REALNEO COOP VS. GOLIATH

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 01:04.

Kingbird: REALNEO mascot

Submitted by Jeff Schuler on October 6, 2009 - 12:05pm.

If REALNEO ever decides it wants a logo/mascot, I nominate this image, (adapted & re-illustrated...)

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"Awesome" photo a hit for Westminster birder - A kingbird rides bareback and harasses a red tail hawk at Bonny Lake State Park.

A kingbird rides bareback and harasses a red tail hawk at Bonny Lake State Park. (PAT GAINES | Special to the Denver Post)


Pat Gaines

Pat Gaines actually felt sorry for the red-tailed hawks at Bonny Lake State Park this summer.

Despite their aggressive reputation, loud screams and fierce, piercing looks, the red-tailed hawks at the park north of Burlington, just west of the Colorado-Kansas border, were being bullied when Gaines saw them.

"I've never seen red-tails harassed so much. They all seemed hoarse. I felt kind of sorry for them," said Gaines of the sight of dozens of little birds dive-bombing the hawks.

The hawks were minding their own business, Gaines recalled.

But the western kingbirds at the park were upset.

Highly territorial, the kingbirds felt the hawks were intruding on their space, said Gaines, a Westminster scientist who helps develop vaccines and tests used in veterinary medicine.

Gaines had focused his camera on one red-tailed hawk because the bird had been screaming. As he followed the hawk across the sky, a kingbird dive-bombed the hawk.

The hawk, which is not a predator of the kingbird, flew as fast as it could from the kingbird. For a moment it appeared the kingbird had stopped attacking. But then it began the pursuit again and — to Gaines amazement — landed on the hapless red-tail's back.

"He rode the hawk for 25 yards. The hawk was not trying to fight back — it was just trying to get out of there," said Gaines.

As the kingbird rode bareback on the hawk, it pecked away at the hawk's head.

"They (the kingbirds) are not afraid of anything," said Gaines. "Until this happened, I had never seen one perch on a hawk's back."

Gaines posted his photo at the Colorado Birder website last month, where he is a frequent contributor.

Other sites, including some in the United Kingdom, have picked up the photo.

The comment posted by Colorado Birder Sarah E sums up the reaction to the image: "Awesome photo!"

Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz [at] denverpost [dot] com

 http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13452818#

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KingBird mascot

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 21:52.

I respect red tail hawks, they paid their DDT dues and are on the comeback.   But I also am aware that heavy military powers get their come up ance from unexpected areas.  

The small Kingbird is riding on the hawk's back and in control - able to peck out the eyes of the hawk - until/if the hawk can fly under a branch to peel off the kingbird.

I rode a horse in Argentina who did the same to me on a tree branch - so I know how one gets wiped off.

That brings up Realneo.   How does Realneo land on the back of the beast and gain control? 

Peck at/out the eyes?

 

 

jbuster

Submitted by westward on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 22:01.

you still haven't finished the sunglasses by the pool, or the ad for UH on the cold storage so I think that you need to concentrate on those before you get involved in the kingbird.  

dwebb demands focus -

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 22:16.

You're correct, I'm wandering without completing the earlier ventures.  The "what is important" in life post I made earlier today should have kept me focused - but instead I wander.

What is the big picture here?  Not just the NEO big picture, but the global shot.

Is Jerleen's last winter's photo of the gate across the snowy public sidewalk just important to NEO?

Or are we building something all seasonal and bigger than NEO? 

Google knows.  

sometimes you have to wander

Submitted by westward on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 22:40.

 But the truth is that those two things grabbed my attention, as well as the poll, generated some thought that still lingers. About that gate, I still have my whee lchair, and I going to take it over to Tremont and have Jerleen get pictures as I wheel myself on the outside of the fence, past the utility pole, and see how well it goes. I am willing to take that risk as I am well now, and if I need to jump and run to save my life from street traffic I can do that. I am also be thankful that I can do that.