We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/07/kill_em_and_eat.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:16:39 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/07/kill_em_and_eat.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/07/kill_em_and_eat.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:41:58 -0600
The other thing is a behavior called, "The Dance of the Talons". You have two birds, both fly straight up, then hook their talons. Hooked together, both birds would free fall, tail first fall straight down.  Hopefully, one bird will have the sense to let go and fly. I've seen this behavior 3 times, twice, one bird let go and flew away, for another day. Once, both birds refused to let go, something came up to end the "Dance of the Talons",  called the ground. Both birds died on impact. 
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Smart farmer there grumpy.
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Of course, I had to ask the farmer, "Is she a good housekeeper?" The farmer replied, "She takes care of the nest and drop tho trash out onto the ground. The stuff on the ground becomes my responsibility. One pole per 10 acres and we don't need to fertilize the ground. As I see it, not a bad deal. There were two rules, 1. Don't bother them when they have a fresh kill or 2. Don't bother them when they are getting their young to fly. I don't ever get near them." It is neat when things work together.
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As I said, I'm a firm believer in John Wayne's Dirty Harry Callahan's dictum: "Be sure you're right. Then Google to make double sure."

With apologies to Davy Crockett.

But not many, since he's past caring much, one way or the other...
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About a month later, a band arrived with the following note: "Gents. I shot one of yer crows on my ranch last week and follered the instructions. I washed, bioled and surved it. It was awful."
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"A man's gotta know his limitations..." Dirty Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood, Magnum Force
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Limitations are like scruples -- I don't have *many*, but i do have *some*...
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He cocked his head back and gave me a look that said, "Do *that*, sucker!"
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