Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
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sharon kinsella
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Re: Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
As always, beautiful pictures except for the ants. They're making me itch.
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An immature Red Tail Hawk flies right about the new Emerald Canyon Bike Path!
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Jim O'Bryan
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His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
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If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
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Around the bird feeder this morning!

Excuse quality, shot through 2 panes of glass and covering.

Coopers Hawk? Sharp Shinned Hawk? or Northern Goshawk?
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Excuse quality, shot through 2 panes of glass and covering.

Coopers Hawk? Sharp Shinned Hawk? or Northern Goshawk?
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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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stephen davis
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Re: Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
Here's a link to what The Cornell Lab of Ornithology says about recognizing the differences between a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Cooper's Hawk.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutB ... Dtable.htm
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http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutB ... Dtable.htm
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Used to be the heart of town.
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta poke around.
Robert Hunter/Sometimes attributed to Ezra Pound.
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Missy Limkemann
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That is the bird that built its nest in my tree and made a nice little home for his/her family. It was eating a bird (or something) on top of my car a few months ago and just looked at me like I was insane when I asked it to move because I needed to go somewhere. Needless to say I couldn't leave for a bit, then had to scrub my car to get all the "stuff" off of it. Ewwww....
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Ducks getting in a row during a winter sunset.

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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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I was out shooting house photos for a project, and saw this hawk, and then followed
it for an hour. He would land in the tallest tree near the middle of the street, and look
for about 5 minutes, and then fly one street west. Where he would do the same then
one more street west.
It would be interesting to do a bird count some day and figure out, do we see the same birds,
or are we becoming a wildlife refuge.
This photo is from Robinwood.
Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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Coming around the corner on Oswego at 9:15pm I saw two of Lakewood's many bunnies sitting by the side
of the street just watching the world go by.
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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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We thought we were raising vegetables. NOPE! Bunnies

People walking dogs, be careful, bunnies everywhere.
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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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Meg Ostrowski
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Re: Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
This "fella" took me and a jogger by surprise on an early morning walk this week. I've seen deer here before but he was bigger than most and too comfortable in my presence. I mentioned this sighting to a couple friends and both said that his antlers did not confirm gender.
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Coopers Hawk in my front yard.
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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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John LePlae
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Re: Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
Always love your photos Jim! Does anyone know if hawks ever fly in flocks? I live in the Carlyle, facing west, and saw about 20 or 30 of them circling above this summer. I've never seen anything like it.
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Mamma morning dove with her two babies.
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Jim O'Bryan
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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michael gill
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Re: Fauna - In and around Lakewood.
There should be a Golden Nature Guide to Lakewood, put together using one of those online, on-demand book services, representing the diversity of animals in Lakewood. There could be pictures of Jim O'Bryan, Mike Summers, Suzanne Metelko, and all the members of the genus "Classus of Seventy-Two-us." There could be other Lakewood wildlife, too.