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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 15, 2024 11:05:08 GMT -5
Good morning/afternoon. Taxes done last week, life goes on. I got up a bit early and took a walk around Weeki Wachi Prairie Lake this morning. Got some excellent photos. I'll post more in the photography section. I've got an appointment at the VA later this afternoon for a follow up on my new hearing aids. Maybe a bike ride after that. It depends on how tired I feel after this mornings hike around the lake. We'll see...... Have a great day folks.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 14, 2024 9:11:11 GMT -5
Good morning. Hade a great day yesterday, birding in the morning, grandkids in the afternoon, total exhaustion in the evening. Good stuff. The only thing I've got on the agenda today is food shopping and muddling around on my guitars. Have a great day. What kind of hawk? One of dars best friends works for the DNR. She was over a couple of days ago and conversation turned to birding. I lamented that beyond the red tail, the rough legged and maybe one or two others, I can't tell hawks apart. She agreed that the problem is that the distinctions are too subtle. Red Sholdered hawk. In Florida they tend to have muted pigmentation in their feathers. Most common hawk in this area
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 14, 2024 6:51:30 GMT -5
Good morning. Hade a great day yesterday, birding in the morning, grandkids in the afternoon, total exhaustion in the evening. Good stuff. The only thing I've got on the agenda today is food shopping and muddling around on my guitars. Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 13, 2024 12:18:25 GMT -5
At Bayport, Double Crested Cormorants, Brown Pelican At Big Pine Tract, Kestrel, Bluebird Black Vulture, Great Crested Flycatcher Red Shouldered Hawk
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 13, 2024 5:51:52 GMT -5
Good morning. Up early to head out to the Big Pine Tract to look for woodpeckers with the Audubon folks. After that Kelly and the grandkids are coming up this afternoon. Should be a great day. Still no joy from the nesting cranes I've been checking up on. It's past due for the hatching so we'll just have to see. I did however come across these guys on my bike ride yesterday. Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 12, 2024 7:48:36 GMT -5
Good morning. Looks like a nice weather day here in Florida. I'm going to mow the lawn and then retreat into laziness. Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 11, 2024 10:33:39 GMT -5
OK, not to get political, but I was watching Morning Joe earlier and they had T Bone Burnett on promoting his new album "The Other Side". During the conversation he mentioned that he got some inspiration from some folks he met at a song circle at Joni Mitchell's house. Apparently "Joni Jams" are a regular thing. I wish I could sit in the corner and watch during a "Joni Jam"........
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 11, 2024 8:32:52 GMT -5
Good morning. Claire and I saw Bill Irwin do a one man show at the La Jolla Playhouse ages ago when we were dating. He was very funny. Great stuff. Anyway, rain and a doctors appointment are on the agenda for today. I've caused a bit of a stir with our local Audubon group because of this picture, It's a mottled duck. There's a study going on because the mottled ducks are cross breeding with mallards resulting in hybrid ducks. They're trying to determine the effects on the local population. This duck appears to be a full-on mottled duck, no cross breeding here. Now I've got to figure out how to enter the picture, date and location data on e-bird. Have a great day folks.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 10, 2024 8:13:41 GMT -5
I'm learning the names as I go. When I'm unsure the Merlin app id's photos and bird calls. Also the other birders help when I'm with them.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 10, 2024 7:17:59 GMT -5
Good morning. Surprised to see no daily yet. I had a great day at Honeymoon Island State Park yesterday. I got a lot of great pictures, all sorts of birds and the Gulf version of the Loch Ness monster. I posted a bunch off much better pics on the photography board. Today I've got a routine follow up with the cardiologist and yard work. Oh boy! Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 9, 2024 16:57:21 GMT -5
Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, FL. Osprey Great Horned Owl nest Owlet sticking it's head over the top of the nest Ruddy Turnstone, Willet, Black-bellied Plover Bald Eagle hanging out at the nest, the eaglets have fledged and were flying around but I couldn't get a picture. Laughing Gull, Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher Roseate Spoonbill Cattle Egret in flight, a lucky shot! Bown Pelicans, Great Cormorant, Mottled Duck Great Blue Heron and a Willet
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 9, 2024 4:29:08 GMT -5
Good morning. Up extra early to go birding with the Audubon folks at Honeymoon Island in Dunedin. Shore birds are on the agenda. Hopefully they'll cooperate and I'll get some good pictures. After that I'll be watching Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich this afternoon. Have a great day folks.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 8, 2024 19:53:04 GMT -5
I'd almost forgotten this alternative to Sears that was around when most of us were kids. I thought they probably had gone out of business, but today out of the blue we got their latest catalog in the mail. Claire and I commented on it and this evening she was thumbing through it and came across a two page layout of sex toys, dildos for the ladies, suction devices for the men. Not the Montgomery Ward I remembered.........
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 8, 2024 7:44:13 GMT -5
Good morning. I've got some sun safe binoculars and a sun filter for my spotting scope so Claire and I will check out the partial eclipse we're getting here. Outside of that I've got bills to pay and after I post this I'll be heading out to see if the crane's eggs have hatched. Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 7, 2024 9:37:58 GMT -5
Good morning. Still no crane colts so I'll continue to check in on them every day. Going to be a nice weather day today, I've done my shopping, got some English football to watch and a bike ride later today. Tonight it's basketball. Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 6, 2024 9:00:22 GMT -5
Good morning. Looks like a nice weather day here in Florida. I went out to check on the cranes this morning, still no colts. Maybe tomorrow.....
Not much on the agenda today, I'll watch Arsenal vs. Brighton later this morning, do a bike ride this afternoon and if I get real ambitious I'll write a to do list for tomorrow and Monday.
Have a great day.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 5, 2024 12:15:32 GMT -5
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 5, 2024 12:00:14 GMT -5
Good afternoon. Went out this morning to the Weeki Wachi Nature Preserve for some solo birding. The preserve has some abandoned limestone quarries that are now lakes. Too deep for the most part for wading birds, not much food for ducks, so there aren't as many birds as one might think but I did get a great cormorant. I'll post more pictures in the photography section. Have a great day folks.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 4, 2024 12:24:23 GMT -5
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 4, 2024 12:17:48 GMT -5
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