Osprey
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Baja Sur's Imposter Bird
Lucky me, I just got a shot of the rare Southern Imposter Bird. I've only seen one other, it took on the shape of a racoon but I didn't have my camera
with me. I suppose, in the photo below, the bird hopes to lure in juvenile bobcats but the call was a dead give-a-way to me. Any of you out there that
doubt the authenticity of the photo, ask yourself why or how that thing got up there.
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BajaBlanca
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question is, how is it going to get DOWN !!
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woody with a view
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answer:
the same way it got up there, only in reverse....
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GordoyFeo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Any of you out there that doubt the authenticity of the photo, ask yourself why or how that thing got up there. |
I doubt that is a cardon, looks like a Saguaro, which are not found in your neck of the woods, but maybe in the long necks you be drinking? 
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Osprey
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You have a good eye. That's the famous Imposter Cactus of Baja Sur.
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Marc
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Or Photoshop??
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GordoyFeo
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Lurking here I have learned fiction is your forte and truth not so much.
More importantly have also learned you are a good sport about it all.
That photo and variations of it have made the rounds of the desert flora and fauna websites for quite some time.
How about a realtime photo of the new marina progress?
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Osprey
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They won't let cameras anywhere close to the project. Google Earth is almost real time for this area and you can see the canals forming -- they are
filled with water but it's not from the sea as the main channel opening between the jetties is not yet open to let the sea water in. 100% of the work
being done now is well to the west of my house -- they will showcase that area first and if and when they can finish, my eastern end will be last.
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Osprey
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I think you are mocking me with your handle, Gordoyfeo but you are right about truth telling. I have to post a disclaimer every few months about truth
vs other than truth.
When I was younger I used to lie so much that my friends caught me telling the truth and I lied my way out of it.
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Skipjack Joe
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It got up there the same way this one did back in 1953
The Living Desert
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