grannys gone and done it

[lindalouly]

Mike, all my poems are gloomy!! I don't write unless I'm upset

 

[Granny Hatchet]

no the honor is mine any way you have not bloody heard it yet hehe

I dont need to. I want to of course but the thought of it is pretty awsome all by itself. No one has ever wrote a poem for me. I kinda dont wanna share.

hahahaa

 

[Granny Hatchet]

everyone is sitting at the table with forks in their hands and I sit here. hahaa I have to go fry some meat.

I hope to catch you all in a little bit.

 

[lindalouly]

everyone is sitting at the table with forks in their hands and I sit here. hahaa  I have to go fry some meat.    I hope to catch you all in a little bit.

See you soon.

 

[shell shocked]

Mike, all my poems are gloomy!! I don't write unless I'm upset

i read the one you posted a while back it was dark but you wrote about your pain and you wrote it from the heart
and that makes it real to put yourself out there to be sniped at takes some b***s well done you

 

[campingshaws]

Roxie! She doesn't care.

yup, Roxie. LOL remembered after you said it.   did you notice the tail and teets ?

I can't tell a difference anymore, so gave up trying.

 

[shell shocked]

gonna start your poem now girls talk to you soon peace and love to you and yours

 

[h2oratt]

Hi Benny!  Thought you might be interested in this.        Thanks for the post, granny! 


So, I had to look all this up!  Have to admit, my brain is not geared for scientific nomenclature, so I don't pay much attention to it.  "Birding" in my family, passed down from grandparents and parents, is to grab a field guide, match the picture, and learn a few facts and the common name.  Done!     

Here are how my field guides are organized.
"Raptor" is used to denote the (Order) Falconiformes, which are birds of prey (excluding owls and heron types). 

Raptors are split into 3 general categories -  vultures, hawks, and falcons
"Hawks" include Accipiter (small hawks), Circus (Harriers), Buteo (big hawks), and a couple of other genus names.
Eagles, ospreys, and kites are lumped in with the hawks, but do not include "hawk" in the common name.


I thought the bird in question might be a Swainson's Hawk  (Buteo swainsoni) or a Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii).  My best guess is it is an immature Cooper's Hawk.   Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) is also a possibility, but they are even smaller.   

In North America, "buzzard" has come to refer only to vultures or other carrion eaters.  It has a slightly derogatory tone, especially



when calling someone you old buzzard!  
I now understand how the term buzzard is used in British produced documentaries.  Always wondered why they were calling birds "buzzards" that were obviously (to me) large hawks or eagles!   Even scientific nomenclature can't always prevent a language barrier.    



h2oratt, did the bird rescue people identify it?  I am very curious to know. 

I don't know. I had my own crisis this morning. I lost one of my tiny chicks.

 

[Leave a LightOn]

Oh, no!! What happened !?!

Soooo sorry !

 

[h2oratt]

Oh, no!!  What happened !?!  Soooo  sorry !  

The mom took them up to the nest box last night. In the morning the tiny one was unable to get out and down to the ground floor. I had my GD spend the night so I was distracted. My husband took care of the chickens this morning. He didn't realize the chick was stuck up there. I forgot it was their first night. I should have gone out and checked first thing. I feel really bad. It was so dehydrated that I don't thing it could recover. We tried to rehydrate but it died.