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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-475-1016059360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What a great picture! It gives the impression that it's keeping an eye on you and you better not even be thinking at trying to get the flicker from it! Pat On Apr 28, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Rick Whitman wrote: > I was driving on the road out to Methals Dam, Black River Lake, when a > hawk crossed the road & perched very close to the road. It's amazing > how tolerant birds can be when you are inside of a car. I had to back > up a bit for a clear shot but the hawk didn't fly. I got the photo > linked below, which is uncropped. The hawk then flew less than 100' > into the woods & perched again. I thought "why not try some more". I > got the second photo, right after the direct link below. Only when I > got these on the computer did I realize that the hawk already had a > half-eaten Flicker on the second perch, a stub. You'll see it clearly, > hanging off to the right, if so-inclined. > > There are also two photos of a Phoebe with nesting materials in her > (?) bill, just above, that I rather like. > > http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/22243788_LGxpGV#!i > =1817450867&k=XvkPhMw > > Rick Whitman > = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-475-1016059360 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">What a great picture! It gives = the impression that it's keeping an eye on you and you better not even = be thinking at trying to get the flicker from = it!<div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr = 28, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Rick Whitman wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>I was = driving on the road out to Methals Dam, Black River Lake, when a<br>hawk = crossed the road & perched very close to the road. It's = amazing<br>how tolerant birds can be when you are inside of a car. I had = to back<br>up a bit for a clear shot but the hawk didn't fly. I got the = photo<br>linked below, which is uncropped. The hawk then flew less than = 100'<br>into the woods & perched again. I thought "why not try some = more". I<br>got the second photo, right after the direct link below. = Only when I<br>got these on the computer did I realize that the hawk = already had a<br>half-eaten Flicker on the second perch, a stub. You'll = see it clearly,<br>hanging off to the right, if = so-inclined.<br><br>There are also two photos of a Phoebe with nesting = materials in her<br>(?) bill, just above, that I rather like.<br><br><a = href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/222437= 88_LGxpGV#!i">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/= 22243788_LGxpGV#!i</a>=3D1817450867&k=3DXvkPhMw<br><br>Rick = Whitman<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier; "><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Courier; ">Patrick Kelly</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Courier; ">Director of Computer Facilities</font></p&g