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Gary O
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2015 10:16pm - Edited by: Gary O
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Got busy with the Nikon;
The nuthatch has become my favorite feathered friend. And, I've been told they're the only birds that walk down a tree.
The chickadee, a favorite close second, seem to hesitate in giving me a profile
Both chickadee and nuthatch are very personable, and can easily be hand fed
But the stellar jays sometimes steal the show...and the food
and seem rather inquisitive
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hattie
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 01:00am
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Great photos GaryO! Stellar Jays are my favourite. We like to name all the birds that come to our front porch for food.
There's: Peggy - a one-legged stellar jay, Prince Harry (a hairy woodpecker), Frodo (a small downy woodpecker), Ant Eatie (a red-shafted flicker), Sassy (the bravest stellar jay that occasionally eats from my hand), Casper (a grey jay aka. camp robber, aka. whiskey jack), and Wendy (Casper's friend who is also a grey jay). I suppose that's what happens when you have too much time on your hands. *LOL*
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Gary O
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 08:51am - Edited by: Gary O
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apparently you've been 'out there' awhile
(note to self; keep an eye on hattie)
seriously, that....is....so....cool
I'm just now starting to identify their sounds
Beats going 'whhzzzat?' all the time
ackshly, I'm quite fond of the crows and their incredulous caws
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neb
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 09:47am
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Looks like you had a great Christmas. I love winter but I'm not that crazy for a lot of snow. Picky I know! You have a lot of snow.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 10:31am
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Yeah, I s'pose we'll be ready for the hot sun by May.
and if we still have snow by June (it happens here), well, we won't be crazy for it much either....we'll be just plain crazy.
As for now, we're enjoying every moment of it.
Thing is, in winter, things can be, and are, precarious.
The moments of 'we got this' are rather fleeting.
Beats hell outta the complacency of town, though.
For me anyway.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 04:01pm
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Beautiful photos, Gary!!! You have such interesting birds!!!
The top photo of the nuthatch looks very much like a bird I became very fond of when visiting friends in England. They're adorable, acrobatic, smart little birds. So much so that they figured out how to get into the milk bottles delivered by the milkmen in London so the dairy companies had to change the caps!
These birds are called tits! That nuthatch looks like the great tit. Now, you can imagine my surprise on my first morning in England when I heard my friend exclaim from her garden, "Oh, our tits are being very cheeky today! Julie-Anne, come here and have a look!" Hahahahahaha! Of course, explanations were in order and we've laughed about it many, many times since.
But they've become my favorite birds there. They come in different varieties and colors. There are great tits, blue tits, bearded tits, marsh tits, coal tits, and others. Little collectible figurines are made of them in English china and my friends have bought me some for Christmas and such.
The puns abound. It's rather fun to see the expressions on people's faces when I or others tell them that I collect tits, hahahaha!
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hattie
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 04:10pm
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Julie2Oregon: HAHAHAHAHAHA....You just have to feed into GaryO now don't you. Heaven knows what he's going to come up with after that post of yours. *ROTFL*
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 04:34pm
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hattie
Hahahahaha! We shall see! It should be fun! When I first saw the top photo, I immediately thought, "Wow, that looks like a great tit!" And then I thought, "Hmmm, should I share that observation and explanation? Oh, what the heck!"
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Gary O
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2015 07:47pm
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Can't
laughing too hard
OK, here goes.....
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no
still laughing
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Gary O
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 08:56am
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Quoting: hattie You just have to feed into GaryO now don't you. Heaven knows what he's going to come up with after that post of yours. *ROTFL*
Not worthy of the slightest lol, but I have these compulsions, and I blame you guys for this;
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 09:23am
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Hmmm and I was expecting something along these lines from Sir Gary_O
OR
A Classic:
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hattie
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 12:36pm
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Hahahahahaha......You two are terrible. *LOL*
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Gary O
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 01:09pm
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Quoting: Steve_S Hmmm and I was expecting something along these lines from Sir Gary_O
Yeah, they're out there, but I rather enjoy creating from within.
Thing is, I've backed waaaaay off on the edgy, questionable stuff here.
Not the site for that.
No sir.
