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Well, for sure, I would not be able to tell them apart if they stood in front of me!
5 years agoPossibl, but I think it’s too big. You can’t tell from the photo but he’s about the size of a red tail. I’m thinking he’s a rough legged hawk, which be seen out here in the winter before.
5 years agoDon’t I know it! Some of our paths are really a mess. Actually, the cacklers don’t seem as bad as their larger cousins. They seem to keep to the grass, but the bigger ones like to hang out on the bike paths and sidewalks. And they’re, well, bigger.
5 years agoI knew I could count on you, Bill. You’re the best!
5 years agoMight be a Cooper's hawk.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id
Careful! They leave "goose grenades all over! Also, they occasionally cause cyclists to crash by flying into them, like a friend of mine did a few years ago. I've had some really close calls in years past too.
Well, I assume they have behavior patterns similar to their cousins... Then, again, maybe ours are cackling too!
Chuckle!
Might be Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
We recently watched Oregon Field Guide Season 30, episode #3006, which featured the Nelson House and other sites in Abandoned Oregon.
If you haven't seen it, check it out. The episode also includes an interview with an impressive Oregonian cartographer.
Well, of course that was what I was hinting at but I myself do not get very involved with social media, not even FaceBook, so I am not one who should try to convince anyone else to get involved with any kind of social media. I just think that with your great eye for a good photo you might enjoy Instagram.
5 years agoSo glad you got to see them!
2 of my favorite sounds are the call of sandhill cranes and bugling elk.
It has a certain aura, alright. I was always tempted to walk out and explore it up closer, but decided to heed the signs. Hard to believe there’s just bare earth here now.
5 years agoHuh. If I followed you on Instagram, I’d have known that.
5 years agoI, too, explored and photographed the Nelson House twenty-some years ago. I posted one of my photos of it on Instagram the day it burned. A sad day to be sure. Not only did the house go but the tree and the farm implement as well. Now it is like there was never anything there; erased from the earth.
5 years agoMan, that Nelson House really is cool. Eerie too. The Addams Family could have lived there.
5 years ago
Could well be. I waffled back and forth, but finally went with Cooper's because of the rounded looking tail. They both are so similar and both have a lot of color variation. Not being there, I had no idea of the actual size. Not that it would have made much difference to my untrained eye. Never saw either when I took Ornithology back in '69... Not that I could even remember back that far if I had!
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