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  1. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

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    Come on boys, fly the nest before tomorrow's photo shoot...
     
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    I think you have a good shot at this one. The parents have been pretty agitated since last night. If they don’t fly soon they are going to have to buy or build a bigger house.
     
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    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

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    Will they have a second litter?
     
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    I think they usually do. I’ve seen it go both ways. I’ve seen them abandon the nest completely before.
     
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    Day 17. I don’t see how they can stay in there through today. :)

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    Day 18. A couple seem to be missing. Hopefully they flew and didn’t fall out and get devoured by other beasts.
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    HereWeGoAgain Banned

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    Typical of kids these days. You have to kick them out!
     
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    Day 19. Apparently they have been sitting on each other. They all appear to be there this morning.

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    A bug I photographed at work the other night with my phone.

    It looks like a pretty wicked insect but it was eating a mosquito so as far as I'm concerned he's a good one. IMG_20220611_043741.jpg
     
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    How come I knew the bug pic was from you?
     
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    What can I say? Creepy crawlies have always fascinated me. From the time I could toddle around I was lifting up objects looking for bugs. I was keeping black widows in a jar by the time I was eight.

    And though I do have a lot to do at work at night.... Most everything happens according to a schedule and I have bits of downtime in between and I get somewhat bored.

    Here is a Cuban tree frog. Got to do something until 6:00 a.m.


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    We got those.
     
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    Well, the saga ends. When I did chores last night I found this.

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    And this little fellow learning to fly. After a couple minutes flopping around on the ground it took off about 3 feet off the ground and disappeared into the wild blue yonder.

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    So, 19 days from hatch to flight. I hope a couple of the babies live to build a nest somewhere close next year.
     
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    Did they leave because the parents stopped feeding them?
     
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    I know the parents were still feeding them that morning. Other than that I don’t know. It’s possible they stopped at some point as I wasn’t back to see them for over 12 hours. They could have refused them food and read them the riot act and pushed them out. After 19 days I wouldn’t blame them!

    The parents were flying around attempting to divert my attention from the baby while it was on the ground. They seem to use only aggression to get my attention whereas ground nesting birds like killdeer or grouse use the faux injury ploy.
     
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    Warm and gusty evening

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    If it was eating a mosquito you should have set it up with an insect dating app and some rhino horn.

    Speaking of insects, what do you make of this?

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    Whatever it is was on my neck. I was filling a bottle to feed a bottle calf and felt it in my neck so brushed it off on the ground. I took it’s picture and then went about 15 feet away to milk a cow. About a minute and a half later I felt something on my neck again and it was this goofy insect—again! I suppose it’s a touch smaller than a cricket for size comparison.
     
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    A defaced flag. Yay.

    You know that is technically a crime, right?

    (a) read as follows: “Whoever knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.”
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/700#:~:text=(a) read as follows:,one year, or both.”
     
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    An entomologist I am not.

    But it certainly seems like some sort of beetle. If it did not bite or sting you, I wouldn't be too worried about it.

    It almost reminds me of an assassin beetle.
     
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    For someone who calls for dividing the country I wouldn't blow your own whistle too loudly.

    What about flags made in China?


    So when we see a leftist burning an American flag should we make a citizens arrest?
     
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    Great. Assassins don’t usually bite! LOL
     
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    But they will damn sure murk something!
     
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    More suck than bite.
     
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    Well, if they really want to jail a 67 year old Army veteran and retired cop for my "crime", I'm not hard to find.
     

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