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The Sky’s the Limit for This Birder
Fewer than 500 people worldwide have reported seeing this African bird – a blue-moustached bee-eater. Photo by Marc Chelemer By…
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MONDAY MORNING MYSTERY
Best description of this creature wins a free "Icky the Hungry Heron" book, signed by the author and this chap…
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…all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t figure out where humpty dumpty got that hat!
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To: Janet Terchek
My maiden name was Terchek. First name Janet, of course. I was born in Pennsylvania. Can you tell me something about yourself? Some of my relatives spelled their name “Tercheck”. My grandfather told me he was from Czechoslovakia & my grandma from Germany.
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Looks like a silver-throated blue bobble-head to me. The tawny crown and black chevron on his chest are classic field marks.
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This palisade peeper looks like the offspring from a pairing of the Scarecrow and Tin-man families.
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…or maybe Sam Spade is on the Wright track, on the “lookout” for the “Birdman” (of Alcatraz?) who has crossed the “state line”.
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For anyone who watches a lot of old movies, this is an easy ID: It’s Sam Spade (at the Stateline Hawkwatch) looking for the Maltese Falcon.
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Who’s the “loon” behind the bins, He,s CRAZY!!!
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“Really evolution has been a little unkind to the birder, Mr Darwin dont you think”.
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Scott Mackenzie
…all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t figure out where humpty dumpty got that hat!
Janet Dinert
To: Janet Terchek
My maiden name was Terchek. First name Janet, of course. I was born in Pennsylvania. Can you tell me something about yourself? Some of my relatives spelled their name “Tercheck”. My grandfather told me he was from Czechoslovakia & my grandma from Germany.
Thanks.
Fran
Looks like a silver-throated blue bobble-head to me. The tawny crown and black chevron on his chest are classic field marks.
Janet Terchek
This palisade peeper looks like the offspring from a pairing of the Scarecrow and Tin-man families.
Tom Burr
…or maybe Sam Spade is on the Wright track, on the “lookout” for the “Birdman” (of Alcatraz?) who has crossed the “state line”.
John W.
For anyone who watches a lot of old movies, this is an easy ID: It’s Sam Spade (at the Stateline Hawkwatch) looking for the Maltese Falcon.
John W.
Chris and Carol
Who’s the “loon” behind the bins, He,s CRAZY!!!
Chris and Carol
“Really evolution has been a little unkind to the birder, Mr Darwin dont you think”.