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12-14-16, 05:21 PM
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Inner tubes get me over the 49.00 free shipping thing.
12-14-16, 05:28 PM
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I'm always amazed at how much energy an eagle will spend chasing another eagle to steal his fish, particularly when he's in an area where fish are relatively plentiful and she could save a lot of energy by just waiting a bit to catch her own. It clearly appears to be just a habit, a learned behavior evolved from lean and hard times when food was scarce.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
The last point of interest is the amazing way these aerial acrobats can swing their legs and torso forward in mid flight to lunge at their target. Incredible. Bear in mind both these frames occurred in less than one second. You can judge how much ground they covered in one second by looking at features of the background.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
The last point of interest is the amazing way these aerial acrobats can swing their legs and torso forward in mid flight to lunge at their target. Incredible. Bear in mind both these frames occurred in less than one second. You can judge how much ground they covered in one second by looking at features of the background.
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12-14-16, 05:33 PM
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12-14-16, 05:43 PM
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Those are awesome, @BillyD
12-14-16, 07:01 PM
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I'm always amazed at how much energy an eagle will spend chasing another eagle to steal his fish, particularly when he's in an area where fish are relatively plentiful and she could save a lot of energy by just waiting a bit to catch her own. It clearly appears to be just a habit, a learned behavior evolved from lean and hard times when food was scarce.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
The last point of interest is the amazing way these aerial acrobats can swing their legs and torso forward in mid flight to lunge at their target. Incredible. Bear in mind both these frames occurred in less than one second. You can judge how much ground they covered in one second by looking at features of the background.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
The last point of interest is the amazing way these aerial acrobats can swing their legs and torso forward in mid flight to lunge at their target. Incredible. Bear in mind both these frames occurred in less than one second. You can judge how much ground they covered in one second by looking at features of the background.
I've also seen a sea-gull pull a turtle up to 100 feet in the air and drop him over the parking lot in order to smash him and eat 'em up. Poor little guy was legs and arms a flailing up there. I'll never forget you little buddy (I love turtles).
That fly high and drop method was standard procedure for clams and other shell animals, that was the only poor turtle I had even seen.
12-14-16, 07:05 PM
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Yea. I had the nerve to critique someone's photo they shared. It was a sunrise shot, and they proudly labeled it, "Sunrise, taken with my Google Pixel". I pointed out that a real camera would do a much better job at low light/high dynamic range situations like a sunrise, and a million people piled on me for being critical.
Do we all need gold medals because we take pixelated, grainy, and blurry photos of the sky at dawn? I guess so.
Do we all need gold medals because we take pixelated, grainy, and blurry photos of the sky at dawn? I guess so.
12-14-16, 07:19 PM
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Casually Deliberate
A town here in Wyoming got a $465,000 grant from the state and they're going to use it to put some sidewalks along Main Street so it's safer for pedestrians to get to the library, the city hall and two elementary schools. Several ladies at the senior center were talking about driving there to take pictures once the new sidewalk is done. I'm not sure if they were kidding or not.
12-14-16, 08:16 PM
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12-14-16, 08:32 PM
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Not likely. Here's every pass protection play from the last game. Vernon got owned by Smith like he was a JV player in highschool.
https://twitter.com/bigduke50/status/809063666553356288
https://twitter.com/bigduke50/status/809063666553356288
12-14-16, 08:45 PM
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I'm always amazed at how much energy an eagle will spend chasing another eagle to steal his fish, particularly when he's in an area where fish are relatively plentiful and she could save a lot of energy by just waiting a bit to catch her own. It clearly appears to be just a habit, a learned behavior evolved from lean and hard times when food was scarce.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
The other curious behavior revolves around why he dropped his fish. I've seen that behavior in chase situations enough times to know it's not an accident. I think what happens is that as the pursuer gets closer it triggers a defensive response in the target bird and as he prepares his feet to fight he automatically drops the fish. Only speculation, but sounds as good as most other nature narraters.
12-14-16, 09:51 PM
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Way cool, @BillyD. Amazing!
12-14-16, 09:52 PM
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You can ride on the sidewalk here if you're under 12.
12-14-16, 09:52 PM
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You might be assuming he captures the dropped fish, but that's not always so. Besides, most don't drop their fish, they either manage to hang onto it or it actually gets stolen. Odds are the the thief only has a 1 in 4 chance of actually getting the fish, or less. Nonetheless, the thief still had to work really hard to steal or try to steal, when getting his own has got to be easier.
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12-14-16, 10:52 PM
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And look at this: Unauthorized bicycle racing is unlawful!
https://www.municode.com/library/tn/...VE_S17-450BIRA
Doubt I'll see a driverless auto anytime soon.
12-14-16, 11:08 PM
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12-14-16, 11:24 PM
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12-14-16, 11:25 PM
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12-14-16, 11:43 PM
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12-15-16, 12:03 AM
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12-15-16, 04:34 AM
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12-15-16, 06:21 AM
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I've been spoiled with picture quality by watching my father take pictures over the years with great full size bodied cameras. No phone camera can touch that kind of quality. But hey, the public seems to like their music and music files lo-fi and highly compressed, and their photos from their phones..