@QMS great pic of the Red-shouldered Hawk QMS! Yeah they are inordinately loud around the nest... I always hope they don't nest too close. Ravens are bad too, much worse than Crows around the nest for noise. You will be so glad when those young fledge and leave!

Have fun watching!

so thought I would share this little drama ..

We have a couple of Red Shouldered Hawks nesting in the woods.
Which is great to keep the rodent population down. But, their nest is just
above our compost gizmo. They get very upset when we go back there.
So I put up a small one in one of the raised beds closer to the house for now.
Leave them be. Watching them thru a spy glass to see when the peeps pop.

The crows, we call the sky police, love to chase the hawks. Between both of their
screaming and scwaking, it is a vivid battle. Saw the crows gathering leaves and sticks,
so I guess they are going to be neighbors?

cheers

@QMS not an expert on these things... but would guess that is not a factory approved mod?

how he modified his car..

it goes fast, but the sound is slamming

wonder if travelerxxx has heard of him?

no screeching birds in there

@dystopian

What a sight the sunrise is. Nice for you, and vicariously us.

You must have been very fast to steal all those bases, the 'Clyde' of baseball ; ).

Hi all, Hey SP!

GREAT baseball pics SP! Action shots are hard to do. I can't imagine having something like 'burst mode' as a tool. We got one chance in the old days.

I don't follow the sport any more, but growing up in 60's saw virtually all the super stars of that era, saw Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays hit homers. Saw Koufax and Drysdale pitch. It was a great era, and fun. Bleachers were about a buck for kids. And yeah I have my high school varsity letter in baseball and basketball... a nice big Green and Gold BP, for Big Pine, (CA). LOL. Actually logged playing every position during league play. Only hit one offical league play home run but stole a lot of bases. The strikes and steroids ruined the pro game for me.

Two of my teammates there who were good friends, had a little brother we had to drag around all the time, he was such a pain. My friends were Bart and Buff Williams, the little PIA rugrat, Matt Williams, who you may have heard of.

Thanks for the great shots... I was never happy with my baseball pic attempts.

Just one quick pic

Sunrise

Have good ones all!

@on the cusp Turkey are gobbling now so the Toms are pretty bold. We can hear one up the hill but we could never sneak up on them here. Some places they are fairly human habituated and tamish. Wow the hummer encounter OtC! Were you wearing some hot red lipstick? Not kidding, they will react to it. A red hat, artwork on a shirt, they ID red with nectar.

Are you over Austin way or ??? I am south central Edwards Plateau I guess you would call it. The locals here call it the hill country too. Some Austin folk often scoff, as if they are the only... The canyonlands definition is good as they extend all the way around the east to south edges of the Edwards Plateau, a canyon on each river drainage, which why it is so hilly and everything takes twice as long as it looks on a map. The Balcones Fault is the step from flatlands up onto plateau. There is a Nat. Wildlife Refuge over near Austin called Balcones Canyonlands I think supposed to be nice.

Have a great visit!

I stalked a wild turkey to take a picture. The turkey kept walking around and stopping to pose for me with some object between us that made the photo op a miss. The bird had no concern about me. It was concerned about exercise, I think.
On the way back to my cottage rental, a hummingbird flew into my face, hitting my chin. It flew 3 ft. away, hovered, and I sort of backed away. I got too close to a nest I never saw.
I wanted no confrontation, since I only brought 2 Band Aids in my luggage.
Thanks for the great pics, friend!

@janis b My mom worked part time in the summer at Ebbets field as a receptionist. She knew Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson and the other players. She loved the Brooklyn Dodgers. My uncle was crazy about them too. I think he moved to Vero Beach after he retired because even after the Dodgers moved to LA, I think they did spring training there. That's the story my cousins told me, if I remembered it correctly. I tried to verify that, but was unable to do so.

My mom died just before the movie 42 came out, unfortunately. After I saw the movie, I realized some of the reasons my mom was the woman that she was. I wish she could have seen the movie, but she saw it in real life.

Great action shots! It’s wonderful to see how your still photos of birds and baseball players capture such a strong sense of action in a single frame. Depending on the game, they might even be more entertaining ; ).

My father cried then got angry, as if he was jilted by an unfaithful lover when the Dodgers left Brooklyn. His next love was with the NY Knicks. Walt Frasier (Clyde) was his favourite player, mine too.

Not a ball, but a sphere …

Enjoy the weekend all