Nature Pics
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Voronwë the Faithful
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You can see a few more pics of their super-cuteness in front of lovely Scottish landscapes here:
http://www.visitscotland.com/blog/scotl ... cardigans/
http://www.visitscotland.com/blog/scotl ... cardigans/
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
Oh wow. 
Shetland ponies in cardigans!!
This is a picture of one of the birds of prey who live in our back yard. We irrigated the property today, and this guy just sat in the water for over an hour, which seemed odd. Luckily, though, I finally could get close enough to get a good picture. Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
Shetland ponies in cardigans!! This is a picture of one of the birds of prey who live in our back yard. We irrigated the property today, and this guy just sat in the water for over an hour, which seemed odd. Luckily, though, I finally could get close enough to get a good picture. Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
"What do you fear, lady?" Aragorn asked.
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Voronwë the Faithful
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Wow, I just googled "Cooper's Hawk" and it sure does look like my boy, here. I have a friend who used to travel the USA cataloging birds, and he will know for sure. A call is out to him... but I'll bet it's a Cooper's Hawk.
"What do you fear, lady?" Aragorn asked.
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Turns out that it is probably a Sharp-shinned hawk, which is very hard to distinguish from a Cooper's hawk, apparently, except for its size. "According to the scale of the bird as compared to the grass", this guy is small enough to probably be a "Sharpie".
I knew my bird-watching buddy would know.
I knew my bird-watching buddy would know.
"What do you fear, lady?" Aragorn asked.
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
So maybe not really what "nature" means, but the natural cause & effect of family life hit my blog today in the form of an amazing session I just had to share:
http://www.thekarths.com/blog/warsaw-in ... bulafamily
Feel free to check it out.
I'll post actual nature photos later, I promise.
http://www.thekarths.com/blog/warsaw-in ... bulafamily
Feel free to check it out.
I'll post actual nature photos later, I promise.
Some peace & tranquility would be nice... so I revisited this blog post I recently made, and realized I never shared it here, as I had promised:
http://www.thekarths.com/blog/warsaw-in ... iet-corner
http://www.thekarths.com/blog/warsaw-in ... iet-corner
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