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Hawk Morning Exercises
We saw the Red-tail hawk messing with our rake out in the backyard garden. It looked like it was either exercising or trying to fly off with it—to do what was a mystery. It also attacked our property corner marker, which is just a wooden stick. Chuck Norris could kill two sticks with one hawk.…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “Invisible Agent”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” The Svengoolie show movie last night was “Invisible Agent” and this was released in 1942, directed by Edwin L. Marin and starred Ilona Massey (as Maria Sorenson); Jon Hall (as Frank Raymond); Peter Lorre (as Baron Ikito); J.…
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Hawk and the Be the Umbrella Pose
Sena got a pretty good video of a Red-tail hawk doing what some (maybe most) people would call the “horaltic” pose. There is a long discussion of whether the word “horaltic” is even a word. Some people suggest that the word should be “heraldic” but that probably doesn’t fit either. By the way, “horaltic” is…
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Is it Horaltic or Heraldic Hawk?
We had a short rain yesterday morning and the Red-tail hawks didn’t like it a bit. Sena’s has been saying there are three hawks out there—and that turns out to be true! Maybe they’re all nest mates. They were flapping around trying to dodge the rain drops. After the rain stopped is when the entertainment…
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Two Hawks on the Fence Flinch at Mobbing Little Birds
We got sort of a comedy show by what we suspect are a couple of young Red-tail hawks on our neighbor’s fence. They looked a little clumsy, like they’re still getting used to their wings. We’re not sure why they were pecking at the ground. And for a couple of seconds they got dive-bombed by…
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The Woodchuck is Back and It’s Patriotic!
Sena just saw the woodchuck in the back garden—and it’s patriotic. Mostly that’s because of the timing around the 4th of July. Last year there was a family of woodchucks that would freeze every time they heard something odd, like traffic noises. This time, we’re not sure how many will show up. But at least…
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The Hawk is a Head Bobber
The interesting thing about the Red-tail hawk in the video we got was that it bobbed and tilted its head a lot. It just looked really odd. So, I looked on the web to find out why it does that. It turns out that a hawk’s eyes are fixed in its skull, so in order…
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Kickball Event Cancelled Due to Extreme Heat!
Great news! The University of Iowa Psychiatry Dept. annual kickball event has been cancelled because of the extreme heat warning! Now, about that annual cribbage challenge…
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Extreme Heat Warning!
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning through Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the 90s with heat indices of 105-110 degrees. Do not play kickball. Play matball instead in an air-conditioned gym. Thank you for your time.
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Are These Hawks Talking?
We saw these two Red-tail hawks sitting together at the top of a tree in the outlot past our backyard. They seemed like they were somehow talking either to or at each other. We couldn’t tell whether it was a male and a female or not. But it didn’t look like they were having a…
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