I know it is dry...but

[kpinnc 12,078]

16 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

He might have alligator in him… waiting at the water for supper to come for a drink…

Or as Cedric the entertainer once said “I wish a mutha****** WOULD” say I’m in his water… 

 

I’ll bet the bluebirds spend a bit more time looking over their shoulders for a while!

[oliver2-44 9,756]

On 11/20/2024 at 11:01 PM, kpinnc said:

Growing up, my dad was always bringing home injured birds he found at work. The ones that stand out in memory were a hawk, an owl, and a great blue heron. I always knew he was a bit crazy, but catching either of those with his bare hands probably could have been entertaining to say the least. 
 

He always had contacts that did animal rescue and recovery, but he liked to show them off first. You just never knew what he had in the trunk of the car when he came home! 

Back in about 1992 my wife worked in a building that had a garden and mirrored glass at the front entrance. One day as she was leaving a humming bird flew into the mirror glass and fell down near her. She picked it up and put it in a small box in the car. After picking our son up from daycare she opened the box to show him.  The bird had only knocked itself out, and now revived flew around inside the car.  They drove hove a bout 15 miles of heavy traffic with the bird flying around. When they got home the parked in the garage, closed the door and let the bird fly around in the garage. I was tasked to catch the bird but never succeeded. Finely opened the garage door and let it fly free. 
Then there was the small owl that flew up my garage attic access ladder and sat on the wind turbine going round and around. But that’s a story for another day. 

Edited Saturday at 05:15 AM by oliver2-44

[953 nut 55,285]

We have lots of crows around and they scavenge any roadkill or any meat scraps. The other day a neighbor put the carcass of  a rotisserie chicken out for the crows, they were all over it until a hawk showed up. Good by crows.

[Ed Kennell 38,200]

When close to home, I load the road killed deer and deposit them in the field. The turkey vultures are usually the first to find them, then the crows, ravens, and hawks.

But when the Bald Eagles show up, they take over.

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,565]

40 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

But when the Bald Eagles show up, they take over.

Yep. 

That's why Ben Franklin wasn't fond of them being the National bird. 

[adsm08 2,066]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Yep. 

That's why Ben Franklin wasn't fond of them being the National bird. 

 

Ben had lots of good stuff going on in his head.

 

Have you ever read his dissertation on choosing a mistress? Ronnie McDowell wrote a song based on it.

[ebinmaine 67,565]

5 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Ben had lots of good stuff going on in his head.

 

Have you ever read his dissertation on choosing a mistress? Ronnie McDowell wrote a song based on it.

 

I've not.....

Have ta check it out.  

[Beap52 811]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Yep. 

That's why Ben Franklin wasn't fond of them being the National bird. 

 

I copied this from livescience.co By Ashley P. Taylor published November 25, 2021m 

 

There's a story that Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey should be the national bird instead of the eagle. In a 1784 letter addressed to Sarah, his daughter, Franklin wrote:

 

"For my own part I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. . . . the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America." 

 

Just think gang, We could be protecting turkeys and eating bald eagle's for Thanksgiving!

 

[adsm08 2,066]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I've not.....

Have ta check it out.  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_to_a_Friend_on_Choosing_a_Mistress

 

Full text is about halfway down.

 

1 hour ago, Beap52 said:

 

I copied this from livescience.co By Ashley P. Taylor published November 25, 2021m 

 

There's a story that Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey should be the national bird instead of the eagle. In a 1784 letter addressed to Sarah, his daughter, Franklin wrote:

 

"For my own part I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. . . . the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America." 

 

Just think gang, We could be protecting turkeys and eating bald eagle's for Thanksgiving!

 

 

For many years racoon was the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. That changed in the 20s when one was sent as a pet to the Whitehouse and gained media attention. That and the advent of industrial turkey farming.

[Ed Kennell 38,200]

16 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

 racoon was the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. 

Not at my table.    I've eaten quite a variety  of wild animals including raccoon (once and never again).   

Seems goose, duck,  deer, turkey, and carrier pigeon  were the main meats at the early Thanksgiving dinners.

Raccoon and muskrat were consumed early on mainly in the lowland areas.

There is a restaurant, The Southern Grill, in Delaware that features a muskrat menu.https://www.thesoutherngrilles.com/about-the-southern-grille

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,565]

On the turkey...

I've read over the years that was actually never proven. 

The original writings of the euro settlers from the 1600s used the word "fowl".

Supposition is that given that the locale of the ocean and many ponds in the area and given consideration of linguistics at that point,  a "fowl" was far more likely to be a water bird. 

Not out of the possibility of being a turkey at all but just much less likely. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,565]

11 hours ago, adsm08 said:

Full text

Very interesting!