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For one of the local hummingbirds to come flying along!!!! This one on my backyard gate post this evening. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5J8F0yx/2906044-C-52-AC-47-E5-895-C-76-AC8-EE79718.jpg) Daughter has their nest back in a mesquite in their front yard. They tolerate us. 🤣
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Shoot that Hummingbird killer!!
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I miss those things.
Moved to SoCal in '63. Small development by todays standards of tract housing. Used to have them come down on our retaining wall to hunt lizards. Eventually they both mostly disappeared.
Then, living in the deserts of AZ I'd see them frequently enough to make it fun.
Thanks Bob, good luck with the nestlings.
Geno
PS, quail eaters too.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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It’s ok Geno! We hadn’t had quail here in over 35 years!
Those pesky critters are little velociraptors aren’t they? Cleaned out all my Anole lizards.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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We've had roadrunners in our yard all spring and early summer. They have hatched 2 clutches of 2 each. They have cleaned up the snakes, lizards and many bugs that were in our yard. They are fun to watch.
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We've had roadrunners in our yard all spring and early summer. They have hatched 2 clutches of 2 each. They have cleaned up the snakes, lizards and many bugs that were in our yard. They are fun to watch. I like listening to the wide assortment of sounds they can make!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I am MAGA.
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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No its not.
Its not two tone blue with a bright orange beak.
It should be sitting on a painted target, pecking at a yellow pile, in the shade of a Free Bird Seed sign.
Sheesh.
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Shoot that Hummingbird killer!! +1 I’ll send you a box of high brass #6’s if need be!
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Shoot that Hummingbird killer!! +1 I’ll send you a box of high brass #6’s if need be! Just how in the hell does a road runner get a hummingbird? Hummingbirds spend a lot of time on the ground? FTR.....we have neither hummingbirds or road runners here.....
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Did someone call me? ![[Linked Image]](https://www.wbkidsgo.com/Portals/4/Images/Content/Characters/Wile%20E.%20Coyote/wildecyote-body.png)
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Shoot that Hummingbird killer!! +1 I’ll send you a box of high brass #6’s if need be! Just how in the hell does a road runner get a hummingbird? Hummingbirds spend a lot of time on the ground? FTR.....we have neither hummingbirds or road runners here..... They will wait in ambush on tree limb or rooftop for hummer to hit the sugar water feeder. Then BAM! Like greased lightening they bust em!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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So you are saying a road runner can fly???
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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I honestly thought they were ground birds!
I guess thats what relying on Warner Brothers for your nature programs will get ya.
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No its not.
Its not two tone blue with a bright orange beak.
It should be sitting on a painted target, pecking at a yellow pile, in the shade of a Free Bird Seed sign.
Sheesh. My wife made the same comment when I showed her one in Texas the first time.  "It looks like a skinny chicken". Ah, the joys of showing a Rhode Islander central TX. She admitted it was also the first funeral she had been too where the minister had a rifle on the gator he brought the chairs over to the cemetery on. Relatives back to settling the country in that cemetery - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/6368/richland-springs-cemetery
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Well , they do spend a lot of time on the ground. They like to glide a lot! But they can fly too!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Bob, you could call Blue over to help you with the RR problem..... of course, you'd have to clear out a shooting lane 700-800 yds long. He cant hit them any closer!
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