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The osprey have recently returned and set up nest keeping. They seem to prefer these triangular cell towers as I'm aware of 2 similar nests in our area.
 

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The osprey have recently returned and set up nest keeping. They seem to prefer these triangular cell towers as I'm aware of 2 similar nests in our area.
Local TV station has a live cam on an osprey nest on top of their microwave tower.

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Saw them bring up a large goldfish last year.
 
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Heard my first tree frog of the season last night.
I've never had any interest in birds but last week I was sitting on the front porch and got curious about what I was hearing so I downloaded the Merlin app which identifies birds by their calls. Yesterday I got really frustrated because the "bird" call was super loud and really nearby but the app couldn't identify it. I finally figured out it was a frog.
 
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I grew up in country with a 2 acre lake and had all sorts of frogs. Here we're between two ponds and 45 years ago it was too quiet in Springtime, no peepers. My wife and I were at a lake walking around when we saw hundreds of small baby ones so I got a large drink cup, filled it and that evening sneaked down over the hill letting them go in a neighbor's lake.
We love the sound and it puts us to sleep with the window open at night.
About a week later that neighbor stopped by for a visit. He looked haggered. "Do you hear them at night???" he asked.
"What's that?" I replied.
"THOSE GODDAM FROGS! WE CAN'T SLEEP! WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM BUT HAVEN'T SLEPT A WINK ALL WEEK!"
 
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Some cloud shots.
Thunderstorm anvil and plane.
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Thunderstorm at sunset.
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Cirrus with sun dog.
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Altocumulus streets.
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Cumulus congestus with crepuscular rays.
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A few pictures here and yesterday's funny story. I drove all the way over to my homeplace and noticed an antique cast iron birdhouse on the lamp post so I brought it home after looking inside, it was empty.
The top had three brass screws to get it apart and that was a major job but got the top off.
Inside was a nest with three tiny birds!
I thought now I'll have to feed them with an eyedropper and...the heck with it!
I put new screws in it and said to wife we'll have to go back! So we did.
Back home I put it back & waited in car parked away & within a few minutes the parents returned. Chickadees.
All was well. I'm sure for over an hour the parents wondered what happened.
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