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hookem2010

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  1. Finally got out unencumbered by baby or dog and spent a few hours out at Granger Lake. Not huge numbers of fall migrant shorebirds and waders, but there were some decent finds, including a flock of avocets, a number of both black-bellied and American golden plover, a buff-breasted sandpiper, stilt sandpiper, and this little Merlin, waiting for an opportunity.
  2. That was fun
  3. CSB, I almost moved to SF for at least 16 months for my wife's clinical rotations. I was very much looking forward to wandering around the mountains and skiing while she was preoccupied with school. At the last minute, they decided they no longer wanted Greenspoint-style nursing students. We were instead sent to beautiful Decatur, Texas, where some friendly neighbors wrote racist shit on our cars and drextras. So I can't speak much to NM (10,000 waves was still there and still awesome in 2019), but I would advise avoiding the Fort Worth exurbs.
  4. There's been a single presidential yard sign in my Round Rock neighborhood for months, and it's for RFK Jr. It really would be glorious if the crazies help to save us from ourselves in 2024.
  5. Sorry, tired thumb. Delete thread, ban me.
  6. Cross-post from climate thread. Can we just turn off our lights when not using them? It's not hard. Window strikes of single Chicago building kill 1,000 birds in one night
  7. Didn't see a thread on this. I would love to see commentary on the props in particular, from people who know more than I do.
  8. Speaking of light pollution... Bird window strikes in Chicago How hard is it for businesses to turn off their lights when closed, at least during migration, but really all the time?
  9. Feeling surprisingly zen after that gut-wrenching loss. It always sucks to lose ot ou, but it's a pretty big fucking wake-up call and we get an extra week to get our minds right. A second loss changes everything, but barring a miraculous season by WVU, this just gives us ammunition for the sweetest revenge in the B12 title game
  10. Radio said Watts is out
  11. I don't know, I already see a 90 creeping back into my 7-day. I'll be damned if I'm going to let that slide in mid-October without bitching about it.
  12. 38-27, Texas 199 rushing yards
  13. Hilarious that the Pac12 is the best conference in their final year of existence. These teams look like trash.
  14. On Cover 3 they said that the contract does terminate... but there is nothing preventing them from writing up a new one.
  15. Would be cool if maintaining a livable planet was considered as valuable as insuring someone can turn a profit for any green initiatives.
  16. I think it's about time to do away with historical averages and just go by averages over the last decade. At least our expectations will be lowered.
  17. The two week forecast for Austin is essentially identical to current conditions, save for higher lows on the back end. We're having fun, right guys?!?
  18. I might be getting back into the game after a 3 year hiatus. My 15 month-old loves looking at fish (for now), and I'd love an excuse to get another tank now that I will finally not be moving every year or two. I've already convinced my wife we need to do more than a beta bowl. Now I just need to see if I can bump up from a proposed 10 gallon to 20+.
  19. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/animalkind/2023/08/17/maui-bird-conservation-center/70591965007/ Cool story of a brave woman who may have saved 2 native Hawaiian birds (Hawaiian crow- extinct in the wild, akikiki- i think fewer than a dozen pairs remaining on Kauai) from extinction during the Maui fires. Climate change and the subsequent elevation climb of avian influenza has devastated Hawaii's native songbirds. Releasing genetically modified mosquitoes that produce sterile offspring has been discussed, but I don't believe approval has been given, although I want to say this has been done elsewhere in the US.
  20. 45-16, Texas 295 yards
  21. I doubt this will benefit a middle-ager like me(how did this happen!?!?), but as someone trying to break into a career working in/for the natural environment, that's awesome to see. There should be a lot more stuff like this out there.
  22. Who looked good this week? Washington?
  23. I started in 06 and I definitely remember some version of the minotaurs. Feel like it was there for at least my first 2 years
  24. No picture of the bird, but here's a bunch of white dudes looking for it while my 1 year-old slams veggie straws to delay the inevitable meltdown. Great birder watching today.
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