A few other Thanksgiving birds

Wandering around on an old picnic table right behind the house. He was
either practicing to be dinner or mistakenly thinking what a bad shot I am
with a rifle. He didn't wander away until I walked right up to the table.
(The photo, however, taken beforehand through a picture window.) I have a
decent flock of them on my land in the woods. They had quite a few
hatchlings earlier this year. Made for some fun photo ops. I think the
populations of wild-turkeys are now starting to outnumber the pheasants and
grouse. There's been so many around the last few years.

Alan Browne

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Nov 26, 2009, 2:16:16 PM11/26/09

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Some nice shots...

celcius

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Nov 26, 2009, 2:30:08 PM11/26/09

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"me" <m...@mine.net> wrote in message
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> http://edwardgruf.com/2009-11-26_am/slides/_DSC6944.html
>
> http://edwardgruf.com/2009-11-26_am/slides/_DSC6974.html
>
> http://edwardgruf.com/2009-11-26_am/slides/_DSC6999.html

all great...

Hi me!
These are great photos!
How could you take all of these (so different) in the same place on the same
day?
Where is it?
I take it you used a Nikon D300 at f8, 1/800, ISO 500, at 550 mm.
Please, what lens were you using? Why did you shoot at Av and not Tv ?
I'm asking because I was shooting Canada geese the other day on the river
near my place with a Canon 70-300mm IS USM and a full frame camera and found
out that I was always short of my objective. I was also shooting at Av but
thought I should have shot at Tv...
Thanks,
Marcel

me

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Nov 26, 2009, 3:19:44 PM11/26/09

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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:30:08 -0500, "celcius" <celc...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>These are great photos!

Thanks to you and Alan for your gracious comments.

>How could you take all of these (so different) in the same place on the same
>day?
>Where is it?

All taken this morning on the York River in Yorktown, VA, except for
the Bluejay which was taken as I return back to the house. It is now
migration time for many birds so we are seeing a fair amount of
pelicans, cormorants and gannets moving through the area. The eagles
are fairly common around here.

>I take it you used a Nikon D300 at f8, 1/800, ISO 500, at 550 mm.
>Please, what lens were you using? Why did you shoot at Av and not Tv ?

Nikon D300, 200-400mm f/4 VrR + TC-14 which for some reason reports
550mm total even though the lens itself will report 400mm at max fl
and the TC 1.4x combo reports correctly on my 70-200mm lens. These
are taken using aperture priority at f/8, BUT using the Nikon autoiso
function with a minimun shutter speed set to 1/800 sec.

celcius

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Nov 26, 2009, 7:00:33 PM11/26/09

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Thanks me!
I wish I could have such a great opportunity!!!
Regards,
Marcel

whisky-dave

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Nov 27, 2009, 8:51:15 AM11/27/09

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"Jake_Andrews" <jake_a...@noaddress.org> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:17 -0500, me <m...@mine.net> wrote:
>
>
> Pelican are too fishy tasting. All the oil from the fish they eat
> permeates
> their skin and flesh.
>
> I prefer this wild-turkey yearling that was practicing to be dinner the
> other day. Nice and tender.

me too,
http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/
but don;t bother with their website it takes ages to load,
and that's just so you can type in your date of birth !

Jake_Andrews

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Nov 27, 2009, 9:05:28 AM11/27/09

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Try this instead.

http://yukon_jack__whisky.totallyexplained.com/

Smells odd at first, but the taste and smoothness can't be beat. We used to
fondly call it Yuck'n Jack. Hell, I still do.

Tzortzakakis Dimitrios

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Nov 27, 2009, 9:29:30 AM11/27/09

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? "me" <m...@mine.net> ?????? ??? ??????
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<snip>
Excellent photos, sharp and with vibrant colours. I especially liked the
first and the last.

--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
hordad AT otenet DOT gr

George Kerby

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Nov 27, 2009, 8:14:11 PM11/27/09

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On 11/26/09 12:00 PM, in article b2gtg55jb499oh1t7...@4ax.com,
"me" <m...@mine.net> wrote:

Excellent work!

Sorry for my previous confusion of you with The Troll.

Keep on truckin'...

Robert Coe

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Dec 6, 2009, 11:40:17 AM12/6/09

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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:05:28 -0600, Jake_Andrews <jake_a...@noaddress.org>
wrote:
: Try this instead [of Wild Turkey].
:
: http://yukon_jack__whisky.totallyexplained.com/

:
: Smells odd at first, but the taste and smoothness can't be beat. We used to
: fondly call it Yuck'n Jack. Hell, I still do.

I used to call it "Yukon John" (nice rhyme).

But that stuff goes down way too smoothly for an old man like me. A couple of
shots and I might be lying on the floor staring at the ceiling and wondering
what day it is. A nice heart-smart red wine is more my speed these days. ;^)

Bob

Alan Browne

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Dec 6, 2009, 12:18:22 PM12/6/09

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On 09-12-06 11:40 , Robert Coe wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:05:28 -0600, Jake_Andrews<jake_a...@noaddress.org>
> wrote:
> : Try this instead [of Wild Turkey].
> :
> : http://yukon_jack__whisky.totallyexplained.com/
> :
> : Smells odd at first, but the taste and smoothness can't be beat. We used to
> : fondly call it Yuck'n Jack. Hell, I still do.
>
> I used to call it "Yukon John" (nice rhyme).
>
> But that stuff goes down way too smoothly for an old man like me. A couple of

Yukon Jack is crap. Sickly sweet crap.

