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I saw an episode of Nature last week called "Raptor Force." In the
episode they talked a lot about the raptors — large birds of prey —
and their specialized skills.
And, I guess simply because they thought it would be totally cool to do
it, they decided to mount a small, lightweight camera on the back of a
Peregrine falcon, perhaps nature's greatest aviator, to get an idea of
what it would be like to fly like a bird.
And they were right. It was very, very cool.
"No one ever said it would be easy to operate a
tiny television station from the back of a bird."
Gee, ya think?
This Insubstantial Pageant Faded 
Connelly is crazy. Unfortunately, they don't show him nearly enough here. And — thanks. It's good to be back. :up:Pam, would love to see the photo. This is Peregrine country up here also. Though I don't think I've ever actually seen one — I don't get out much.Lately, Spokane has been overrun by seagulls. I have plenty of photos of those. :down:
Oh, I loved this. I managed to take a photo of one of these birds in the big tree in my backyard. It had just swooped down to catch a dove. I didn't have my telephoto lense on, unfortunately, but you can see what it is. I'll have to upload it to an opera album.
Scottish actor and comedian Billy Conelly stated in a BBC interview that he was considering installing tiny cameras inside his nose, basicly to see what was going on in there, but also to avoid invasion of squatters and other 'unpleasant individuals'. Britons are pretty cutting edge when it comes to closed circuit public surveillance cameras.:DWelcome back from you vacation.
That's very cool. If nothing else, there's no mistaking that shape to the body. :up: Great shot!
Speaking of seagulls, my wife and I went down the park the other day, and were much surprised by the number of seagulls there. Normally ducks are the dominating specie, but they were quite outnumbered that day. I think I might just keep an eye on this. If gulls are increasing in numbers all over the world, we have to do something about it. I don't like gulls. To me they are like rats with wings.
"they will not land on your head and start picking out your eyes"Well, that's good. :lol:Of course if you have blonde hair, and happen to look like Tippi Hedren, who knows…
All locations in Denmark are close to the ocean, and we have lakes, ponds, pools, creeks, rivers and canals all over the place, so of course we have seagulls everywhere, but normally the crows will deal with them and keep them away from woods and forests which on the other hand are totally dominated by crows. But for some reason I don't find crows as annoying and intimidating as seagulls. Crows might crap on your windshield, but they will not land on your head and start picking out your eyes.
Wouldn't rats with wings be more like bats? — :lol:What gets me is that they are here in Spokane — we have rivers and a couple of really good sized lakes, but we're jeez 300 miles from the frigging ocean. And evidently they are out in the ranch country also, totally away from water. They stop in the fields and eat cow poop. Seriously. So that rat comparison does have merit.This was taken a few years back downtown at Riverfront Park. As you can see, there was quite the seagull infestation back then. Since then the city has secretly found some way to get rid of them — I don't know how and they are not admitting to anything, but let's just say the locals "aren't asking too many questions." — 😆
http://my.opera.com/PainterWoman/albums/showpic.dml?album=610609&picture=8366919Unfortunately, the photo uploaded rather small. I don't know why that happens with some and not others. I may have messed with the photo trying to get the bird closer or resized it…I don't remember. I could definitely see the black speckles on the white underside. I was so excited I was shaking.
I blame the whole seagull thing on the lack of geese, at least downtown at the park. It used to be that we had some pretty large geese inhabiting the park most of the year. I have to admit that the geese could sometimes be aggressive. But instead of controlling their kids I think parents went to the City and complained that the geese were eating their children or whatever and the City ended up getting rid of the geese somehow. Which is exactly when the seagulls moved in, filling the niche once controlled by the ducks and geese. It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature. :down: Even if Mother Nature does nip at your children's fingers every once in a while.
I don't really consider our local park as 'nature'. In real nature birds don't care for humans, they either ignore you or fly away. But the park is a sanctuary for the birds living there. It's not a petting zoo. People have to realize this. The birds live there, and they are not just an entertainment feature, they are living creatures, wild life. And they get annoyed, as everybody would, if you get too close.
Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.
:DI was about 1o years old when I read du Maurier's 'The Birds' for the first time. Of course I knew Hitchcock's version already, but I've always found that one extremely dull, growing up with zombies, monsters and aliens. But du Maurier got me by the balls and I haven't been able to look at our 'feathered friends' without suspicion since.
I love the idea of the video on the wings…I wonder if the wight of it effected the height of the flight at all…very cool! I couldn;t find the cool emoticon so… —>:troll: