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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    They're generally pretty leery of humans (bobcats, that is) -- they're making a comeback, methinks.

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  • Moose68Bash
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    Hermitism wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Want me to post some turkeys or something to lure RIck out of his luthier-induced torpor?
    Mark, I saw my first bobcat this week! I had no idea there were bobcats in southern Indiana. I tried to get a picture, but it ran off. It was NOT comfortable around humans like the deer are. It was eating the guts out of a small deer. I looked out the window and saw something bright red and got the binoculars.

    I grew up in Bedford, IN, in the 1940s-1960s, and I never saw a bobcat or heard of anybody seeing one -- that despite numerous uncles and aunts who owned farms in the Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties.

    How about wild turkeys? Have you seen any in your area of southern Indiana? We have many in New Hampshire, as mhardy6647 will attest, but I never saw one in Indiana.
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  • oldrocker
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    Moose,

    Family member is up by Monticello, IN. Lots and lots of wild turkeys this year up north way.

    Used to see a bunch in rural Tippecanoe county..
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  • tonyb
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    Heck, even the populated burbs of Chicago has wild turkeys. Wheaton has tons of them. Some Bobcat sightings in my neck of the woods but never saw one myself. I think competition from all the darn Coyotes keep them at bay.

    Love the wildlife though, brings a sense of serenity to the fast paced world which we live in.
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  • oldrocker
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    Had a report/sightings and tracks few months back of a cougar over by a town called Darlington IN.......Probably, just a wolf being seen by folks partaking in homemade hooch.... :D
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  • motorhead43026
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    I live10 minutes from downtown Columbus, OH. I just got my car back from the body shop due to a deer strike. Wild turkey are also seen often in this area. Amazing how the critters can adapt.
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

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  • Hermitism
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    We have tons of turkeys. We are overrun with deer, turkeys and coyotes. It's becoming a real problem. They are coming up to the homes and eating the landscaping. The deer are jumping in front of cars and causing accidents. People keep feeding the deer which is attracting the coyotes and now they are coming up to the front yards of homes. There have been a couple reports in the local newspaper that the coyotes are attacking small dogs in the back yards of homes. I have a friend that has a large farm about 20 miles away and she said the bobcats keep getting into her horse barn.

    I've probably post all these before...
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  • tonyb
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    lol...your local Wild-e Coyote newsletter probably has a story too of invading humans causing all sorts of problems. Stop feeding those pesky humans...lol.

    If you leave nature alone, it takes care of itself. Living with it with minimal intervention is key to enjoying it.

    Sure, at times the deer come into the yard and eat flowers, so what....they grow back. Plant deer resistant flowers and shrubs then and you won't have that problem. Think I'll go have a turkey sandwich now, I'm hungry.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Turkeys have made an amazing comeback since being virtually extirpated (at least in New England) a hundred or so years ago. In fairness, wild ones were re-introduced... but they're thriving now in many parts of the country.
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  • mhardy6647
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    We had a kestrel hanging around in the back yard today -- turns out he was looking for something to eat. After snooping around the bird feeders, he nailed some small (unidentified) song bird & then sat on a fencepost out back and had a feast. Natural selection is not pretty :-P

    16875213427_01e38c10ec_b.jpgDSC_3452 by mhardy6647, on Flickr

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    ... and now, as twilight deepens, looky what it's doin' outside...

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  • obieone
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    High of 88*f today in SC >:)
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • mhardy6647
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    obieone wrote: »
    High of 88*f today in SC >:)
    whoo-frickin'-hoo...

    ;- )

    oh... speakin' of turkeys in the yard... did I post this last week? The toms are posturing these days...

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  • xjghost
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    Went wheeling in a new park last month and took the new camera. Here are a couple I took.

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    Really impressed with its low light capability.

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    The GF doesn't like this one but I do.

