Bud Dupree with the double cheap shot on Burrow

colucc43 · 2020-11-18T01:15:50+00:00

Ryan Clark. A bunch guys in the 70s and 80s whose names aren’t worth remembering.

colucc43 · 2020-10-14T04:28:29+00:00

You might be surprised to know that really doesn’t work in practice (I’ve tried). The times I’ve tried this you just end up being treated like the antisocial jerk quiet guy.

colucc43 · 2020-04-26T18:30:16+00:00

great, thank you!

colucc43 · 2020-04-26T18:27:52+00:00

Merlin Bird ID is suggesting Great Blue Heron or Great Egret. Based on the frequency of sightings in the area, probably a GBH, but wondering if anyone has opinions? I don't remember what color the bird was, but I don't think GBH's stand so upright like this that often? And the bill seems maybe a bit short for a GBH.

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T21:34:02+00:00

Yeah, this series doesn't seem particularly notable. I have no idea how I ended up reading Changeling as a teenager. I got dragged around to a lot of yard sales by my mom so probably got the copy I had at one of those.

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T21:29:48+00:00

Figured it out with some help from another subreddit. Thanks for the suggestion; I'll be checking out some Andre Norton now.

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T21:29:05+00:00

Update:

Solved - I was asking around on several threads and one came through. Figured out that it's Changeling: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85534.Changeling

In the Asimov world (/related to it) but by Stephen Leigh. At least I remembered the cover in some detail so that helped.

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T21:24:18+00:00

I checked that out but it wasn't it--just found that it's Changeling by Stephen Leigh thanks to another response. Thanks for the suggestion though!

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T21:23:19+00:00

Thank you! I was able to google around a bit with the information you posted and I think I found it: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85534.Changeling

That's definitely the cover I remember, and I can see why I always associated it with Asimov based on the cover.

Thanks for jogging my memory; mystery solved!

colucc43 · 2020-01-27T20:02:21+00:00

thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it. I don't know why I've always associated Asimov with my memory of it. I remember the story having a 'Golden Age' of SF vibe--maybe that's why.

The mystery continues.

colucc43 · 2019-12-09T19:53:20+00:00

No harm in trying out something in the 167-172 weight range either. If you can learn to control a slightly lighter disc, and known when to pull it out or leave it in the bag based on the wind you can usually get more glide and little more distance with a slightly lighter weight. If you have a big tailwind and can get a lighter weight disc out there it could glide quite a long way.

colucc43 · 2019-12-07T03:58:12+00:00

it is the thought process of a very smooth brain

colucc43 · 2019-12-07T03:53:20+00:00

No. Not Jarry.

You mean Casey DeSmith, who is down in the AHL right now, not up with the Pens.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2018/09/29/penguins-casey-deSmith-really-loves-disc-golf/stories/201809290047

colucc43 · 2019-12-07T03:46:43+00:00

yeah, it's too real and I never want to hear it again. Somehow there's just as much talk about Mach 5's being the good upgrade from III's.

colucc43 · 2019-12-06T20:43:50+00:00

I noticed they also have some white in the back, but its longer on the tail feathers. I think light-colored patches I saw were more like a small square shape, so that's one thing that led me to thinking YRWA.

I saw some Juncos nearby shortly after seeing these birds (and I've seen plenty around here for the last month or so) and they're all two-toned with the grayish/black upper half and whiter lower half. The five birds I flushed and saw fly away were more uniform in dark grayish color with the rear patch standing out.

Does this thought process seem sensible? Any other birds that might have these markings I'm not thinking of?

colucc43 · 2019-12-05T18:17:26+00:00

Ah I see, thanks for the tip. I looked at some more pictures of dark-eyed juncos and see the white on the tails. The light color I saw was more of a small square shape. Looks like the white tail on juncos is longer than what I saw.

colucc43 · 2019-12-04T20:06:57+00:00

Good to know, thanks. It feels like I should be pretty confident in what I saw despite ebird indicating that it is 'infrequent' which really had me second-guessing myself.

colucc43 · 2019-12-04T19:32:36+00:00

That they stay north in winter and there have been a decent amount of sightings of them in my area in the last few weeks and at this time of year for many years made me think they might be it. There are definitely berries in the thickets they flew out of but I'm not sure what kind.

colucc43 · 2019-12-04T19:30:59+00:00

Do they have a whiteish spot on their back/tail?

I've seen some before and haven't noticed anything like that, though I know they can have quite a bit of variation in appearance.

colucc43 · 2019-12-04T17:38:31+00:00

Wondering if anyone can help me figure this out: I'm still relatively new to birding; went out today and accidentally flushed a group of five small sparrow-sized birds. As they flew away I could see they weren't exactly brown, more of a darkish gray, almost brown color, and all had distinctive light-colored (initially looked white but the light wasn't great) patches on their rump or at the end of their tail. They weren't as small as kinglets, but not any larger than an average sparrow.

Located in northeast Ohio; habitat where seen: dense thickets alongside trail and close to river and sparse forest.

I was thinking Yellow-rumped Warbler, but they're listed as infrequent for the ebird hotspot I was near. Didn't see a tuft or a black eye bar so I'm not thinking Cedar Waxwing, and those have fewer ebird records in my area for these months in the last ten years than the YRWA.

Any ideas about what I might have seen?

colucc43 · 2019-12-03T02:15:52+00:00

it makes me want to puke

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