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Sometimes, you're in the right place at the right time, and other times, not so much..... https://www.click2houston.com/news/...-lands-on-woman-both-attacked-by-a-hawk/
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Now, just what in Texas eats hawks?
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And I thought I had it rough today because I mowed (no cab on mower) over 3 different ground nesting Yellow Jacket nests.......
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Now, just what in Texas eats hawks? Owls
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I once saw a similar event on the golf course. I hear a loud thump behind me, and turn to the sound, and see a big hognose snake(?) on the roof of the little bathroom building. As I am trying to figure out how the heck that happened, a big red-tailed hawk hits the roof of the building after the snake. However, she can't get her claws under the snake because of the hard shingles. Finally, they both kind of work their way down to the gutter. There the hawk gets a good grip on the snake. She launches off of the roof, and almost hits the ground, but finally starts gaining altitude with her great prize. Awesome cell phone video material - but I was too mesmerized watching it unfold to even attempt to get my phone out of my bag! Nature is awesome!
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Ya just cant make this stuff up!
She is actually extremely lucky to have an arm tore up like that,, if a poisonous snake was wrapping itself around my arm and a hawk fighting with it, I probably wouldn't have an arm left,, Ida amputated the damn thing on the spot, or stuck it under the mower deck and let whoever survives that be the winner. one of us aint gonna come outta this in one piece!
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Had a dead rabbit land on my windshield in the dark one morning on my way to work. Assumed an owl dropped it.
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Had a dead rabbit land on my windshield in the dark one morning on my way to work. Assumed an owl dropped it. Good thing it wasn't the killer rabbit from Monty Python's The Holy Grail, or you might not be here today to tell the tale!
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That would require the Holy Hand Grenade of San Antonio.
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Some say when that when you're hit with bird poop, you should play the lottery.
What would one do after such an incident like this???
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Everybody's missing the obvious. She's either tough as a boot, or she's happily medicated. Down around Houston, it may be a combo.
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Some say when that when you're hit with bird poop, you should play the lottery.
What would one do after such an incident like this??? Stay out from underneath the rattlesnake trees, and wear a Falconer's glove when outside.
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Some say when that when you're hit with bird poop, you should play the lottery.
What would one do after such an incident like this??? Vegas, baby!
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Some say when that when you're hit with bird poop, you should play the lottery.
What would one do after such an incident like this??? Stay out from underneath the rattlesnake trees, and wear a Falconer's glove when outside. Shouldn't we find a good Pond Boss advertiser that sells rattlesnake trees? I am thinking they would be pretty effective for the people that have problems with cormorants and anhinga! Not to mention the giant GBH nests, the rattlers could definitely clear out those fish assassins when they are up in the trees.
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They could be useful against Poachers, too.
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That is awesome, Theo.
Can you please send 50 seedlings over to anthropic to take care of his poacher problem?
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We do have a pair of eagles, so if they could be trained to drop water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and snapping turtles on the poachers...
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That is awesome, Theo.
Can you please send 50 seedlings over to anthropic to take care of his poacher problem? Sadly, that probably wouldn't work (A lesson I learned sending Catalpa seeds to Meadowlark many years ago). Up here we have Northern Rattlesnake Trees (although they mostly just grow Copperheads); what you need to handle Texas' climate is the Southern Rattlesnake Tree variety.
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That is awesome, Theo.
Can you please send 50 seedlings over to anthropic to take care of his poacher problem? Sadly, that probably wouldn't work (A lesson I learned sending Catalpa seeds to Meadowlark many years ago). Up here we have Northern Rattlesnake Trees (although they mostly just grow Copperheads); what you need to handle Texas' climate is the Southern Rattlesnake Tree variety. Dang! Better get Snipe started on a program to breed some hybrids that will have more vigor and still survive in Texas.
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