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Diving Debbie
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 02:16 pm |
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| This little chica built a nest in the rafters under our house. She sits on the telephone wire and complains to us that we are in her space. Um, hello? If you'll pay the mortgage, chica, you can move right in. Attachment: Kestrel.jpg (Downloaded 92 times)
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Doug
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 03:08 pm |
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Sweet. Looks like a raptor, not sure which. Regardless, it is beaucoups good juju to have a tenant like her.
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Island Woman MJ
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 06:03 pm |
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That is SOOOO cool!!!! She's paying a mortage with coolness and as Doug says, good juju.
I'd love to know exactly what she is...
Last edited on Mon May 28th, 2007 06:04 pm by Island Woman MJ
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 08:18 pm |
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| I'd let her stay with no rent......looks like a young hawk.....enjoy her!!!! She eats mice!!!
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Diving Debbie
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 08:23 pm |
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I think it's an American Kestrel. I described it to a professor of Herpetology (no sh!t; you meet all kinds here, dontcha know?) at the Dinghy Dock on Friday night. She had a bird book in her bag, and confirmed it. Besides hummingbirds, she said it is the only other bird that hovers.
http://www.bright.net/~miley1/kestrel.htm
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/58/_/American_Kestrel.aspx
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 09:00 pm |
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Sure looks like the pictures...but she is definitely south of the normal range of the birds...wonder when she blew down here?
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Diving Debbie
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 10:57 pm |
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Island Woman MJ wrote:
Sure looks like the pictures...but she is definitely south of the normal range of the birds...wonder when she blew down here?
MJ - the map on this site http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/58/_/American_Kestrel.aspx clearly shows that they live in PR year round. Whassamatter - you're so excited by your ability to run DSL that you're just clicking around and around and not paying attention? Kidding! 
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Diving Debbie
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 10:58 pm |
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Island Woman MJ wrote:
Sure looks like the pictures...but she is definitely south of the normal range of the birds...wonder when she blew down here?
MJ - the map on this site http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/58/_/American_Kestrel.aspx clearly shows that they live in PR year round. Whassamatter - you're so excited by your ability to run DSL that you're just clicking around and around and not paying attention? Kidding!
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Posted: Mon May 28th, 2007 11:33 pm |
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Yes, I am VERY excited and no I didn't notice  I just took a phone call AND had the computer on, I am SO stylin'! Does anyone know anyone who knows Peter Watson's cell phone number? pm me if so...Kevin came in 2nd with Amanda in the Wooden Boat Regatta and he's all hot to tell him about it. Can't wait to see the pics!
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 12:00 pm |
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Island Woman is on DSL???? Yippeee, I'm just thinking of all the big files I can send her without fearing her annoyance!!!!!!
Congrats to Kevin (and Peter) on Amanda's great show!!!
and as for species, with climate change, we are seeing all kinds of things in Maine which have never been seen before -- the entire state of our world is changing, and all the text books are gonna have to get tossed and re-written.....it's a scary, scary situation.....
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 03:57 pm |
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NO NO, Island Woman is on LSD, not DSL!!! That is very very slow and can't take big anything!
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 05:50 pm |
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Call me for Peter's Cell
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Locally the Kestrel is called Falcón Común
I'm sure MJ was thinking that.
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 08:35 pm |
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yeah, but at least it's colorful!!!
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 10:06 pm |
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Great picture Debbie! This is a picture of the beautiful one we had hang out with us in November. Only for about 1 1/2 days, in the rafters over the front door. It made a really cool sound, too. If I remember correctly, kind of like an owl "hoo", but softer and not as pronounced. Does that sound familiar???
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 10:20 pm |
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| Ok, I'm a technological idiot, I can't get it to post my picture!! I'll try again later! Last edited on Wed May 30th, 2007 01:23 am by beachbound
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Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 11:24 pm |
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You're not an idiot! You just have to know how to do it. Email admin and she'll tell you exactly how to do it.
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Posted: Wed May 30th, 2007 12:40 am |
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LOL....here I am.....
below the white box, where you type words is an area for Attachments. Click on Choose File, and that will allow you to browse your hard drive for the picture you want to attach. It must be saved with a .bmp, .gif, .jpg, jpeg, .png, .txt, .pdf, or .zip extension, and has to be saved as a small file....
let me know if you have further problems -- I can't wait to see your kestral pic!!! I love kestrals, and I've spent entire afternoons chasing them around to "catch" them on film.....Attachment: sm_kestral.jpg (Downloaded 47 times)
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Posted: Wed May 30th, 2007 01:27 am |
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OK, I "know" how to post a picture, as far as following the basic steps. My problem this time is that it just won't do it. I click on browse, find my pic, it shows it is attached, I click send and then.......nothing. I thought at first it was because I was editing my picture, I tried to zoom in so the bird was easier to see, but it won't do it even without that. I tried copying it from the disk onto my computer, it still won't work!! What am I missing???? Ok, trying one more time!!
Attachment: Bird 350 pixels.jpg (Downloaded 42 times) Last edited on Wed May 30th, 2007 01:35 am by beachbound
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Posted: Wed May 30th, 2007 01:34 am |
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aren't computers wonderful?
make sure the picture has the correct extension (usually .jpg) and is small....the system can't handle big files....try opening it in your photo editing software and saving it as a low quality picture....
if all else fails, e-mail it to me, and I can post it for you.....
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Posted: Wed May 30th, 2007 01:38 am |
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| Hee hee. I finally got it. Thanks for all the support though!! It was too big, I had to re-size it. I thought I had posted pictures before without re-sizing, but I guess not! Wow, that was pretty frustrating for such a crappy picture!! I really wanted to zoom in so you could see the bird better. We were afraid to get too close when we took the picture and our little point and shoot camera doesn't zoom in very well!! Ah, well! What do you think? Same bird?
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