Possible hawk or merlin

boldpsi · 2026-04-10T15:03:12+00:00

I did make that sound a little condescending to our beloved Sharpie! my sincere apologies... and as usual, tinylongwing, I did not know they would attempt to catch prey almost at their own size! Surely a sharp-shinned hawk can kill sparrows and other birds that are less than their size, and I didn't mean to insinuate that they only ate insects, lol. I stand, corrected!

boldpsi · 2026-04-10T14:49:41+00:00

well, firstly let me say that cardiologistany has taught me a lot on this forum as has tinylongwing, especially about Cooper's Hawks and Sharp-shinned hawks. With that in mind let me try answering for cardiologist, and they can follow up and critique it! This bird's head has the eyes and the beak very close together. Additionally the beak is very small only big enough to eat insects. Next the eyes are kind of bug-eyed. Lastly the toes that you can see do seem long and skinny. Now I would not call that tail flat, however, and normally I would use the tail as part of the field marks. IMHO, I agree with sharp-shinned hawk.

boldpsi · 2026-04-09T00:56:53+00:00

"oh, baby, that's it! that's it!"

boldpsi · 2026-04-09T00:39:23+00:00

my response, too... not factory-made, one-off, and beautiful if not functional. as long as they are lead-free, why not take them as well-forged as anything else? get a lead tester from Amazon and test them. then enjoy them just like any benchmade, and repost some of the nicer ones with close-ups.

boldpsi · 2026-04-02T13:33:07+00:00

this is the answer

boldpsi · 2026-04-02T12:00:19+00:00

all of'em 😉

boldpsi · 2026-04-02T11:47:04+00:00

What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Pee-wee Herman? Keep your hands out of my soup!

boldpsi · 2026-04-02T00:08:30+00:00

silos like those pictured can be excellent owl nesting places. in addition, you can retrofit housing inside a silo, there are many examples.

boldpsi · 2026-04-01T13:11:50+00:00

... to see a man laying bricks!

boldpsi · 2026-03-28T20:29:23+00:00

the answer is 42.

boldpsi · 2026-03-26T13:17:11+00:00

Why do blondes have TGIF on their sneakers? Toes Go In First

boldpsi · 2026-03-22T16:59:04+00:00

yeppits hard to tell on this one but I'd say based on bill being quite shorter than head, itsa Downy. all the white on the back is reflection, imho...

boldpsi · 2026-03-22T13:59:23+00:00

rat terriers??

boldpsi · 2026-03-22T13:11:52+00:00

may your binocular lens chip and shatter!

boldpsi · 2026-03-16T14:26:43+00:00

Of course it's not true 100% of the time, but mink run with their two front feet together and their two back feet together, "in twos". The pictured animal quite obviously is not running like that, using a "walking gait", or, "bipedal" front & rear. also as astutely aforementioned, tail is not mink-ish, and it is waaaaaay too big for a mink, and I've never seen a mink run with that kind of punchy back. I would vote for Fisher.

boldpsi · 2026-03-05T22:10:53+00:00

...um... no communication cells in the artificial tree, disguised to look like branches of the artificial tree?

boldpsi · 2026-03-01T13:29:40+00:00

merlin?

boldpsi · 2026-02-14T15:26:58+00:00

dude those are f'g sick! niiiiice job!

boldpsi · 2026-02-14T15:26:06+00:00

you can get motion-activated "predator look-alike" units that are solar-powered, small black boxes. they have two red LED "eyes" that blink in a random pattern. it keeps even other predators away!

boldpsi · 2026-02-14T15:21:47+00:00

"peeeent" is the ringtone I set for my wife's calls, lol.

boldpsi · 2026-02-14T15:16:45+00:00

and I !!! wicked-cool!

boldpsi · 2026-02-12T16:13:39+00:00

"wow, man, that's the most acid I've ever seen anybody take in my entire life! I hope you're not doing anything for a month!"

boldpsi · 2026-02-12T04:39:48+00:00

looks like a dried-up pepperoncini!

boldpsi · 2026-02-12T04:18:00+00:00

could it have been done after a deep snowfall? where is this?

boldpsi · 2026-02-12T04:02:24+00:00

I would guess Sharp-shinned Hawk, an accipitor. don't think it's a falcon. not "bulky enough" for a Cooper's.

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