I'd have been awestruck. I've always been a big fan of Buzzards. Ugly birds until they fly. Then they're graceful and gorgeous. Total masters of dynamic soaring. And all that is aside from the public service they perform in cleaning up carcasses. Incredible critters.
#4, That is why i like to fly hang gliders and paragliders. Once flying out of Lookout Mountain Flight Park, (early 1990s), I Had a red tail hawk come up from below stop at the tip of my hang glider wing and give me the stink eye. We were both working the ridge lift, well I was anyway, the hawk ahhh not so much. It changed the pitch of its wings and like a rocket it was gone, up up up!!!! It was an amazing experience one I’ll not soon forget.
Paragliders are a bit sketchy in high velocity turbulence or in booming thermals, but is a real fun way to fly. The thing packs up into a big bulky but light back pack. I flew one all over the Sarajevo area 2004-2005. You know off time in the army.
I fly hang gliders and agree. Red tails are cool. Caught up with one while climbing. Just as I got close it went into a full tuck, dove past the nose of my glider with inches to spare, abruptly pulled up far below, as if to say, "Let's see you do that!" One spring I was taunting a red tail in full mating plumage with calls. He turned downwind and slammed into my leading edge, then flew away, gear down, wobbly as a drunken sailor.
I've flown with eagles several times; they're curious and will position themselves mid-span of the glider and draft a hang glider, looking it up and down the whole time. One saved my bacon in the Owens Valley by showing me a thermal when I really needed one. We flew together for 10-15 minutes. Also watched a buddy repeatedly get dive bombed my an old, beat up looking eagle. My friend had no idea it had happened.
But the coup de grace was seeing a condor a hundred feet away while flying in Santa Barbara one winter. Couple of friends got up close real. The condor didn't seem interested at all.
#2 Llama spit. It generally isn't common knowledge, but camels, llamas, any animal with a similar digestive system is able to spit at something that annoys it. Female llamas use this method inform the male llama that they're not interested in him. I wonder just how many times this woman rejected a man this way?
#1 looks like a great reason to wear a cup while trimming
ReplyDelete#9: Was that a tower crane that got lit up?
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Really, what was that?
DeleteGoing green?? And just like that, all the batteries were topped off for the year! Lo
Delete#4, if that happened to me I'd of soiled myself
ReplyDeleteI'd have been awestruck. I've always been a big fan of Buzzards. Ugly birds until they fly. Then they're graceful and gorgeous. Total masters of dynamic soaring. And all that is aside from the public service they perform in cleaning up carcasses.
DeleteIncredible critters.
#4, That is why i like to fly hang gliders and paragliders. Once flying out of Lookout Mountain Flight Park, (early 1990s), I Had a red tail hawk come up from below stop at the tip of my hang glider wing and give me the stink eye. We were both working the ridge lift, well I was anyway, the hawk ahhh not so much. It changed the pitch of its wings and like a rocket it was gone, up up up!!!! It was an amazing experience one I’ll not soon forget.
ReplyDeleteParagliders are a bit sketchy in high velocity turbulence or in booming thermals, but is a real fun way to fly. The thing packs up into a big bulky but light back pack. I flew one all over the Sarajevo area 2004-2005. You know off time in the army.
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I fly hang gliders and agree. Red tails are cool. Caught up with one while climbing. Just as I got close it went into a full tuck, dove past the nose of my glider with inches to spare, abruptly pulled up far below, as if to say, "Let's see you do that!" One spring I was taunting a red tail in full mating plumage with calls. He turned downwind and slammed into my leading edge, then flew away, gear down, wobbly as a drunken sailor.
DeleteI've flown with eagles several times; they're curious and will position themselves mid-span of the glider and draft a hang glider, looking it up and down the whole time. One saved my bacon in the Owens Valley by showing me a thermal when I really needed one. We flew together for 10-15 minutes. Also watched a buddy repeatedly get dive bombed my an old, beat up looking eagle. My friend had no idea it had happened.
But the coup de grace was seeing a condor a hundred feet away while flying in Santa Barbara one winter. Couple of friends got up close real. The condor didn't seem interested at all.
#2 Llama spit. It generally isn't common knowledge, but camels, llamas, any animal with a similar digestive system is able to spit at something that annoys it. Female llamas use this method inform the male llama that they're not interested in him. I wonder just how many times this woman rejected a man this way?
ReplyDelete#3 I wonder who it was that ate the microphone.
I was waiting for the Buzzard to fly off with the selfie stick!
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