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Watcher ~ Very interesting experiment you did. Ever had any interest in taxidermy?
When I was in high school I, along with a mentor, trapped and "stuffed" two Kangaroo Rats for the Science Fair (got a Blue ribbon).
Later, I was very sad at having killed them. They have the most beautiful fur.

Your Grosbeak photo is wonderful. Spencer looks like he's having fun.

Too bad about the backyard feeders. I feed the doves and backyard birds....love hearing them sing.
Here is a pair of Eurasian Collared doves that have been coming for a few years. They didn't have
any food but sure knew who it came from. They were looking in the window watching me at the puter.
CLICK TWICE....(beautiful feathers)

I just down loaded some shots I took yesterday at the feeder and here is one of the Eurasian Collared Doves waiting in the tree, just off the feeder, ensuring it is safe to come and fee.

I was in the hammock in the backyard.

I'm back.

Carolyn, Thank you, I hope everyone enjoys each day here. Hope you and Bleu had a good, fun
splash in the water! Thanks for the poem.

Diane ~ Thanks for the morning card. I guess Mo and jas slept in!

Great to see you Dianne. Hubby and I are self-employed also. He doesn't, but I make my own hours and work from home. I only go to the store if I need to pick up papers or handle something. Some years ago I "thought' I retired butttttt.......
Our group is small now but I bet it will grow. There are still WR friends who haven't checked in like Galewalker. I'm sure she'll be in when she gets a chance.

Thanks Watcher ~ for the 'Sandy close-up.

Sandy ~ I was working so I missed you 'live' so waiting to see if you have photos.

gemini ~ Thank you for the video link! I was squinting, squinting but I DID see her after you cursored her!

Beautiful photo jas. I enjoyed your day-start post with one of our beautiful eaglets!

Arlene ~ You must have had some very interesting experiences....would love to hear some stories if you want to share.
I have another friend here (EA chat) who is retired from the Navy...she is pure delight.

Mo ~ There you are! Did you forget our day start or sleep in? It's no problem if you can't do it. I know jas gets up early too sooooooooo jas? Actually, the first person to get here to the thread could do it.
I checked out your beauty shop link....nice I bet you are really good.......wanna come do mine?

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***Everyone.....when I saw jas' beautiful photo from the web, it reminded me to tell you we have to be careful about posting photos from the web. Make sure they are free to use. HWF would be the one to suffer if a copyrighted image was used. Usually, the site you find them on will say if they are copyrighted or free to use.

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I just down loaded some shots I took yesterday at the feeder and here is one of the Eurasian Collared Doves waiting in the tree, just off the feeder, ensuring it is safe to come and fee.

I was in the hammock in the backyard.

She's beautiful and what lovely trees to look up and see.
Our hammock bit the dust a long time ago and I never replaced it.

ETA: Just read your other post. I hope you can catch a shot of the squirrel...would love to see the little fella/gal. Most of our backyard is pool decking but I can keep the seeds for the ground feeders far enough that they don't get in the pool. For awhile now I've had problems with pigeons gobbling up the seeds...getting expernsive. I have no idea how they spotted the food since we are nowhere near downtown. I assume that's where they came from. I've been thinking of holding the food back until they give up....don't know if they ever would. The little doves come up to the patio door looking for the food and I feel bad and take it back out...in no time, the pigeons show up!

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Eaglelovers Friends, congratulations on your new thread. I will go back and read from the beginning. I love all your Fury Friends picturesUnfortunately I wasn't able to watch the nest cams continuously this year. But I did go and read the posts whenever I could.
Everybody for great posting on WR thread.

Here are my two kitties Lanie & Amber

I like you to know about our Rainbow Bridge thread, where we share our pain and celebrate the life of our best friends who are no longer with us.
Have a great weekend

DIANA, WELCOME! It's great to have you join us!! I hope we see you back soon.
Thank you very much for the pretty morning card.
I love your kitties Amber and Lanie and isn't it funny how cats love to be by the window....mine spend a lot of time
looking out. One of mine is strictly a house cat and the other one is only out an hour or less in the morning and the
same at night. He simply prefers going potty outside so I let him.

BE BACK LATER EVERYONE...

Hi Again......Annie you are delightful!

It is awesome to hear from Diana. Thank you for the Rainbow Bridge and all the beautiful things you do there. We really appreciate it.

Watcher, you are incredible! We have a lot of squirrels who come to our feeder in the backyard. Bleu tolerates them so they get to stay those moments she is outside.

Arlene, it must be strange being landlocked after being in Nova Scotia, is it? What is Manitoba like? (I am really curious).

I am going to post two more pictures - one of three kitties and one of Bleu not wet. The three kitties are piled on each other and the white one is Ralph, the brown one Alice and the Lynx Eddie. My kitties are named after the Honeymooners although we never watched it. It was kind of funny that I also met a lady at the grocery store one day who named her Springer Spaniels after the actors who played the parts in the Honeymooners.

Here you go with photos.....
carolyn (and Good Night)

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Quote by: Watcher in the Woods

I just down loaded some shots I took yesterday at the feeder and here is one of the Eurasian Collared Doves waiting in the tree, just off the feeder, ensuring it is safe to come and fee.
I was in the hammock in the backyard.

She's beautiful and what lovely trees to look up and see.
Our hammock bit the dust a long time ago and I never replaced it.
ETA: Just read your other post. I hope you can catch a shot of the squirrel...would love to see the little fella/gal.
Most of our backyard is pool decking but I can keep the seeds for the ground feeders far enough that they don't
get in the pool. For awhile now I've had problems with pigeons gobbling up the seeds...getting expernsive. I
have no idea how they spotted the food since we are nowhere near downtown. I assume that's where they came
from. I've been thinking of holding the food back until they give up....don't know if they ever would. The little doves
come up to the patio door looking for the food and I feel bad and take it back out...in no time, the pigeons show up!

I had the same problem with Stellars Jays this past winter. They were eating all the food and not leaving any for the chickadees, nuthatches etc.

I bought a cage to put around one of the feeders, I have two: one for the larger birds in which I put a mix of oil sunflower seeds and striped sunflower seeds; and a smaller one in which I put a mix that includes grains, for the smaller birds.



But there are other birds that aren't as greedy as the jays such as the Northern Flicker



And the Varied Thrush



Which I like to have come to the feeder,

There doesn't seem to be an totally satisfactory answer.

You seem to be facing the same problem with the pigeons being approximately the same size as the Eurasian Collared Doves.

Annie

As you can see from my above post for some reason the post is double posting one of my images. Do you know why that is and what I can do about it?

Quote"Mo ~ There you are! Did you forget our day start or sleep in? It's no problem if you can't do it. I know jas gets up early too sooooooooo jas? Actually, the first person to get here to the thread could do it."
I'm finally here..I slept in a little too long this morning...I forgot...It's been a busy day for me. So busy I forgot how to do the quote button:blink: Mo I'll try better tomorrow-
Sorry but I have this
Today was Friday July 29, 2011
Forgive me Annie & Mo? I'm so sorry This is my friends dog Abby