BigOly
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What's this bird doing?
This is a fun story about an American Kestrel.
Visit BirdsWeSee.com for the rest of the story.
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fixtrauma
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Getting ready to hurl?
[Edited on 2-25-2012 by fixtrauma]
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Pompano
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Mating ritual ...gone awry?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Skipjack Joe
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A roadrunner would have done a better job, me thinks.
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El Camote
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Ornothological Constipation.
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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BigOly
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I know I'll get a lot of garbage feedback from this reply but I have to say,,,If you would have gone to the website that was referred to in the post
you would be entertained, for free. I was just hoping to get a few smiles. Instead I get these childish or teenage like responses. 
Oly
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coconaco
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childish or teenage like responses
I think it is a more mature bird looking for its contact lens.
THE MINNOW must be lost!!!!!
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Cypress
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BigOly, My guess. The bird is looking at its next meal?
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wessongroup
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Hey, some great work.. have always enjoyed the "sparow hawk" in its environment... and am always amazed to see this little hunter "making it" in an
urban environment ..
Super pic's .. thanks for all the work ...
Don't sweat the small chit 
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shari
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it would help if the site url was clickable...I would have clicked on it and hope to see the site when I have more time...and I must admit I have
checked in to see what other witty comments our nomad comedians have come up with...humour is good!
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vgabndo
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Wow, fast work Chris.
It occurred to me to wonder if multiple tail re-growings might have some effect on the genetic make-up of the lizard. But, I suppose that each time he
survives to breed again, that reinforces the selection for "tail losing" without need for a DNA record of its past success! ...until Kestrels learn to
attack the motionless, colorless end then, new ballgame!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Bob H
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That was interesting and I liked the photos!! It's obvious that that you guys love birds and bird watching. Cool link too.
I have a question for you. We live in North County San Diego and our house sits up high overlooking a canyon preserve. We often see Peregrine
Falcons towering above us swooping down on smaller birds. They are big and swift birds.
We also see many many Red Tailed Hawks, usually in pairs.
I am amazed by these large birds of prey!
Question: Do you see these birds in Baja?
[Edited on 2-26-2012 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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shari
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that is a spectacular blog....thanks for putting all the time into it and sharing it with the world. I look forward to following it.
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BajaDove
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It heard Rodan was in the area and he's posing for THE THINKER.
If its not where it is, its where it isn\'t.
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Mulegena
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Thanks for the the great morning view...
Just poured over your website while enjoying morning coffee.
Exquisite photos and expression of your love of birds and birding, nature and especially your wife and the good life you've made together!
and btw, when I examined your Kestral photos I did see the blue but figured it to be a dragonfly tail.
Stunning photography -- thanks for posting!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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BigOly
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Bob, we do have many of the same birds in Baja that you have in San Diego. To see some photos and stories of raptors (and other Baja birds) just
click on the link on the bottom of my posts. If you scroll through the archives there are blogs about Ospreys, Red Tailed Hawks, Harris's and more.
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shari
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oh geezo...I take my my request for a clickable link...DOH!!!! I sure love your site.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BigOly
Bob, we do have many of the same birds in Baja that you have in San Diego. To see some photos and stories of raptors (and other Baja birds) just
click on the link on the bottom of my posts. If you scroll through the archives there are blogs about Ospreys, Red Tailed Hawks, Harris's and more.
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Yesterday I went through your grey trasher story. I had remembered seeing them in Griffith Park (Hollywood Hills) as a kid. They were shy birds that
we rarely saw. But you could hear them in the evenings. Anyway, I looked them up and they turned out to be the california thrasher instead.
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BigOly
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Yes Skipjack, The Gray Thrasher is endemic to Baja Sur. Different bird in Calif. They do look very similar.
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