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Bird people, help!
Posted: August 15, 2006, 2:48 pm
by pyrella
What the fuck is this? I was in front of the mall yesterday, and out of a big group of pigeons, this thing came strutting out.
Hawk, Falcon? Double Winged Big Clawed Pecker?
http://ixtlanguild.org/gallery/album11/P1010634
Posted: August 15, 2006, 3:06 pm
by Splatter
Looks like a young Red Shouldered Hawk
Posted: August 15, 2006, 3:30 pm
by Canoe
I think he might be right - when they are young their heads are darker (when they get older, kind of like a bald eagle, their heads get very light).
Tough to tell without seeing the back real well tho - should have been a pretty standout red from behind.
Here is a pretty good picture of one - looks very similar:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... en%26lr%3D
Posted: August 15, 2006, 3:31 pm
by Neost
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/hawk_rshld.html
It does appear to be red shouldered hawk.
Posted: August 15, 2006, 3:48 pm
by cadalano
uh hey idiots, thats clearly a mutant pigeon. i went to bird school
Posted: August 15, 2006, 4:45 pm
by Winnow
Is it legal or illegal to throw a rock at it?
I think what Py is getting at is that he doesn't want to get thrown in the slammer for attacking a protected bird.
Posted: August 15, 2006, 5:27 pm
by Arborealus
Red Shouldered Hawk...5yrs +5k minimum for chucking rocks...He was prolly feeding on the pigeons...

Posted: August 16, 2006, 2:58 am
by Noysyrump
Its quite obviose that it's a

Posted: August 16, 2006, 10:01 am
by Lynks
I really don't think thats a red-shouldered hawk. Its chest isnt the same.
It may be Harris' or Bay Winged Hawk found in south western part of the US.

Posted: August 16, 2006, 12:00 pm
by Fairweather Pure
Maybe he fell out his nest and was taken in by a kind hearted mother pigeon and is being raised as her own. Sounds like a children's book to me

Posted: August 16, 2006, 12:26 pm
by *~*stragi*~*
its an owl
Posted: August 16, 2006, 12:36 pm
by Boogahz
*~*stragi*~* wrote:its an owl
ORLY?
Re: Bird people, help!
Posted: August 16, 2006, 4:26 pm
by MooZilla
pyrella wrote:What the fuck is this? I was in front of the mall yesterday, and out of a big group of pigeons, this thing came strutting out.
Hawk, Falcon?
Double Winged Big Clawed Pecker?
http://ixtlanguild.org/gallery/album11/P1010634
it's a double winged big clawed pecker. forget all this nonsense about hawks.
Posted: August 16, 2006, 4:32 pm
by Sabek
Boogahz wrote:*~*stragi*~* wrote:its an owl
ORLY?
YA RLY
Posted: August 16, 2006, 5:21 pm
by masteen
The Cubans call them kli-kli hawks. One hit a power line and fell into my mom's yard. We took it to the bird sanctuary, but it still died

Posted: August 16, 2006, 6:08 pm
by Deward
It is almost impossible to tell what kind of hawk it is. Almost all breeds of hawks look exactly the same when they are young. It is very difficult to tell them apart.
Posted: August 17, 2006, 3:19 pm
by Arborealus
Lynks wrote:I really don't think thats a red-shouldered hawk. Its chest isnt the same.
It may be Harris' or Bay Winged Hawk found in south western part of the US.
Erp, well in the Mississippi Flyway that would be a Red-Shouldered...I forget about the great divide sometimes...

Posted: August 17, 2006, 6:32 pm
by Splatter
Arborealus wrote:Lynks wrote:I really don't think thats a red-shouldered hawk. Its chest isnt the same.
It may be Harris' or Bay Winged Hawk found in south western part of the US.
Erp, well in the Mississippi Flyway that would be a Red-Shouldered...I forget about the great divide sometimes...

The Red Shouldered can also be found on the west coast of Cali.
Posted: August 17, 2006, 7:30 pm
by Arborealus
Splatter wrote:Arborealus wrote:Lynks wrote:I really don't think thats a red-shouldered hawk. Its chest isnt the same.
It may be Harris' or Bay Winged Hawk found in south western part of the US.
Erp, well in the Mississippi Flyway that would be a Red-Shouldered...I forget about the great divide sometimes...

The Red Shouldered can also be found on the west coast of Cali.
Right but I was only IDing it based on my Hawks...I dunno the Harris' or Bay Winged...at all...

