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I've tried showering Yolk Sac with a little HBG love, but my advances are constantly rebuffed. I can only take so much rejection before I lash out and begin bad-mouthing smallies. I'm only human after all. Mostly.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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I've tried showering Yolk Sac with a little HBG love, but my advances are constantly rebuffed You said it yourself, Sparkie-- Some things are easily recognized as black and white, right or wrong.
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teejaeh, it is nice to know you can be bought off with beer and explosives, what a perfect way to unite anyone!!!
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I'm sorry if I caused this discussion to stray too far away from the Pond Boss we come here for. Funny how a simple thing like a pond left me assaulted, unprotected by local authorities and threatened by a phone call "we have people that can take care of you." The sleepless nights from this were terrible at my age. Isn't it ironic that to end this problem I had to arm myself become and become a person I didn't want to be. Now back to taking photo's at the pond. And I do have serenity now.
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Wow what a great shot John! Is that a Marsh Sparrow?
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Hi TJ. That is a female Red Wing Blackbird. They are a great subject to photograph.
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John, thanks for that pic. We have the Red Wing Blackbirds everywhere, but I'd never seen a female. Great picture.
They love the rush we have here, and will sit on them eating seed heads for hours.
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My wife used to fish regularly with her dad. He's been gone now for many years. She goes back to distant memories every time she hears a redwing blackbird. Pretty sound. We have them all around our farm, because our neighbor's pond is right across the road in a field. Our pond is in the woods and the redwing blackbirds don't seem to like it. I've never seen a female either, I just assumed they were like bluejays and robins, in that both male and female looked similar. Nice picture.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
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I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that being a female blackbird of any type.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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LOL yeah there isn't one thing of black on it! That's kind of like the female Cardinal v.s. the male. They look a lot different from one another color wise!!
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The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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Thank you John. I bet a lot of folks see the female RW and mistake it for what some people call a Starling or Grackle. If I'm completely off base here I wouldn't be at all surprised. I herd ya Spsrkster and thank you too. TJ, the folks in one of the 5 trailer parks in Butler must have intercepted some of the shipments to you. I'm amazed that the trailer dwellers(I'm not poking fun at TT as I am one) can afford ta feed 5 dogs and yet ignite bombs that rattle my windows from 1/2 mile away. Oh how I envy them. Everyone have a fun and safe time celebrating the greatest country in the world having a B-day.
Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.
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When they emerge from the plants along the pond and dive bomb me, its easier to identify them.
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Wow, color me amazed, I guess I've simply never realized I've seen a female RWBB before - sure looked a lot like a marsh sparrow! I have a ton yet to learn - that is one beautiful bird. Great shot John - damn you must have some time on your hands or are just super lucky to get great action photos like this.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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The female Redwing Blackbirds are hard working ladies getting food to feed their young. The males mostly set high up in the trees and squawk alarms. And the males will dive bomb you if you are getting too close to their young that may be learning to fly. There are two things that make taking these photo's pretty easy and anyone can do it. First is the camera that TJ mentioned in one of his posts. It is the Cannon SX 50 HS. This wonderful camera can be bought for about $325. I have a setting on it that I can rapid fire many shots of a bird using the great telescoping lens it has. If I see a great picture in the group I save it. The second thing is I have a free copy of Photoshop 7 given to me and I self learned to use only a small part of what is in this program. So I do cheat some by enhancing and enlarging the cropped section of the photo's. A third thing that makes this so easy is I set up my pond with vegetation that wild life likes and looks good in the photo's. So this is all kind of funny. I entered a photo in an arts show for painters and photographers. Very sophisticated on the judging night with cake and wine and wall to wall people and the judging was from 7 to 9pm. I left at 7:30 as I was getting sleepy, I'm usually in bed at 7 and I thought I had no chance of wining anyway. A week later I got a letter in the mail that I had taken first place for amateurs. Go figure. So I am going to try again and see what happens. I'm entering three photograph and the judging will be at the end of this month. MADAM DRAGONFLY HEADS UP WING PRAYERS
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"A week later I got a letter in the mail that I had taken first place for amateurs. Go figure."
Doesn't surprise me. A lot of what you post looks magazine worthy. Very good eye, I don't think that part can be added easily.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
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Those are awesome John...
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Beautiful photography John!!!
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