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| Registered: March 10, 2007 |  Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | I had an interesting time 20 feet up on a ladder with my brother in law this morning. My sister called to get help with a redtail hawk who had gone after a squirrel and got his leg stuck. The poor thing had spent the morning flailing and was unable to free himself. After we got the truck back in the woods we propped up the tallest ladders we could find. After some interesting gymnastics way too high up for my comfort, we were able to free him. My brother-in-law did the freeing while I did my best to keep him from falling - he might have landed on my truck, after all! Amazingly, the hawk didn't go after us - he seemed to know we were trying to help. Once free, he flew to a nearby perch, so I guess all is well. Here are a couple of shots we got while he was stuck:   *EDIT* And one more from the phone for perspective:  | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative | | | | Last edited: by Ken Cole |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 940 |
| | Posted: | | | | Great shots. Kudos for helping out the hawk. | | | | Kevin |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Gorgeous bird. Way to go, Ken!  | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 853 |
| | Posted: | | | | Great job Ken!!! First you give us profiler and now your off saving hawks. Your sainthood is assured in my book.  GREAT JOB!!! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | good job, Ken
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,044 |
| | Posted: | | | | Way to go Ken, good job to you and your brother in law. I sure the hawk appreciates it too. Rory  | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013
DVD Profiler for Android as of 5/17/2013 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Beautiful bird. Kudos on keeping it that way. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 453 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Great job Ken! | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Amazing bird! Well done, Ken! | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nice rescue , Great pictures , starting on a bird profiler program? a lot of bird watchers out there  | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nice work! Statistics show that a leading cause of death in industrial accidents is falling from ladders. I couldn't find any statistical evidence however that any Software Programmers featured in those figures. Don't start a new trend.  | | | | Last edited: by Telecine |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nice job.
*Golden star* for you. | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 66 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ken, that was a super thing you all did. Excellent photos too! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 670 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) |
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nice work indeed! And beautiful pictures - natural beauty in full form! | | | Berak
It's better to burn out than to fade away!
True love conquers all! |
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