Posted: August 17, 2006, 7:30 pm
by Aslanna
Arborealus wrote:Red Shouldered Hawk...5yrs +5k minimum for chucking rocks...
What if you miss?
Posted: August 17, 2006, 9:05 pm
by Arborealus
Aslanna wrote:Arborealus wrote:Red Shouldered Hawk...5yrs +5k minimum for chucking rocks...
What if you miss?
Pretty sure the law covers even harassing them...the Feds take protecting birds of prey very seriously...The enforcement guys I know do anyway...
Posted: August 17, 2006, 9:09 pm
by Tuddi2
not to be a party crasher but since i sorta am in doubt of you all beeing hawk experts, isn't this simply a - who's best at googling and pic comparison - contest ?
Posted: August 18, 2006, 3:58 am
by Al
Actually, I am a hawk expert. That is, without a doubt, a hawk.
Posted: August 18, 2006, 9:44 am
by noel
Tuddi2 wrote:not to be a party crasher but since i sorta am in doubt of you all beeing hawk experts, isn't this simply a - who's best at googling and pic comparison - contest ?
I doubt you're an expert on 95% of the shit you post about, but it doesn't stop you from running off at the mouth every chance you get.
If everyone had to post their qualifications before they posted here there'd be a lot fewer posts, zero posts from Midnyte, Metanis and Cartalas and this would be a rather boring (though informative) place.
Posted: August 18, 2006, 11:00 am
by Canelek
Exactly!
That, and hawks(and most birds for that matter) are rather interesting.
Posted: August 18, 2006, 11:52 am
by Shaerra
noel wrote:Tuddi2 wrote:not to be a party crasher but since i sorta am in doubt of you all beeing hawk experts, isn't this simply a - who's best at googling and pic comparison - contest ?
I doubt you're an expert on 95% of the shit you post about, but it doesn't stop you from running off at the mouth every chance you get.
If everyone had to post their qualifications before they posted here there'd be a lot fewer posts, zero posts from Midnyte, Metanis and Cartalas and this would be a rather boring (though informative) place.
hahaha I knida miss these posts. Good times.
Posted: August 18, 2006, 12:19 pm
by noel
Shaerra wrote:hahaha I knida miss these posts. Good times.
I miss you. *hug*
Posted: August 18, 2006, 2:18 pm
by Ogbar
noel wrote:Tuddi2 wrote:not to be a party crasher but since i sorta am in doubt of you all beeing hawk experts, isn't this simply a - who's best at googling and pic comparison - contest ?
I doubt you're an expert on 95% of the shit you post about, but it doesn't stop you from running off at the mouth every chance you get.
If everyone had to post their qualifications before they posted here there'd be a lot fewer posts, zero posts from Midnyte, Metanis and Cartalas and this would be a rather boring (though informative) place.
Maybe that should be a sticky thread here: Post Your Qualifications
... maybe not
Posted: August 18, 2006, 9:52 pm
by Tuddi2
brwwaaaaaaaaaaa
unclench you uptight pussy lipped way too confrontational gimp
never said anyone had to be an expert to post anything, be it related to what you say or otherwise
just said that i doubted anyone here was a hawk expert and i'm pretty fucking sure i'm right, giving that fact and the pics posted in reply to the thread i'm pretty sure i'm spot on as well about this beeing nothing but a thread - who's best at googling hawk pics and pointing out what they personally think is similar- contest.
and that's fine.
i was just saying
and i'm sure that's what pyrella wanted this thread to be tbh, i'm just the sorta guy that likes to point out the obvious as i did at the start of this post.
if pyrella really needed to identify the bird he wouldn't be posting this here.
ps. canelek, thumbs up for you personally finding hawks interesting
Posted: August 18, 2006, 11:50 pm
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Tuddi2 wrote:
just said that i doubted anyone here was a hawk expert and i'm pretty fucking sure i'm right, giving that fact and the pics posted in reply to the thread i'm pretty sure i'm spot on as well about this beeing nothing but a thread -
Al is an expert.
Posted: August 19, 2006, 1:35 am
by Al
It appears to be a young Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo Jamaicensis), or maybe a young Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo Regalis), both common in the south western US. Without a more detailed selection of pictures or an actual specimen, I can't tell you more than that.
edit: ...although Lynks' pic does look strikingly similar, even though that isn't a Harris Hawk (or a Bay-Winged hawk, as they are the same species, Parabuteo Unicinctus). The flattened head on that one reminds me of a different genus though.
Posted: August 19, 2006, 2:47 pm
by noel
Tuddi2 wrote:brwwaaaaaaaaaaa