......and I'm quite fond of being here.
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:35pm
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Ahhh the Minefield of Political Correctness... which has run amok where even silly humour can be twisted out of context into things... These day's, even tiptoeing through the Tulips might get ya shmucked
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bobrok
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:44pm
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Quoting: Steve_S These day's, even tiptoeing through the Tulips might get ya shmucked
Or schlonged according to The Donald 
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 05:53pm
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Hahahahahaha! As my English friends would say, "Oh, well done, you lot!"
I'll own this one if the powers-that-be have concerns. I sometimes wish I was born in the land of Shakespeare and Monty Python -- the Britons have such a delightful sense of humor and wordplay! As the person who named these birds must have. 
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bobrok
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 06:11pm
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Heh, Julie, I hope this will score points with you:
Of all the cartoons my almost 3yr old granddaughter watches, my ABSOLUTE FAVE to watch with her is PEPPA PIG!!!! 
Very British, and that Peppa is sooooo cheeky!!!
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2015 06:22pm
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Oh, I LOVE Peppa Pig!!!!! I will confess to watching it without a small child, lol. I first saw it in England when my friends' granddaughter was watching it, haha. I was surprised to later find it on American kid stations!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:11am
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abby
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2015 09:07am
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Happy New Year to you both! has it stopped snowing? can't wait to see what adventures you have in the new year. one more trip out for visiting, then I think it's hibernation time for us. love the wonderful coziness of winter, but we need some snow. (I'm sure I'll be sorry I typed that out loud. lol)
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bobrok
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:43am
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Happy New Year to everyone!!!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:45am
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Quoting: abby has it stopped snowing?
Quoting: abby we need some snow
it's stopped
now just cold
the lady wants snow
we've got some old snow for ya
guess I could craig's list it in the freebees
there's a cord of wood under that cord of snow (pretty sure)
A Frame is in there somewhere
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hattie
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:13pm
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Happy New Year to you both, GaryO and cabingal3!! I hope 2016 is full of adventure, excitement and good health for both of you!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 12:52pm - Edited by: Gary O
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thank you, hattie
Dawn, twenty sixteen
our year
our first full year
gonna be a good one
we have the grit and determination for it
we've tasted of the main course
the path is clear
oh, it won't be easy
haven't asked for easy
don't expect it
sure, we had our failures, misjudgments in 2015
But they've been few
And we've learned by them
I know y'all will have a great year, each and every member
Know why?
Yer here
It's where small cabin folk dwell
We'll record our events of twenty sixteen
The good
The bad
....and the beautiful
Thank you, everyone, for the encouragement along the way
I'm no dedicated environmentalist, but DAMN.
One cannot lightly regard our domain when living amongst its natural pageantry
No edict can compel like nor compare to what wells within, when observing its glory
forgive me
I have these compulsions;
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 01:30pm
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Beautiful Gary O. Happy New Year to you and cabingal3.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 01:46pm
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Quoting: Gary O I'm no dedicated environmentalist, but DAMN. One cannot lightly regard our domain when living amongst its natural pageantry No edict can compel like nor compare to what wells within, when observing its glory
Damn, you're good!
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 09:24pm
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gar love your poem and the woods photo.they go good together.
love your thoughts.its nice to see an unfunny side for just one second anyway.lol.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 09:44pm
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Silver
Thank you, and back atcha
Bob
You funny
Cabi
I was serious for several minutes back in 2015.
Looks like 2016 is already used up.
Howevah
Take my peanut butter away and see how serious things get
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 09:54pm - Edited by: cabingal3
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dear mister.u think i dont know this tidbit??? if u got cut.u would bleed peanut butter.
i do remember that fine day in 2015 when u were serious for a few mintues.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2016 10:29pm - Edited by: Gary O
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Quoting: cabingal3 i do remember that fine day in 2015 when u were serious for a few mintues.
That's whut I'm sayin'!!
If I wuz serious all the time, well, it'd be forgetful blather
But,
like a fine dessert,
you vividly recall that rare occasion of a strawberries Arnaud
I shall now stroll outside, gaze at the firmament
...and ponder
...thoughts for 2017
(are we really out of strawberry jam?)
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