tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post111468967095500155..comments2023-09-23T07:30:55.854-05:00Comments on Rurality: BigfootRuralityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114824394343146502005-04-29T20:26:00.000-05:002005-04-29T20:26:00.000-05:00Hick, they are definitely sneaky but I admit to th...Hick, they are definitely sneaky but I admit to thinking that they are actually pretty. When they are not eating chickens.<BR/><BR/>Sarah... what a difference a little vowel makes... AR vs OR.. LOL.<BR/><BR/>Anon - I cried when I heard it on the radio! Of course I was already a little weepy because of the chickens. :) All manner of avian inspired sobbing around here lately.<BR/><BR/>Rho, I had let our membership lapse a while back, but this made me rejoin!Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114817132125207172005-04-29T18:25:00.000-05:002005-04-29T18:25:00.000-05:00A saw a news item about the Ivory Billed Woodpecke...A saw a news item about the Ivory Billed Woodpecker on cable last night. It is wonderful! I've seen quite a few Pileated but these would be even more spectacular. <BR/><BR/>I am also a fan of the Nature Conservancy.Rhodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448228698535727705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114808028843572732005-04-29T15:53:00.000-05:002005-04-29T15:53:00.000-05:00My husband's late father was a wildlife biologist ...My husband's late father was a wildlife biologist who concentrated his work on wild turkeys. He also had a true fondness for ivory-billed woodpeckers. <BR/><BR/>He remembered seeing them when he was a boy growing up in Mississippi during the 1920s. In fact, as late as the early 1970s, he believed he saw a "log god" nest in the Pearl River basin. But no bird. <BR/><BR/>We thought it was special that Bobby R. Harrison of Oakwood College in Huntsville was among the initial spotters. The NYTimes reports that he sobbed at realizing what he'd seen. <BR/><BR/>We think we would have, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114738193690676592005-04-28T20:29:00.000-05:002005-04-28T20:29:00.000-05:00That is so wonderful about the woodpecker! I just ...That is so wonderful about the woodpecker! I just love birds.<BR/><BR/>How sad about your chickens though. I was so excited about your wee baby chick.<BR/><BR/>We have a lot of coyotes here too (in Oregon ;) ), and I don't know how I've been so lucky as to not have any hens go missing. You can bet if it does happen I will be very weepy.<BR/><BR/>-Sarah<BR/>http://www.slaphog.com/sarahblogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114730143712772642005-04-28T18:15:00.000-05:002005-04-28T18:15:00.000-05:00I am so sad about your chickens. I don't like coy...I am so sad about your chickens. I don't like coyotes much either...their ugly and sneaky.<BR/><BR/>I have been reading various articles about the woodpecker all day. How exciting...but I'm not a bird nerd, I just like to watch them.Karen Schmautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882229236585238584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114728830525125972005-04-28T17:53:00.000-05:002005-04-28T17:53:00.000-05:00Best headline I've seen on this (even though they ...Best headline I've seen on this (even though they weren't very excited about it): <A HREF="http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/006905.html#trackbacks" REL="nofollow">'ES <I>NOT</I> BLEEDIN DEMISED!</A><BR/><BR/>OK I'm going to stop commenting on my own post now. :)Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114726820436134622005-04-28T17:20:00.000-05:002005-04-28T17:20:00.000-05:00I had forgotten that some people called the Ivory ...I had forgotten that some people called the Ivory Bill the "Lord God Bird," because that was the reaction when people saw them... "Lord God!" (As an aside, I think people nowdays would be more likely to say "Good God" or "Oh My God" - which tells you that it's been a long time - since the 1930s or early 40s - since these birds have been seen.<BR/><BR/>RD, the coyotes are natural but are here in over-abundance. There are no mountain lions to prey on them so they multiply seemingly endlessly. They are especially bad in this county.<BR/><BR/>Charles you are so right.<BR/><BR/>Anne, now if only the passenger pigeon... nah!Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114721091765520562005-04-28T15:44:00.000-05:002005-04-28T15:44:00.000-05:00i am fascinated and delighted to hear this - i hav...i am fascinated and delighted to hear this - i have spent my childhood and adult life keenly longing for these missing pages to our story - i couldn't be more pleased to hear about this! spectacularly good news!<BR/>anneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114706076720802172005-04-28T11:34:00.000-05:002005-04-28T11:34:00.000-05:00and this provides a superb argument for the import...and this provides a superb argument for the importance of preserving land and forests in the U.S., at a time when that argument is sorely needed.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208546759936920035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114705254400730222005-04-28T11:20:00.000-05:002005-04-28T11:20:00.000-05:00The news about the Ivory-billed woodpeckers is the...The news about the Ivory-billed woodpeckers is the best news I've heard in a very long time. The artist rendition of them shows them to be a truly beautiful bird.<BR/>I remember when a raccoon came and ate the goldfish right out of our very well-protected (but not enough) pond. It is such a helpless feeling when all your efforts still can't protect your critters from the natural predations of another.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114705158542811922005-04-28T11:19:00.000-05:002005-04-28T11:19:00.000-05:00Yep I like the Pileated woodpeckers too. I hear th...Yep I like the Pileated woodpeckers too. I hear them a lot here and see them now and then.<BR/><BR/>Shannon, we talked about putting up a fence but oh the cost! We're considering it though. We'll get a tax refund so we might do it. It's hard to decide where to spend extra $ when you just have a little, know what I mean?!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Charles, I updated the main page.<BR/><BR/>Trey, I am most giddy! I am still sad about my chickens but this really cheered me up.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114703717594793862005-04-28T10:55:00.000-05:002005-04-28T10:55:00.000-05:00Nice to run across someone else excited about this...Nice to run across someone else excited about this. Amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114701444724308392005-04-28T10:17:00.000-05:002005-04-28T10:17:00.000-05:00it just hit the ny times on-line. I predict the fr...it just hit the ny times on-line. I predict the front page of the print edition tomorowCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208546759936920035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114696548686395662005-04-28T08:55:00.000-05:002005-04-28T08:55:00.000-05:00I came rushing over here to tell you this after ge...I came rushing over here to tell you this after getting an email from my brother. But I see you're already in the loop. I spent my entire childhood fanticizing about this bird.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208546759936920035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114695817365180362005-04-28T08:43:00.000-05:002005-04-28T08:43:00.000-05:00Yeah!!!! And pileated woodpeckers are wonderful to...Yeah!!!! <BR/>And pileated woodpeckers are wonderful too.Wayne Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344554645677368845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1114692953868495122005-04-28T07:55:00.000-05:002005-04-28T07:55:00.000-05:00That is awesome. And thanks for sharing it. AND ...That is awesome. And thanks for sharing it. AND kudos to The Nature Conservancy for keeping a lid on it long enough to get the land bought.<BR/><BR/>We have a LOT of pileated woodpeckers around our house. They're pretty cool in their own right...<BR/><BR/>"Bigfoot quality" - ;) Sometimes the digital camera just gets a mind of its own, and no amount of "fixing it in post" with Photoshop can help. We've all published photos that we thought were just under par, no? Not to worry - the rest of the images on the weblog speak to your attention to detail and quality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com