As I age, I also want to take more time to sample, and share some of the beauty, I see every day.
This was on our way home. A hawk, getting a fast meal.
This was a wonderful herd of deer, we saw.
I'm not sure what kind of bird this is. Apparently, she was feigning an injury, and trying to lead us away from her nest.
And, this is just a tree, with a hole in the side. I have always been fascinated by hollow trees. They provide a natural house for many animals. They are unique. Every tree that dies, makes all kinds of food, for animals. Insects, and then come the woodpeckers, and eat the insects, and bugs.
I hope you enjoy my pics. I hope to make that a regular feature on this forum.
Nate
PS, my new equipment had to sneak in here too!
I'm enjoying my equipment. The worst part of it, is the cogo is clunky to perform intense job study. But, it can be downloaded, into a better computational device, pretty fast.
Apparently the unknown bird is a woodcock.
As I age, I also want to take more time to sample, and share some of the beauty, I see every day.
[sarcasm] Code for "I don't move as fast as I used to."[/sarcasm]
I like to think surveying is just my cover for observing the natural world. Cool woodcock pic. Closest bird around here are Common Snipe. I'm getting to wear I can ID most birds here by ear alone.
Keep'm coming Nate.
Nate I agree with your comments.
One of the great thing about surveying is the places we get to see.
Cadastral surveying here takes us right into the inner most places of people's privacy in respect to back yards and other areas normally very much off limits.
Then there's those World Heritage, National Parks or just the great outdoors.
And we get paid to go see.
I've always been a keen photographer, but having a rather expensive camera plus cost of colour slides I tended to somewhat restrain my photo collection. Something I now wish I'd been more liberal in.
These days it's different with digital.
And yes it's fantastic to look about, take in more than the new found buried 60 year old iron pipe reference and enjoy the scenery, the wildlife etc.
Keep up the pictures and posts.
All interesting stuff.
Nate The Surveyor, post: 357686, member: 291 wrote: As I age, I also want to take more time to sample, and share some of the beauty, I see every day.
This was on our way home. A hawk, getting a fast meal.
This was a wonderful herd of deer, we saw.
I'm not sure what kind of bird this is. Apparently, she was feigning an injury, and trying to lead us away from her nest.
And, this is just a tree, with a hole in the side. I have always been fascinated by hollow trees. They provide a natural house for many animals. They are unique. Every tree that dies, makes all kinds of food, for animals. Insects, and then come the woodpeckers, and eat the insects, and bugs.
I hope you enjoy my pics. I hope to make that a regular feature on this forum.
Nate
PS, my new equipment had to sneak in here too!
I'm enjoying my equipment. The worst part of it, is the cogo is clunky to perform intense job study. But, it can be downloaded, into a better computational device, pretty fast.
Nice pics, Nate.
We have such a wide variety of critters around here we have no need for Government or do-gooder intervention. We even have night owls and booze hounds. We have a small Government-run wildlife refuge that was conceived nearly 60 years ago. It's primary function is to draw in people to spend money locally. It's of no benefit to the critters who already have unfettered run of better feed and cover and a whole lot less hunters trying to kill them.
Eagles, hawks, loons, pelicans, crows, snipes, quail, dove, pigeons, a few pheasants, prairie chickens, big cats (firmly denied by officials until the past couple of years), bob cats, coyotes, foxes, raccoon, ground hogs, badgers, beaver, skunks, opossums, squirrels, rabbits, white-tailed deer, an occasional mule deer, an occasional lynx, an occasional black bear, every kind of duck and goose that migrates, every kind of small bird imaginable that is common to the region, muskrats, far too many varieties of snakes, typical small rodents, armadillos, etc. Have to chase the opossums and raccoon out of the breezeway and garage on a routine basis. Darned coyotes and deer come within 50 feet of the house to eat fallen fruit. Armadillos are replacing opossums for number one roadkill. Deer/vehicle accidents are the number one accident category by far.
Natester,
After following your great posts for the last 5 years here and a few on RPLS I have to conclude you and your whole family love life and live it to it's fullest extents. There aren't many who have the ability to look, "see" and enjoy nature the way you and many other surveyors here do. B-)
Keep 'em coming!
Nate The Surveyor, post: 357686, member: 291 wrote: I'm not sure what kind of bird this is. Apparently, she was feigning an injury, and trying to lead us away from her nest.
Killdeer are distinctive for that behavior.
I am a fan of James Herriot. He was a vet in England, during the 30's an 40's.
In his writings, he mentions stopping many times, to take in the breathtaking views, fresh mountain air, and the curlews (a bird).
I now realize, I should deliberately "waste" 5 mins. (at least) on every survey, to enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells. Had I been doing this for the last 30 yrs, I'd have the makings of a book.
If you are a newly-entered-the-profession, young person, I'd say, take a little camera, and make a mini documentary of your journey, for your great grandkids, or somebody. (thanks payden, for the wonderful thread, on this subject)
Nate.
Nate The Surveyor, post: 357687, member: 291 wrote: Apparently the unknown bird is a woodcock.
Yep, that's a Timberdoodle. 🙂
Mark Mayer, post: 357709, member: 424 wrote: Killdeer are distinctive for that behavior.
We have lots of Killdeer around here on the prairie. Their little 'act' is indeed to lead you AWAY from their nest. There are several genus of these birds scattered all over the globe. While fairly unscientific, I just refer to them all as "plovers".
