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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:"
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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.  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.  The I-Beam is anchored on both ends in concrete.  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  It was fun before I put up the railing & braced it with the 4x4's!  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!!!!!
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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