Texas

[uglychickens]

Y'all are giving me the heebie jeebies with the spider pics. Any color, shape, or size - I'm sorry, but I despise them...

Without spiders,and chickens,we would be over run by insects!! I always thought they were amazing but love them or despise them they are very useful and a needed part of an ecosystem! The only spider I kill on site are black widows!!!

 

[jajeanpierre]

Here you go, Jockeyeba.

This is my Scarlet Macaw. Scarlets are spectacular in flight. Their tail feathers are long and flexible and are like ribbons if they are dodging about through the trees or just for fun.





Very scary bird!



Below is my Red Fronted Macaw on alert, keeping a watchful eye on the sky. RFMs are a very endangered species in the wild with only about 1,400 individuals left. She is a captive-bred bird. These are the only two I fly here in Texas. I used to fly an African Grey parrot in Saudi Arabia and in the Caribbean, but there is too great a risk from agile forest predators here on my Oak covered property. I worry most about Coopers hawks. She (my African Grey) can out fly a Peregrine falcon by dodging at the last minute, but a Coopers can dodge as well as she can and for a short distance are really fast. My macaws are big enough and armed well enough (with their beak) that there aren't too many raptors that are desperate enough to take them on. I know, mistakes happen, and raptors are opportunistic predators.

 

[TexasLisa]

Here you go, Jockeyeba.

This is my Scarlet Macaw. Scarlets are spectacular in flight. Their tail feathers are long and flexible and are like ribbons if they are dodging about through the trees or just for fun.





Very scary bird!



Below is my Red Fronted Macaw on alert, keeping a watchful eye on the sky. RFMs are a very endangered species in the wild with only about 1,400 individuals left. She is a captive-bred bird. These are the only two I fly here in Texas. I used to fly an African Grey parrot in Saudi Arabia and in the Caribbean, but there is too great a risk from agile forest predators here on my Oak covered property. I worry most about Coopers hawks. She (my African Grey) can out fly a Peregrine falcon by dodging at the last minute, but a Coopers can dodge as well as she can and for a short distance are really fast. My macaws are big enough and armed well enough (with their beak) that there aren't too many raptors that are desperate enough to take them on. I know, mistakes happen, and raptors are opportunistic predators.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[wlhtx]

Without spiders,and chickens,we would be over run by insects!! I always thought they were amazing but love them or despise them they are very useful and a needed part of an ecosystem! The only spider I kill on site are black widows!!!

I know, I know. I get it that they're necessary. I just want to ever SEE them... It's really the only irrational phobia that I have.

Jajeanpierre, your macaws are BEAUTIFUL!!! What amazing pics!

 

[uglychickens]

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I know, I know. I get it that they're necessary. I just want to ever SEE them... It's really the only irrational phobia that I have.
I understand the phobia thing I'm very afraid of heights! Can't go over a bridge in the right lane! Lol

 

[Heidisgran]

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any where from 4 to 6 months old...I think average for hens to lay is around 20 weeks....I have some that started at about 12weeks the littlest eggs! about a third the size they lay now

 

[Heidisgran]

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I'm not afraid of heights but I can't drive over a bridge in the right lane and I'd rather be the one driving!!

 

[Italia]

Here you go, Jockeyeba.

This is my Scarlet Macaw. Scarlets are spectacular in flight. Their tail feathers are long and flexible and are like ribbons if they are dodging about through the trees or just for fun.





Very scary bird!



Below is my Red Fronted Macaw on alert, keeping a watchful eye on the sky. RFMs are a very endangered species in the wild with only about 1,400 individuals left. She is a captive-bred bird. These are the only two I fly here in Texas. I used to fly an African Grey parrot in Saudi Arabia and in the Caribbean, but there is too great a risk from agile forest predators here on my Oak covered property. I worry most about Coopers hawks. She (my African Grey) can out fly a Peregrine falcon by dodging at the last minute, but a Coopers can dodge as well as she can and for a short distance are really fast. My macaws are big enough and armed well enough (with their beak) that there aren't too many raptors that are desperate enough to take them on. I know, mistakes happen, and raptors are opportunistic predators.

Wow........ I got goose bumps seeing these pics. What amazing creatures. I have only seen them on perches, so to see them free like that in all their glory is just..........wow! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful birds.

 

[jockeyeba]

Here you go, Jockeyeba. This is my Scarlet Macaw. Scarlets are spectacular in flight. Their tail feathers are long and flexible and are like ribbons if they are dodging about through the trees or just for fun. Very scary bird! Below is my Red Fronted Macaw on alert, keeping a watchful eye on the sky. RFMs are a very endangered species in the wild with only about 1,400 individuals left. She is a captive-bred bird. These are the only two I fly here in Texas. I used to fly an African Grey parrot in Saudi Arabia and in the Caribbean, but there is too great a risk from agile forest predators here on my Oak covered property. I worry most about Coopers hawks. She (my African Grey) can out fly a Peregrine falcon by dodging at the last minute, but a Coopers can dodge as well as she can and for a short distance are really fast. My macaws are big enough and armed well enough (with their beak) that there aren't too many raptors that are desperate enough to take them on. I know, mistakes happen, and raptors are opportunistic predators.

Thanks so much for the pictures WOW is all I can say about the Scarlet Macaw so beautiful!!!

 

[jockeyeba]

Two million bikers hit D.C.!!

 
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...mble-through-on-the-way-to-d-c-for-911-rally/


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