has been arriving here for nine years now, they'll soon
> be building their nest. Sometimes there are over a hundred here. I
> can't really tell one from another until they walk, each has a
> distinctive gait, so I can recognize those two even from a distance.
> Yesterday I bought another new tree for celebrating Arbor Day, it'll
> be arriving for planting as soon as it can be dug from the field at
> the nursery, maybe two weeks... Paperbark Maple - Acer grisseum.
> http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html

I love 'em. I have a little pot where I have grown some of those
maples from babyhood. I'll plant them this spring. They grow
VERY slowly--that based on the one that my parents planted.

--
Jean B.