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  • vcwatkins
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    We had a kestrel hanging around in the back yard today -- turns out he was looking for something to eat. After snooping around the bird feeders, he nailed some small (unidentified) song bird & then sat on a fencepost out back and had a feast. Natural selection is not pretty :-P
    Nice pics as always. Guess the grill will have to wait a little while longer.
    Never heard of a kestrel. Very cool. Our raptors are osprey, hawk, owl families.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Kestrel is a flavor of hawk. We don't have any big enough water close enough to have ospreys -- although they, as well as eagles, are fairly well distributed along the Connecticut River, which is just a hoot 'n' a holler west of here.
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  • Hermitism
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    tonyb wrote: »
    lol...your local Wild-e Coyote newsletter probably has a story too of invading humans causing all sorts of problems. Stop feeding those pesky humans...lol.

    If you leave nature alone, it takes care of itself. Living with it with minimal intervention is key to enjoying it.

    Sure, at times the deer come into the yard and eat flowers, so what....they grow back. Plant deer resistant flowers and shrubs then and you won't have that problem. Think I'll go have a turkey sandwich now, I'm hungry.
    Tony, what would you like me to do? Landscape my home with thorn bushes? Perhaps an acacia by the front door? Put a battering ram on the front of my car? I'm getting this picture of you being all "Grizzly Adams" with nature and such ;)

    I'm just messing with you.
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  • xjghost
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    Took some more playing with the new camera.

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    This was taken with nothing more then the light of her car:

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    Yea I think she's pretty.

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    Picked up flash last week but haven't had the opportunity to even mess with it.

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  • maximillian
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    xjghost wrote: »
    Yea I think she's pretty.

    Very much so. But it's what's in her head that determines whether or not she's beautiful.

    Nice photos BTW.
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  • gdb
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  • Timothy Smith
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    motorhead43026 wrote: »
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    My Dad worked for Oldsmobile as an Engineer in Lansing in the early/mid 60's.
    He brought home some of the first 442's and Toronados. Dr. Old's had some awesome cars back then.
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  • Polkie2009
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    The first gen. Toronados especially had some very innovative designs for their time. Front wheel drive , unique body designs and frame, you don't see many of those old Toronados any more.
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  • Polkie2009
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    The first gen. Toronados especially had some very innovative designs for their time. Front wheel drive , unique body designs and frame, you don't see many of those old Toronados any more.
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  • gdb
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    You can see a few at the GM Nationals at Carlisle, PA most years. ;)

    http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/carlisle-gm-nationals/
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  • cascius
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    Taken last Sunday morning while having breakfast :smile:

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    Just having fun capturing some nice light distortion with my phone.
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  • Timothy Smith
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    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    The first gen. Toronados especially had some very innovative designs for their time. Front wheel drive , unique body designs and frame, you don't see many of those old Toronados any more.


    My Dad Phil said that Oldsmobile bought many "bogie" cars to benchmark what the Toronado was going to be.

    One was a 12-cylinder Ferrari with manual transmission. My Dad drove that Ferrari around Lansing. Said it was hot, noisy, bumpy. Eventually the Olds execs demanded an Auto transmission, back seat, air cond. etc. turned into a luxury car.

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  • motorhead43026
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    I bet your dad has many great stories to tell, I imagine being an engineer for Olds during the 60's was a very interesting and demanding career. Oldsmobile was basically GM's research and development department. My 68 in the picture is a Lansing built car. When GM axed Olds it was the oldest American car brand and the 4th oldest in the world.
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  • Hermitism
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    A farewell to one of my favorite shows...

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    Ty Walker: "This is bulls**t, you shot me in the back!"
    Raylan: “If you wanted me to shoot you in the front, you shoulda run toward me.”
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  • mhardy6647
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    Looks like Bryce Canyon?
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  • scubalab
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    Nice pic Sandworms! Looks like it was taken from Sunset Point. We were there last summer. Next to Zion, probably my favorite NP in the Grand Circle.
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