Ron

Thanks for the compliments peoples. DanC, I remember that night! I heard the little buggers all week and didn't pay any attention to them at all, not until you made a comment about it. What we heard was the "back up beacon call" from a Saw-Whet Owl. It is one of their primary calls during the breeding season. All of these birds were seen on Amhearst Island. Just like fishing, get away from the "hot spots" and do a little searching away from the crowd. Finding the Saw-Whets were the biggest challange. These Owls are teh size of a Robin, now picture trying to find that in a Bush thick as the hair on a back of a dog. Not an easy task but well worth it with the reward of a few pictures. The above pictures 4 and 5 are the same bird. Once I got the camera set up on the Tripod, my friend moved a little and stepped on a puddle making the Saw-Whet change his pose, kinda funny I thought. Majority of the time we are looking for signs of the Owls ie: white wash and pellets. We found one spot where the Long Ears were roosting and would see anywhere's from 3 to 20 pellets under one tree, this is a good indicator of their haunt! I should actually start taking picures zoomed out just to give an idea of how difficult these guys are to see.

Thanks for giving me an excuse to get out and look for Owls Pam. I/we got 6 Snowy, 15 Longear, 1 Shortear and 2 Saw-Whets. Well over 2 dozen Red Tailed Hawks, a dozen or more Rough Legged Hawks, a generous amount of Harris Hawks, 3 Kestrals, 1 Ringed Neck Pheasent and a bonus Bald Eagle. So yes, I had a GREAT day!

Well, I narrowed it down to 80 Pam. Here is the link to them and here are a few for the board. Link : http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b181/tac...;slideshow=true Baby Sawhet Northern Hawk Owl Longeared Great Horned Great Grey Eastern Screech Boreal Barred

Pam, I gots about 300 or so and still sorting to not post duplicates or same pose. I am hoping to drop it down to 50 or so. Do you really want me to post them all???

Now how did I miss this post?? Some great memories there Dan. Hope you and Nita have a great 2007.

WOW!!! That was a lot of effort I bet, but well worth it! Well done Corey! You guys have had a phenomenal year!

Maintenance on Condos and Apartment buildings. Consists of plumbing, electrical, carpentry, finishing work, masonry, etc. Mostly troubleshooting. As one of the Property managers I work for says. "What ever the problem is, call Ron".

It all depends on what you call over spending. I work hard so I can take time off to enjoy life while I can. If you count the amount of money I spend including gas to get to my destinations, I would have to speculate it is in excess of over 7 g's. Buying a new boat this year isn't added to the equation...

Ya, it's going to be nip and tuck for us as well on Rabbit Lake. They offered for us to use the Ice Bungalo on shore and then use portables. Not liking the idea of that....

You are a fishing guide? Never knew, I do know that you are not the all knkowing angler though! Just kidding, congrates on the milestone Richard.

You did a fantastic job on them Jim. Let me know when you start taking orders...

Carp will have to remane himself to "Shoal Carp" now! Congrates Remo.

Hey Terry, They will get their just cause. Especially when I put a post up in February about what their new boats would be like on the water right about now......

Happy Birthday Roger.

Right back at ya Donkey!

Happy Birthday Boss!

Hmmmm... Things won't be looking too good for my Jan 4 - 6 trip on Rabbit is it.....

Neither, I'll stick to my X 135 now, will never look back. I had a Vex FL-18. Sold it after trying this setup. No need for "Vex eyes" for me. It's got an alarm if I tend to wander off. The side bar has real time plus if I turn away for a monment, I still have about a 20 second history screen to show. I can zoom in to a specific depth, split screen and most importantly, EASY TO DECIFER!

Welcome to the board Al. I am sure you will enjoy it here. I have admired your web site, alot of useful information on there in relation to Brookie habitat and so forth. Have you had much oportunity to fish in Superior for the Coasters? And you are right, it is a sickness, the only cure is to fish more often.

Thanks DanC, Like I really needed that now! You are gonna make the winter a longggg snap now bud. The kewlest part about that slide show? I can relate to each and every photo. Thanks for that DanC.

Very nice Wil, I can't help but say his sight is outstanding! I can also say he and I must have crossed paths at one point in time. Look at his Birds of Prey photo #51. Now compare that to my photo, his by all means are far superior to mine but look at the post. I think my truck sits higher than his car! LOL The more I look at it, I know exactly who pulled up in fromt of me now!

Well. that is one nice ride, I'm sure you will get years of use out of it. By the looks of things, it's got a hitch on it too. Now you need to get one of these to haul behind it.

I 'd trust Wayne's experience and suggestions before I would anyone elses on this one. (He's been know to fix a few on this site.) Shhh, don't tell em though, it'll go to his head.

You should make this a poll Babyherc. I would be interested in seeing the results on this one. Myself, I generally go fishing 40- 45 weeks out of the 52. So yes, I do go ice fishing.