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Thanks, Ric. Photos from every angle, with your pal in most of the shots. Love those chocolate labs. Is your pond from a creek bed? Sure looks peaceful.
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That is a neat bridge, but crossing it would make me nervous that I was being chased by arrow-shooting Thuggee. Especially if I was accompanied by a whip-wielding Archaeologist.
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I love how you can see the shallow area dirt underwater, then dropping off to the briney depths. What lurks in those green depths....
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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That is a nice bloom . Ponds and hounds are made for each other.
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BM, The pond dam is set at the junction of 2 hollers with a small spring feeding from one & a small creek from the other. We took dirt from where we could around the edges for the dam. ![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/rkswaim/Construction06045.jpg) With this much water running in, the pond leaks terribly to be about 20" low now. I forgot to mention the bridge supports. Under the platform I used 4" sch 40 pvc filled with rebar & cement. The 4x4's were installed later to stop lateral movement of the I-Beam. ![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/rkswaim/Construction06037.jpg) The I-Beam is anchored on both ends in concrete. ![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/rkswaim/Construction06082.jpg) The Game Warden stopped by for a visit. That is a neat bridge, but crossing it would make me nervous that I was being chased by arrow-shooting Thuggee. Especially if I was accompanied by a whip-wielding Archaeologist. That's funny Theo ![grin](/forums/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) It was fun before I put up the railing & braced it with the 4x4's! ![eek](/forums/images/graemlins/default/eek.gif) Thanks for all the compliments. BTW the dog (Jazz) is going on 3yr old Braque Francais (French Pointer). She likes to point birds & I like to shoot-em.
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Good detail on the bridge. Looks like you did it right. The 1st pic of the pooch sitting, looked a little like a choc., then the pic walking toward, kinda like a coon hound. Must be nice to have a pointer and something to point. I'm afraid that global warming has caused a loss of habitat in the deep south. It must be global warming, right? I planted some seed mix for habitat a while back. We'll see what happens. Again, good bridge project.
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Thanks BM. I buy alot of birds to keep her trained. Personally I don't think warming has anything to do with bird populations. But that's another thread ...
Bruce, some of the RE eat pellets although I've spoiled them & they won't eat them unless they've been soaked first. I've fed the FH's per BC's advise since they were put in & the RE just started comming around to see what all the excitement was about & started trying the GFC. Intrestingly some of the RE's won't even give the food a look, some look but won't eat, some hit it in a flash, & some come running when I approach & meet the food when it hits the water. The SMB are'nt the least bit intrested. I could I have a place above a large colvert I could block off & feed train some YP. Even if they do stunt as ewest says they may I mainly want them for forage anyway. Found 4 more new RE beds today! I watched one court a female in his nest. Not sure if she deposited eggs or not. He was darker & smaller (7"?)than all the others on nests & started fanning the nest sometimes standing on his tail after she left.
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Thanks BM. I buy alot of birds to keep her trained. Personally I don't think warming has anything to do with bird populations. But that's another thread ...
Bruce, some of the RE eat pellets although I've spoiled them & they won't eat them unless they've been soaked first. I've fed the FH's per BC's advise since they were put in & the RE just started comming around to see what all the excitement was about & started trying the GFC. Intrestingly some of the RE's won't even give the food a look, some look but won't eat, some hit it in a flash, & some come running when I approach & meet the food when it hits the water. The SMB are'nt the least bit intrested. I could I have a place above a large colvert I could block off & feed train some YP. Even if they do stunt as ewest says they may I mainly want them for forage anyway. Found 4 more new RE beds today! I watched one court a female in his nest. Not sure if she deposited eggs or not. He was darker & smaller (7"?)than all the others on nests & started fanning the nest sometimes standing on his tail after she left. I've put eighty redears in a pond this year that weren't feed trained. Just as you say, some have no interest in pellets, but there are a few that absolutely smash the pellets! It happens so fast that I had to watch it several hundred times to be sure. It happens at least fifty times at each feeding. RES are fun!!!!!
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