interesting event observed during a float trip

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 8/9/04 7:17 PM, in article ,
"Wolfgang"
wrote:

hey bill, i just came a cross a reference to frances and frederick
in a 2000
book about extinct birds.......have fun!

Grrrrr.

I'm busy, man, BUSY!

Idle hands are the tools of the devil.

What's the latest on the end of the month?

The last I heard from Jay, he was amenable to the weekend of the 27th.
I haven't talked to him in about a week. I'll call him tonight to try
to firm things up.

To stay on topic, I've got four books in the ornithology portion of
my
collection (as opposed to the collection here at work, which is
likely not
Premier) that deal solely with raptors, and can bring 'em along if
you'd
like. :-)

Send me an email with the titles.

Still have clear memories of watching a bald eagle take trout
from the Sparrow Rapids of the Ontonogan.... That's one fine bird,
and one
fine piece of trout water.

I see eagles up there fairly frequently, but have never seen one
fishing. However, I did get to watch ospreys on the Plover river near
Stevens Point some years ago.....always a thrilling sight.

I've fished at Sparrow Rapids a couple of times. Never caught
anything. Jay tells me there is better water nearby. We'll see.

Wolfgang

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message m...

outdoor educational venues on the planet I met more professional
ornithologists and their serious birder students than you have

Reminds me of a Saturday morning when I was out pulling weeds in
my front yard when a couple stopped their SUV across the road and
started looking up in the sky with their binoculars. I mosied
across and asked them what they're looking at, and one said "I
think its a buteo." I was sooo tempted to say "and here I thought
it was just a hawk" :-) But I held my tongue and just said "Wow",
and went back to my weeding.

I'm not going to look anything up, but I've always heard that
goldens were bigger, and my own experiences seem to bear that
out (although I could be fooling myself). I've seen quite a few
of both up close. One of the neatest nature show videos I've ever
seen was of a golden diving and taking a young antelope.

Jon.

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message m...

outdoor educational venues on the planet I met more professional
ornithologists and their serious birder students than you have

Reminds me of a Saturday morning when I was out pulling weeds in
my front yard when a couple stopped their SUV across the road and
started looking up in the sky with their binoculars. I mosied
across and asked them what they're looking at, and one said "I
think its a buteo." I was sooo tempted to say "and here I thought
it was just a hawk" :-) But I held my tongue and just said "Wow",
and went back to my weeding.

I'm not going to look anything up, but I've always heard that
goldens were bigger, and my own experiences seem to bear that
out (although I could be fooling myself). I've seen quite a few
of both up close. One of the neatest nature show videos I've ever
seen was of a golden diving and taking a young antelope.

Jon.

"rw" wrote in message
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According to the Audubon Master Guide to Birding, Bald Eagles actually
run a bit larger than Golden Eagles: 76-109cm for the Bald vs. 76-101.5
for the Golden.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

I googled up this website yesterday http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/index.html
; it points out that there are two basic species of baldies- the southern
bald and the northern bald- the dividing line is about the 40th parallel.
The southerns tend to be smaller than the northern bird. maybe we saw a
golden whacked be a southern bald- hard to say. But the presumed golden
eagle was noticeably "bigger" than the bald.

When the Golden took off after his spat with the Bald- he launched and flew
upriver, banked across the river just in front of the boat, and headed
downriver- I'll bet he took about 400 or more yards to gain tree top height-
looked like a fully loaded B 52 trying to get off the ground.
jh

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:38:20 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:53:08 -0500, "Wolfgang"
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...What do I win?! What do I win?!

I'm going to guess it ain't self respect.

Yeah, I figured you'd have to do some guessing when it comes to
knowing
anything about self respect...

Wolfgang
who knows that ain't how you get that.

Well, geez, you stupid son of a bitch - if you know how NOT to get
it,
do the opposite, and maybe you'd stand a chance...

No matter how you dress it up, the "I'm rubber, you're glue" gambit is
impossible to disguise. Still, you are progressing.....we are all
very proud of you.

Wolfgang

Sumribus omnititicus et facit ignorarium....

HTH,
R

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Sumribus omnititicus et facit ignorarium....

I don't know what that means. Would you care to translate?

Wolfgang

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Sumribus omnititicus et facit ignorarium....

I don't know what that means. Would you care to translate?

Wolfgang

"John Hightower" wrote in
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I googled up this website yesterday
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/index.html ; it points out that there are
two basic species of baldies- the southern bald and the northern bald-
the dividing line is about the 40th parallel.


What is the air speed of a coconut-laden southern bald eagle?

Scott

"John Hightower" wrote in
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I googled up this website yesterday
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/index.html ; it points out that there are
two basic species of baldies- the southern bald and the northern bald-
the dividing line is about the 40th parallel.


What is the air speed of a coconut-laden southern bald eagle?

Scott

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:56:38 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


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Sumribus omnititicus et facit ignorarium....

I don't know what that means. Would you care to translate?

Certainly - it means, generally, the same thing as "Le
creusette/crossitte monteffe blantuer de la ventrois detredeur"...well,
not absolutely exactly, of course, but close enough for government work,
IAC....