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The Troll

#9210
June 26, 2011, 12:25:21 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 25, 2011, 09:15:56 PM
Got to see my buddy the Hawk today! He stopped by right after we got home from the hospital!

Great to see you Henry!  :yes: 8)

  How did you get him there?  With a breaded tenderloin and a beer. :beer:

  I know if I was fishing :fish: for catfish and Henry was a catfish, I'd use a breaded tenderloin for bait.  FISH ON! :yes: :biggrin:

                                                 Tenderlion :shrk: Henry

Palehorse

#9211
June 26, 2011, 01:48:13 PM
Just got finished mowing a little bit ago. The whole time I was on the tractor, I had a Purple Martin escort!
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

The Troll

#9212
June 26, 2011, 04:09:29 PM

  :bird:

The Troll

#9213
June 26, 2011, 04:12:47 PM

:bird:  :bird:  :bird:  :mow:  :bird:  :bird:  :bird:

~vxn~

#9214
June 26, 2011, 05:35:12 PM
:bird:  <-- reminds me of feeding the savages (seagulls) at the beach.  muahaha.....  :icon_twisted:
don't threaten me with a good time.

Palehorse

#9215
June 26, 2011, 06:33:01 PM
I remember as a kid, one of my uncles owned a Purple Martin gas station. I've been curious about them ever since, but never actually saw one up close until last summer when I was mowing and a pair of them began escorting me. They did it almost every mowing last year.

Today was the first time I saw them this year, and it was 2 females. I'm actually considering putting up a house for them!  :yes:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

me

#9216
June 26, 2011, 07:58:52 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 26, 2011, 06:33:01 PM
I remember as a kid, one of my uncles owned a Purple Martin gas station. I've been curious about them ever since, but never actually saw one up close until last summer when I was mowing and a pair of them began escorting me. They did it almost every mowing last year.

Today was the first time I saw them this year, and it was 2 females. I'm actually considering putting up a house for them!  :yes:
Sure would love to get some started here but they're hard to get they're so picky about their living quarters.  They do love them 'skeeters though.   :yes: :biggrin:
Trump 2020

Palehorse

#9217
June 26, 2011, 08:02:58 PM
Quote from: me on June 26, 2011, 07:58:52 PM
Sure would love to get some started here but they're hard to get they're so picky about their living quarters.  They do love them 'skeeters though.   :yes: :biggrin:

I'm hearing they don't actually eat skeeters, but rather any flying insect. Then again, I also read where they rarely come close to humans, and these that I had last year and today, were flying right up to me on the tractor, and doing their dives and flybys right in front of me and along side of me. They are indeed purple martins, since the photographs I've seen of them are exactly the same birds.

They have to be nesting somewhere near here on the south end of town. I'm seriously considering putting up a house for them, in the hope they'll move in and bring their friends next year!  :yes: :yes:

I know one thing, they always put a smile on my face. They are amazing birds and VERY agile and swift. They make dives and turns that would make a fighter pilot envious!  :yes:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

The Troll

#9218
June 26, 2011, 08:35:59 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 26, 2011, 08:02:58 PM
I'm hearing they don't actually eat skeeters, but rather any flying insect. Then again, I also read where they rarely come close to humans, and these that I had last year and today, were flying right up to me on the tractor, and doing their dives and flybys right in front of me and along side of me. They are indeed purple martins, since the photographs I've seen of them are exactly the same birds.

They have to be nesting somewhere near here on the south end of town. I'm seriously considering putting up a house for them, in the hope they'll move in and bring their friends next year!  :yes: :yes:

I know one thing, they always put a smile on my face. They are amazing birds and VERY agile and swift. They make dives and turns that would make a fighter pilot envious!  :yes:


  One of the past owners of our campground had a huge round Martin house about 20 ft off the ground.  It was loaded with Purple Martins and they flew all over the camp ground in the late evening 2 to 6 feet off the ground and they sure looked like they eat mosquitoes to me

  He told me that he had to take it down each fall after they left for the South and clean each nest out.  He also blocked each hole until a certain day in the spring so the sparrows would take up housing. 

  He said that each year the Martins had scouts sent up looking for places to stay.  I don't what it is now, but he had a date when he took out the plugs.  He said the Martins don't like sparrows or dirty bird houses.

  He must have been doing something right, because he had every room in his hotel full.  :smile:  I don't know where they live now because the house is gone.  But we still have a lot of martins around and they set up on the power line and wait for the bugs to start flying in the late evening.

Henry Hawk

#9219
July 04, 2011, 10:56:54 PM
HAPPY INDENPENDENCE DAY!!!! :yes:
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


"The future ain't what it used to be."– Yogi Berra

"Square roots are rarely found on any plant." FTW

Sandy Eggo

#9220
July 06, 2011, 11:14:33 AM
I want a teeshirt that says " I survived 2000, 6/6/6, 9/9/9, H1N1, Rapture! Bring it on 2012!" ;D

So was there any fall-out or back-stepping when no one raptured in May? I was so amused by the stupidity of it that I forgot to check. ;D
Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. - -Cree Indian Prophecy

"Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambitition" -- anonymous

Palehorse

#9221
July 06, 2011, 12:34:23 PM
The self proclaimed profit had a stroke. . .
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

The Troll

#9222
July 06, 2011, 12:37:36 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on July 06, 2011, 12:34:23 PM
The self proclaimed profit had a stroke. . .

  I'll bet that he didn't see that coming.  :rotfl:  :rotfl:  :rotfl:

Da Wham

#9223
July 07, 2011, 07:52:07 PM
"Where do they go.....?       :biggrin:

Smoke rings - The Mills Brothers

Sandy Eggo

#9224
July 08, 2011, 11:49:50 PM
Why would someone name a sweet little baby "Myra Grace"? It's like the poor little thing went from 0 to 90 in the time it took her to be born. ;D
Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. - -Cree Indian Prophecy

"Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambitition" -- anonymous
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