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First time I can ever remember seeing them before actually hearing them on the place.
Anyone else getting their first look today?
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Been here eating juniper berries all winter. When they stayed I should have taken it as a sign of a mild winter coming, which we have certainly had.
They'll move up into the higher country in another month or so, following the snow line.
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)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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When the bad freeze hit Texas they showed up by the hundreds in my Holly bushes and cleaned them out in about half an hour before doing the same to my Yaupon berries. A swirling flurry of birds- of which over 90% or more were Robins. Was quite a site. I phoned others and was glad they got to witness the same thing at their places.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
. Confucius
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More that the usual here yesterday
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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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First time I can ever remember seeing them before actually hearing them on the place.
Anyone else getting their first look today? Yesterday evening. Daughter saw it...I heard it. My favorite sound is robins in the early morning and early evening.
I am MAGA.
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Saw the first one the other day here in SE Michigan. Woohoo!
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Jim. I like daddy redbird waking me up in the morning. Im transported to hog hunting camp. They wake me there of a morning!!!
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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Good got some new pellets to try out
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Blackjack and Baylor been trying to get after em going out the kitchen door into the dog gulag.
Baylor came about 2ft from getting a squirrel yesterday before it got up a tree.
He has been putting his front legs up on the trunk of that tree today looking up for that squirrel.
LOL!!!
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Blackjack and Baylor been trying to get after em going out the kitchen door into the dog gulag.
Baylor came about 2ft from getting a squirrel yesterday before it got up a tree.
He has been putting his front legs up on the trunk of that tree today looking up for that squirrel.
LOL!!! Remember that time we set up in that cedar thicket and shot anything that landed in there? LOL
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Jim. I like daddy redbird waking me up in the morning. Im transported to hog hunting camp. They wake me there of a morning!!! Summer Tanager? I Googled Redbird...
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Blackjack and Baylor been trying to get after em going out the kitchen door into the dog gulag.
Baylor came about 2ft from getting a squirrel yesterday before it got up a tree.
He has been putting his front legs up on the trunk of that tree today looking up for that squirrel.
LOL!!! Remember that time we set up in that cedar thicket and shot anything that landed in there? LOL It was like grazing fire with shotguns on robins. They didnt have a chance... LOL!!!
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Saw our 1st one here yesterday.
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My favorite sound is robins in the early morning and early evening.
Boy, ain't that the truth. One of life's simplest and finest pleasures.
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No robins but some some sandhill cranes have showed up.
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No robins but some some sandhill cranes have showed up. Those are fun to listen to as well.
I am MAGA.
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I've seen them here all winter long. When we lived up north there were populations of them that never left, they just stayed in the woods....I'd see them back in the frozen beaver swamps and cedars when it was in single digits or colder.
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We had hundreds of robins a few weeks ago. They stripped the red berries from the yaupon trees in the neighborhood. They were here when we had the below zero weather and after it warmed up they left.
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I haven't seen any yet. They're usually here by now.
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