You are probably right, John. If the birds were what I think they were (Great Egrets) then it looks like eastern Nebraska is in their migration area, but not their summer breeding grounds (which is further east). We also had a report on the NEBirds list this morning of someone seeing a Great Egret in their yard trying to eat the goldfish from their yard pond and that was in Northeast Nebraska. Sounds like a migration passing through.
Very doubtful I will get back there quickly. It was a couple of hours from home and well off the beaten path. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:04 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > > And about that swamp and the birds ... if your luck runs anything close > to mine, you need to get back there soonest. They're probably already > leaving, and for sure if you wait until next weekend they're going to be > gone. > > > On 5/12/2014 1:38 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Crappy phone pics taken of it, as found, before cleaning up the blade: >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw1.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw2.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw3.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw4.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw5.jpg >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:34 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sounds good. A PESO for the flooring saw would help. >>> >>> >>> On 5/12/2014 7:33 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Like a few others on this list, I enjoy going to thrift stores, >>>> antique stores, & garage sales. (Haven't been to many garage sales >>>> lately). This weekend I found a few small prizes: >>>> >>>> 1) A nice wooden cigar box, from which I hope to make my first >>>> three-string cigar box guitar. It is a bit small, but I've seen others >>>> made successfully with this size so I think I will "give it a go". >>>> >>>> 2) A 24 exposure roll of Kodak 110 film (expired 06/2004) still in the >>>> box >>>> >>>> 3) A "patented Dec. 12, 05" flooring saw (the first I have ever seen >>>> "in the wild"). It appears to be a Geo. Bishop design, but the blade >>>> etch indicates it was sold by Norvell-Shapleigh (an old hardware >>>> company in the U.S.). It looks a bit like a Klingon-inspired weapon >>>> for hand-to-hand combat. >>>> >>>> 4) A Minox GL, purportedly the smallest full frame 35mm film camera >>>> ever made. This one does not appear to have the killer corrosion in >>>> the battery compartment, but I still need to do the battery >>>> replacement hack and test it out. It seems to be prized in the >>>> lomography world, particularly by street shooters. It is in good shape >>>> and still has the little plastic hot shoe protector in place. >>>> >>>> And I got to storm chase on Sunday, but came up empty on tornadoes. I >>>> was in the neighborhood, but these were high precipitation beasts and >>>> I didn't care to take my chances inside. Several small Nebraska towns >>>> experienced some significant damage yesterday. I'm sure there will be >>>> more reportage on that today. >>>> >>>> On the way I discovered a lowland swamp area that was filled with >>>> these gorgeous white heron-like birds, sitting in branches, in the >>>> water, etc. However, I had stupidly left my Bigma home, so I will have >>>> to marke the spot and go back another day. It was the sort of place >>>> that makes you feel that you have left Nebraska and entered an exotic >>>> foreign land - if only briefly. >>>> :) >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