unclench you uptight pussy lipped way too confrontational gimp
never said anyone had to be an expert to post anything, be it related to what you say or otherwise
just said that i doubted anyone here was a hawk expert and i'm pretty fucking sure i'm right, giving that fact and the pics posted in reply to the thread i'm pretty sure i'm spot on as well about this beeing nothing but a thread - who's best at googling hawk pics and pointing out what they personally think is similar- contest.
and that's fine.
i was just saying
and i'm sure that's what pyrella wanted this thread to be tbh, i'm just the sorta guy that likes to point out the obvious as i did at the start of this post.
if pyrella really needed to identify the bird he wouldn't be posting this here.
ps. canelek, thumbs up for you personally finding hawks interesting
Are you going to cry now?
Thanks for the explanation I couldn't care less about.
Posted: August 20, 2006, 7:38 am
by Tuddi2
cry, what are you 5 ?
and that wasn't an explanation i thought you'd care about, you got plenty around to care about, ego, forumpeen, colorful spandex clothing etc.
you just like to stir shit up for what ever reason, if someone answers, you make a poor attempt at insult (cry comment) and then fake uninterest then hold back like there was no tomorrow, you've done it before and you'll continue doing it.
it's how you argue, leave people hanging and have them thinking you really dont care. hope your wife really really likes you for some other reasons.
Posted: August 20, 2006, 10:08 am
by Boogahz
Tuddi2 wrote:cry, what are you 5 ?
and that wasn't an explanation i thought you'd care about, you got plenty around to care about, ego, forumpeen, colorful spandex clothing etc.
you just like to stir shit up for what ever reason, if someone answers, you make a poor attempt at insult (cry comment) and then fake uninterest then hold back like there was no tomorrow, you've done it before and you'll continue doing it.
it's how you argue, leave people hanging and have them thinking you really dont care. hope your wife really really likes you for some other reasons.
Um, scroll up and you will see that you are the one that is appearing to like to "stir shit up" in this thread...and in others!
Posted: August 20, 2006, 9:26 pm
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Tuddi2 wrote:cry, what are you 5 ?
and that wasn't an explanation i thought you'd care about, you got plenty around to care about, ego, forumpeen, colorful spandex clothing etc.
you just like to stir shit up for what ever reason, if someone answers, you make a poor attempt at insult (cry comment) and then fake uninterest then hold back like there was no tomorrow, you've done it before and you'll continue doing it.
it's how you argue, leave people hanging and have them thinking you really dont care. hope your wife really really likes you for some other reasons.
Al is an expert.
Posted: August 20, 2006, 9:57 pm
by Tuddi2
Boogahz wrote:Tuddi2 wrote:cry, what are you 5 ?
and that wasn't an explanation i thought you'd care about, you got plenty around to care about, ego, forumpeen, colorful spandex clothing etc.
you just like to stir shit up for what ever reason, if someone answers, you make a poor attempt at insult (cry comment) and then fake uninterest then hold back like there was no tomorrow, you've done it before and you'll continue doing it.
it's how you argue, leave people hanging and have them thinking you really dont care. hope your wife really really likes you for some other reasons.
Um, scroll up and you will see that you are the one that is appearing to like to "stir shit up" in this thread...and in others!
i wont see that no, i meant my post to be ill dressed humor, by pointing out that all this thread was, was the equallent of people sitting in a circle seriously discussing some big question about chance, taking turns rolling dice and pointing at them while rubbing their chin.
noel as per usual took things literally and got all defensive, for some reason noel has some personal issues with me, small and insignificant as they may be but he really doesn't like me (or my posts should i say) and makes a point to argue, perhaps to see if he can feel more at home with "the fnord" by trying to alienate the anon outsider.
i wonder if noel was the kind of kid in school that bullied others or if he was bullied and is trying to get even with someone :/ , i hope neither since bullying is rather nasty business no matter which side of the line you're standing on.
ps. thx Grakk i read your first post and as usual you are the kind of person that wants everyone to get along, if only the world was full of people like you
pps unfortunatly it's got morons like me

