Baseball-sized hail.

[DesertPirate]

It may play itself out before it gets here. Each time I check, the cell has diminished in size.

I hope so. Take care!

 

[MagicaPractica]

It may play itself out before it gets here. Each time I check, the cell has diminished in size.

That's good to hear.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

It did play itself out before it got here. Last time I checked the radar, there was just a very small blip of green, and that was it.

 

[Guest]

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[DesertPirate]

It did play itself out before it got here. Last time I checked the radar, there was just a very small blip of green, and that was it.

Glad to hear it

Nice to dodge an ugly one like that

 

[rgraham666]

Good to hear, Crim.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

It did play itself out before it got here. Last time I checked the radar, there was just a very small blip of green, and that was it.

Great big, gigantic Phew!!!

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Must be my selective dyslexia, but at first glance, I thought you said you hail my balls.



*tip-toes out of the thread*

Q_C

 

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[shereads]

Did you bring the robins' nest inside and tuck it into a drawer?

Seriously, this clinches it for me: I am against weather. It must be stopped.

 

[Guest]

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[rgraham666]

Well, damn.

*HUGS*

 

[Guest]

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[shereads]

The robins are gone.

I checked yesterday before all this happened.

I thought they were still too young to fly so maybe something got them.

Baby birds, like your tiny rabbits, are pretty good at hiding in the shrubbery. They can even be quiet when they have to.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Baby birds, like your tiny rabbits, are pretty good at hiding in the shrubbery. They can even be quiet when they have to.

And they do mature really fast. Sort of have to when you're that far down on the food chain. I mean, one step up from the earthworm? They'd better have grown up at high speed.

 

[shereads]

Just how homely can a baby bird be? This is a Great Horned Owl in progress:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2549169545_bf011a76e9_o.jpg

Who else thinks it looks like an owl in a sheep costume?

 

[Guest]

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[voluptuary_manque]

Baby owls are foul fowl. Their nests are a pile of twigs covered with a layer of guano. We were out with the Audobon Society doing a raptor walk one year. Got to a nest box and lowered it down for inspection and banding the owlets. One little bugger got his talons into my wife's hand. Even after frantic scrubbing and massive amounts of disinfectant, she still got Hell's own infection and needed a week of antibiotics to clear it up.

 

[shereads]

Baby owls are foul fowl. Their nests are a pile of twigs covered with a layer of guano. We were out with the Audobon Society doing a raptor walk one year. Got to a nest box and lowered it down for inspection and banding the owlets. One little bugger got his talons into my wife's hand. Even after frantic scrubbing and massive amounts of disinfectant, she still got Hell's own infection and needed a week of antibiotics to clear it up.

I got to hold a rescued baby owl once. He was about the size of a jar of Skippy Peanut Butter, and adorable. My dog wanted it so badly, I thought she'd pass out from excitement.

Another close encounter with a tiny owl (not sure what kind of owl these are): I was watering ferns with a garden hose one twilit evening, and suddenly a pair of eyes blinked open. I had squirted a napping owl in the face. I moved the hose, apologized, and it went back to sleep.

 

[shereads]

It looks like a dust mop with eyes.

You're right. A used dust mop...Is that pink thing on its side a hand?

 

[Guest]

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[shereads]

I'm not certain.

If that dust mop was used beneath one of the beds in my house it could be damn near anything.

LOLOL

 

[starrkers]

Her nest was in a solid place, though.

The only way any sort of predator could get to her would be if they got on the roof of the house and then hung over the side.

I'm not certain how a raccoon or even a cat could have managed it. And we didn't see any sign of dead things.

How long does it take from hatching to first flight? We saw a few fluttering wings and serious feathers in the nest. Do they mature in a week and a half?

If so, perhaps they did fly away and we just missed it.

And that would be fine.

I looked it up (can't help myself sometimes)
The fact sheet I found reckoned they go from hatched to first flight in 14 to 16 days.

Damn, I wish human babies developed that fast!!