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Well I have bugged Julie with some of my pictures for the morning program so she may have already figured out who I am.

From the big city of Cookson, OK. (doesn't show up on most maps!) about 90 miles SE of Tulsa on beautiful Lake Tenkiller.

Hello returnees and new people I originally was just an Observer on here for my own pleasure but got hooked and ventured out to be a pester oh I mean poster.

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Yesterday is history
Tomorrow a mystery
Today is a gift

Hi, Sunbyter. Glad you spoke up. Feel free to contribute any time. It's a pretty friendly group, and we're all learning together.

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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" –– A. J. Liebling

Elkhart, Indiana :)

Park Hill, OK - over by Tahlequah and Cookson :)

Lurked all of last year, decided to join in the fun this year.

35th and Utica (pretty darn close huh?)  :D

I admit I have been lurking since hawk forum started - I watched egg sitting last year, worried through Thunder's formative days, marveled at nest remodeling this year, and now am stressing over Kay and Jay's new egglet.

My thanks to everyone (including you Russell) for all your posts. I read them every day - and check the hawk site several times a day to see what is going on.

Omro, Wisconsin. But, I have only been here a year. Moved here last year from Alabama. And, ready to go back.

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown

Prospect, KY, just south of the Ohio River and NE of Louisville.  I found this site just before Thunder fledged and have been having a blast "meeting" new friends on here.

We have such an interesting and widespread group.

Tulsa, OK, about 10 miles from KJRH.  Took the tour of KJRH last year and participated in the forum off and on.  So happy to have this opportunity again this year.  Thank you KJRH and all of those who have made this a very interesting and educational site. 

Somerset, Ky   There is a redtail hawk nest within 500 feet of my house.  If it wasn't for this website I would have no idea of what is happening up there!  My 5 and 6 year old children have greatly benefited from the extra expense and effort this news station has committed to this project.  Everything that happens in your nest seems to happen about a week earlier than it does here in Somerset.  So we get a heads up on what behaviors to look for.  I never posted anything on this forum last year but I want to share the good news that while there was saddness with the passing of Spirit, there were two very healthy hawks produced from "our" nest.....they even fledged to the tree 10 feet from our front door.  They stayed very close to each other for about two months.  The siblings (which I assumed were the same sex because they were the exact same size) were VERY noisey....squaking all the time.  When the parents left the area it was heart breaking....they squaked even more.  Watching them learn to hunt was amazing and nerve racking.  I got to see an incredible drive bomb on a squirrrel....the squirrel won....it hit with an audible thud against the tree it was running toward.  I won't write a book next time I post.  I just wanted to fill you guys in on what you didn't get to see last year.  One more thing....after they fledge, they are very fearless and very messy.  While they were incredibly entertaining last year, I'm kinda dreading the same thing happening this year, especially since my house is for sale.  Hawk shoowee stays on a roof for a long time!

Dear raptorfan .... Please do write a book anytime you please about your local hawk family!!!  We all eat that sort of stuff up here, bigtime, as you probably already know.  This first installment was wonderful, and it's great that you posted in this thread!  

To you, and to all who posted here....   Please, please, please join us in posting observations in the "Big Sit" thread!!!   We have incredibly diligent posters who are taking so much time out of their lives to contribute there so that we all can benefit from their observations... And they are all doing such fantastic work!!!   It would be great, though,  to have many more join in so that some can get a break when needed.... or just to have more overlapping input is always great fun, as well as confirming "evidence", as it were, of a record of events.   It does help to know that you're not the only person posting...  Also, we are a warm, supportive, congenial group... We welcome newcomers, and won't bite... I promise !

Please come join us in the fun and wonder of reporting about Kay and Jay, and their growing family!!!

p.s. raptorfan  ... Do keep us informed about your local r.t.h.'s ...   Post the next installment for us, if you please, on the "Raptor Rap" thread of the Hawk News Forum.  I, for one, look forward to those next chapters!!!

Socal, you took the words right out of my mouth. It really helps to complete the picture of hawk life. We only get to see what happens in the nest, but it's just a small part of the birds' lives.

And yes we could use some more people contributing their nest observations as well.

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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" –– A. J. Liebling

Thank you for the warm welcome!  I’ll try to be a competent and responsible hawk watcher.  I’ve been checking out the site for the past couple of hours…..there has been some change since last year.  Kudos to Russell.  It appears that if I want to share the experiences of the Somerset Kay, Jay, Thunder, and Lightning (my 6 year old named it) then I should post videos on You Tube and photos on flickr, and then post the links to those sites on the Links to Videos and Other Forums following Thunder thread?  Would this be a correct assumption or is there a better way?  You guys are way more advanced at this computer stuff than me.

Where to put the links for those videos and photos is actually a good question, Raptorfan. The "Links to Videos and other Forums Following Thunder" thread I believe was established for info about Thunder that had been posted elsewhere, on blogs or in other forums. However, it sort of morphed into a catch-all thread. My own preference would be to post the links about your hawks in "Raptor Rap," where there's a lot of discussion about other birds, but that's just my take. I'd be interested to hear others' opinions.

The point is, I think, for us all to agree on a single spot for that kind of contribution so that we can find it easily again and everybody knows where it is. It may turn out that you'll have enough material to make it worthwhile to start an entirely new thread.

We really appreciate your willingness to contribute to the forum. It'll advance all our knowledge of hawk behavior. For instance, a question came up today about whether Jay is bringing food back for Kay. We suspect he is, but if so, it's almost always off camera, and so it would be interesting to know what you see your hawks doing.

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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" –– A. J. Liebling

I just realized I didn't completely answer your questions about the photos and videos. Flickr is a good place for photos. You can establish a free account there. There are several others, including Photobucket, Smug Mug (I think), Picasa (I believe that's the Google site) and probably more that I don't know about.  They will give each photo a URL that you can then link to using the tools in the forum here. You Tube works the same way for video.

If you look at the toolbar just above the box for entering your post when you reply, the 5th icon from the left is for linking to pictures. You click on it, and a little window drops down for you to insert the URL (Internet address) for you photo. It's easiest just to copy the URL of your photo and paste it into that little window. Make sure you don't end up with a double "http://".

If you have any difficulties, there are lots of people happy to help you. Good luck, and we're looking forward to hearing all about the Somerset red tails.

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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one" –– A. J. Liebling