Posted: August 20, 2006, 9:59 pm
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Tuddi2 wrote:
just said that i doubted anyone here was a hawk expert and i'm pretty fucking sure i'm right
Al is an expert.

Posted: August 21, 2006, 1:13 am
by noel
Tuddi2 wrote:Boogahz wrote:Tuddi2 wrote:cry, what are you 5 ?
and that wasn't an explanation i thought you'd care about, you got plenty around to care about, ego, forumpeen, colorful spandex clothing etc.
you just like to stir shit up for what ever reason, if someone answers, you make a poor attempt at insult (cry comment) and then fake uninterest then hold back like there was no tomorrow, you've done it before and you'll continue doing it.
it's how you argue, leave people hanging and have them thinking you really dont care. hope your wife really really likes you for some other reasons.
Um, scroll up and you will see that you are the one that is appearing to like to "stir shit up" in this thread...and in others!
i wont see that no, i meant my post to be ill dressed humor, by pointing out that all this thread was, was the equallent of people sitting in a circle seriously discussing some big question about chance, taking turns rolling dice and pointing at them while rubbing their chin.
noel as per usual took things literally and got all defensive, for some reason noel has some personal issues with me, small and insignificant as they may be but he really doesn't like me (or my posts should i say) and makes a point to argue, perhaps to see if he can feel more at home with "the fnord" by trying to alienate the anon outsider.
i wonder if noel was the kind of kid in school that bullied others or if he was bullied and is trying to get even with someone :/ , i hope neither since bullying is rather nasty business no matter which side of the line you're standing on.
ps. thx Grakk i read your first post and as usual you are the kind of person that wants everyone to get along, if only the world was full of people like you
pps unfortunatly it's got morons like me

I wonder which gimp-poster you are that we ran off long ago (I *really* don't need a response to that).
Anyway... Stick to armchair politics. Armchair psychology isn't your strongpoint.
For the record, I never bullied anyone during my youth. I did have a person who tried to bully me once. Unfortunately for him he cornered me once and there was no way for me to walk away like I'd been taught so I beat the living shit out of him and slammed his head into a brick wall a few times. That was pretty much the end of that.
Posted: August 21, 2006, 3:50 am
by Tyek
One thing is certain, Tuddi is not an expert at spelling or grammar. I am really disappointed in Noel for missing those obvious mistakes, beeing that he has been the equallent of a spelling Nazi in the past.
I have heard that Al is an expert though. Not sure where I got that from.
Posted: August 21, 2006, 5:55 am
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Tuddi2 wrote:
ps. thx Grakk i read your first post and as usual you are the kind of person that wants everyone to get along, if only the world was full of people like you
pps unfortunatly it's got morons like me

Oh! You remember Grakk?
What were you called in EQ?
Posted: August 21, 2006, 9:44 am
by noel
Tyek wrote:One thing is certain, Tuddi is not an expert at spelling or grammar. I am really disappointed in Noel for missing those obvious mistakes, beeing that he has been the equallent of a spelling Nazi in the past.
I have heard that Al is an expert though. Not sure where I got that from.
I think that in the past someone other than myself cracked on Tuddi for his spelling and grammar and he stated that English wasn't his first language. I personally cut people who are speaking English as a second language some slack.
Posted: August 21, 2006, 12:37 pm
by cadalano
Posted: August 21, 2006, 12:47 pm
by *~*stragi*~*
Al Roker just turned 52 fyi
Posted: August 21, 2006, 5:23 pm
by Ennia
whatever it is it's a pretty bird
Posted: August 21, 2006, 11:17 pm
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Posted: August 21, 2006, 11:51 pm
by Noysyrump
I remeber some fatman named grakk telling me not to tell anyone who he was in veliose. Fuk that was a long time ago, man I'm old.
Posted: August 22, 2006, 10:30 pm
by Tuddi2
you didn't run me of noel
i just stopped trolling the boards for a while and forgot my old username's pw
so i just made a new one
i doubt you'd remember me and since you didn't want an answer i'll leave it be.
and point taken noel, i'll leave the wanna-be psychology attempts alone from now on.
still dont know why you make such an effort to "put me in my place" so to speak
anyhuu
Kwon, you can check your pm to find out who i am

you might remember me
Posted: August 22, 2006, 11:05 pm
by Keverian FireCry
were you a barbarian shaman by any chance?

Posted: August 22, 2006, 11:36 pm
by Tuddi2
nope not a barb shaman

Posted: August 23, 2006, 1:05 am
by Kwonryu DragonFist
Woohooo
NOBODY messin' with Tuddi! Tuddi rocks!
I now know Tuddis real identity!
What a way to make a first comeback-impression though Tuddlez!
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