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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017

    :o)

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014


    Thanks MJS. I see you are from IL. also.

    Nancy

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  • mjsgumbas
    mjsgumbas Member Posts: 373
    edited July 2014

    bandwoman - yes, just a few minute drive north on I55 from you Happy

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    mjs,

    Really. That close. I will have to look that up on the map. I know there is a thread for Illinois ladies but I have not been on that thread at all. I am fairly new to the BCO. Nice to meet you.

    Nancy (Bandwoman)

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  • mjsgumbas
    mjsgumbas Member Posts: 373
    edited July 2014

    Nice to meet you too! I follow the IL ladies thread but havent posted much there. I am at I55 & Lagrange Rd basically. Bandwoman? Are you a teacher, director or musician? 

    Mary Jane 

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    Mary Jane,

    Yes to all of those. I used to be a professional clarinet player. I was in a woodwind quintet. I have played in a couple of orchestras and many community bands.  I had a very serious neck surgery in 2001 which ended my ability to perform. I could still play in small spurts which was perfect for teaching.  I was a band director for all of my career. I am retired from teaching now. I had plans of continuing my private clarinet teaching but the same school year I retired (2011) my mom got dementia so my sister and I are her caregivers now. I haven't been to see her since Jan. because of my dx. I am planning on finally getting down to see her next week. I hope I am up to it. I have still been fatigued from rads (just finished July 3) and I have an injured rotator cuff so the packing could be a challenge. My mom lives in Decatur which is three hours downstate. Are you working?

    Nancy

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    image

    This is one of the adult swans. The babies are also on the bank but not visible. I didn't want to disturb them so kept my distance. This had an ethereal quality that I liked. Wished the swan has been in better focus but it was fun taking the pics and watching how the babies did just what the adults did in preening their feathers. I am still learning for sure.

    Nancy (Bandwoman)

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    I love it

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    Thanks Lisa.

    Nancy

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017

    ^..^

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    image

    here's his buddy

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    Our last baby robin was talked into trying his wings yesterday afternoon. DH got to see it. He said the Daddy was trying to persuade him to try. We think perhaps he told him no more food in the nest. The other one flew 2 days ago. Perhaps this one knew it's a big bad world out there.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017

    :o)

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    Wren. One day we had a nest near our front door. One birdie not wanting to leave the nest .The father was in a tree nearby chirping for it to come out. The mother was behind pushing with her beak .They were on a long leaf in the spider plant where the nest was.It looked like the flight deck of a aircraft carrier. Finally the mom pushed hard enough he didn't have any choice but to fly or fall. He made it thank goodness but it was quite the operation. 

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014


    Thanks for the Heron pics. I am fascinated by them. Wren- I imagine it is sort of sad seeing the last baby robin to leave. I had a neat experience getting in the middle two black capped chickadees trying to teach a baby to fly. I heard all this commotion in my backyard as I was walking around the house. The Mama and Papa birds were not happy with me arriving on the scene. I saw the teenie weenie baby just sitting on a limb. I walked up to it and it didn't seem afraid at all. I put my finger in front of it and it hopped on my finger. I was so thrilled and wished someone had a camera at that moment. I just stood there marveling and how cute this tiny bird was. I decided I better put him back on the limb or the parents might start dive bombing my head. LOL

    Lisa- Still smiling at "it looked like flight deck of an aircraft carrier."

    Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

    Nancy

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  • Puffin2014
    Puffin2014 Member Posts: 961
    edited July 2014

    Anyone out looking at the shorebird migration?

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    not here in San Diego

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017

    I live in the Adirondack Mountains!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    Most of my Dad's family is from New York...all over the place, but his Dad grew up in Turin, NY

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited July 2014

    Puffin I live in North Texas but I do love watching bird cams. Here is one of the whooping cranes.

    http://www.ustream.tv/migratingcranes

    Not much to see at night. Looks like their RF camera is not great. I think there are some cranes in the bottom right or maybe I'm just seeing distortion. The last time I looked at it sev. weeks ago they were out in a field feeding. By the chat remarks babies getting big.

    But my favorite is still the Decorah Eagles. There is little activity on camera until the parents start nestorations in the fall. My dream is to one day go to Decorah (Northern Iowa is a far piece from Texas). Told DH it might have to be my 40th anniversary present in 2 years.

    http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

    I found out we have nesting eagles (maybe only one pair) down on the Trinity River in South Dallas County. The power co went out a couple of weeks ago and dismantled the support their nest was on (on one of the high tension transport lines), wrapped it in plastic and moved it to a dummy tower intact and rebolted it. They're hoping the eagles reuse the same nest somewhat away from the power lines. Decorah had an eaglet electrocuted on a hig tension transmission line a few weeks ago.

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    Luv,

    Thanks for sending the links. I enjoy watching those live feeds. Enjoy your weekend.

    Nancy

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

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    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

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    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

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  • aviva5675
    aviva5675 Member Posts: 1,353
    edited July 2014

    Behind my house is a (retention) pond, and fairly often during the warm months an egret or heron will stop by and fish. Less so in the last few years, but still see them.  Im in the middle of suburbia outside Chicago.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    That's where these were. San Diego suburbs. 

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,542
    edited July 2014

    Lisa,

    I've never seen some of your herons. They are so interesting. My experience with most of them is they are very afraid of humans and as soon as they see you they tend to fly. I did see a blue heron a few weeks ago on our Riverwalk that has many people going and coming. This heron was sitting on a rock very close to the bank and it just stood there for a very long time without moving. It was obviously comfortable with us staring at it. I didn't have my camera with me.

    Aviva- I see another Chicagoan here. I think there are more egrets and herons around here than we would believe. It is always fun to see them. It seems like they should be in a warmer climate. I got my first backyard fountain up near your area.

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  • aviva5675
    aviva5675 Member Posts: 1,353
    edited July 2014

    I see a lot flying near the forest preserves all the time. It's wonderful.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

    I have a point and shoot camera that has a 50X optical zoom lens. I can get a photo from quite a distance.  The night hooded heron is hard to find. The blue and white not so much because we are near the Pacific Coast. 

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited July 2014

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