Get yourself some peaty/smokey single malt, light a fire and drink like
a man.

John McWilliams

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Dec 6, 2009, 1:19:17 PM12/6/09

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Real mean drink Dr. Pepper and Mt. Gay rum, no ice except in Summer.
It's got lots of sugar, alcohol (though not as much as neat whisky or
any neat liquor), spices and caffeine. Hard to beat. Mt. Gay is also
very fine neat.

--
john mcwilliams

Alan Browne

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Dec 6, 2009, 2:51:25 PM12/6/09

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Real men do not add anything sweet to their booze and certainly don't
drink rum. And real, real men drink their whiskey neat or with at most
a dollop of water. And any man who adds ice to his whiskey is not a
whiskey drinker, he is just hiding the taste and is not a real man.

John McWilliams

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Dec 6, 2009, 3:00:55 PM12/6/09

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Nah. Real he-men are able to take in and sweat out the sugars, caffeine,
spices and other additives gained by adding such as Dr. P. The taste is
extremely complex- the elixir I outline above- and takes a sophisticated
palate, unlike the swots that are content with one simple peaty flavor.

Eschewing rum? A real man's man? Never. Rum is first choice, especially
if it's 150 proof and has a picture of a pirate on it. (Mt. Gay fails on
those counts.)

--
John McWilliams

Alan Browne

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Dec 6, 2009, 3:31:48 PM12/6/09

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Rum of any kind is for mamby-pamby momma's little birdy boys.

J. Clarke

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Dec 6, 2009, 3:41:37 PM12/6/09

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Real men don't care what boys think that real men do.

John McWilliams

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Dec 6, 2009, 4:08:20 PM12/6/09

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True dat.
Real men can bluster on in jest without worrying about what other men or
boys think.

--
john mcwilliams

Ray Fischer

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Dec 6, 2009, 6:58:35 PM12/6/09

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Real men don't give a crap about your rules and drink whatever and
however they please. :-)

--
Ray Fischer
rfis...@sonic.net

George Kerby

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Dec 6, 2009, 8:12:03 PM12/6/09

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On 12/6/09 2:31 PM, in article
WqSdnaMgULkpiYHW...@giganews.com, "Alan Browne"
<alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

As usual, Alan, you are proving that you are the quintessential idiot.

MANLY men partake rum with gusto. Put that in your pussy pipe & smoke.

NameHere

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Dec 8, 2009, 4:27:53 PM12/8/09

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I guess that's why I liked 151.

Robert Coe

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Dec 9, 2009, 2:52:38 PM12/9/09

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On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:12:03 -0600, George Kerby <ghost_...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
:
: On 12/6/09 2:31 PM, in article

: WqSdnaMgULkpiYHW...@giganews.com, "Alan Browne"
: <alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

: > Rum of any kind is for mamby-pamby momma's little birdy boys.

:
: As usual, Alan, you are proving that you are the quintessential idiot.
:

: MANLY men partake rum with gusto. ...

Yes, think Ernest Hemingway getting blind drunk in some Cuban saloon.

Bob

George Kerby

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Dec 10, 2009, 10:00:25 AM12/10/09

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On 12/9/09 1:52 PM, in article iqvvh5lrnht1qdir2...@4ax.com,
"Robert Coe" <b...@1776.COM> wrote:

"ARRRRGH Mate! I'll have a nipperkin of rum for the landlubber."

Robert Coe

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Dec 10, 2009, 9:38:43 PM12/10/09

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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:25 -0600, George Kerby <ghost_...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
:
: On 12/9/09 1:52 PM, in article iqvvh5lrnht1qdir2...@4ax.com,

It's been said that the 18th-19th century British navy ran on "rum, buggery,
and the lash". ;^)

Bob

Alan Browne

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Dec 11, 2009, 10:55:19 AM12/11/09

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On 09-12-10 21:38 , Robert Coe wrote:

> It's been said that the 18th-19th century British navy ran on "rum, buggery,
> and the lash". ;^)

Which explains rum's contribution to the general decline of the British
Navy at the time Churchill is credited with that saying. (Whether he
actually said it seems to be a point of controversy).

Churchill did not drink rum.

He was a fan of Cognac and of course Whiskey.

Need I say more?

George Kerby

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:24:52 AM12/11/09

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On 12/11/09 9:55 AM, in article
S7ydnctcLY_19r_W...@giganews.com, "Alan Browne"
<alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

You forgot the part about the tofu...

Robert Coe

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Dec 12, 2009, 9:08:44 AM12/12/09

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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:55:19 -0500, Alan Browne
<alan....@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

And Champagne, lots of Champagne. (This according to one of Franklin
Roosevelt's butlers, whose responsibilities included ensuring that Churchill
could maintain his customary level of inebriation during his wartime visits to
the White House.)

Bob