tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post2034912925906153969..comments2024-03-09T08:06:26.066-08:00Comments on Looking For Detachment: Travel Thursday: Snow, Ice, and BirdsSilver Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-16213974346280499212011-03-03T16:34:30.125-08:002011-03-03T16:34:30.125-08:00I really got lucky, and there were so many flocks ...I really got lucky, and there were so many flocks I was able to keep trying when many photos didn't even have birds in them.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-88735513815171130842011-03-03T15:21:42.294-08:002011-03-03T15:21:42.294-08:00What great photos! My attempts would be waaaay wor...What great photos! My attempts would be waaaay worse than that even if I wasn't driving :)Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-55882567658696764872011-02-26T19:01:13.157-08:002011-02-26T19:01:13.157-08:00This is why I read your blog. Great trip. I have d...This is why I read your blog. Great trip. I have driven that stretch three times. Each time in April and each time in the snow. The first time the visibility had me down to about 15 mph.<br />Loved the bird picDan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-30749994515625242952011-02-25T14:33:02.649-08:002011-02-25T14:33:02.649-08:00Gaelyn, the hubs are quite popular!Gaelyn, the hubs are quite popular!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-83361504206926001002011-02-25T14:32:40.394-08:002011-02-25T14:32:40.394-08:00Howard, thanks for the bird confirmation, and yes,...Howard, thanks for the bird confirmation, and yes, they almost always seem to fly in front, though there were some flocks that flew to the side way before I got to them. I said 20 flocks, but it easily could have beem way more. Hard to count.<br /><br />I'd never seen the "Ben Hur hubs" before. Nice name. :)Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-5939371651775347252011-02-24T16:45:10.731-08:002011-02-24T16:45:10.731-08:00I sure wouldn't like driving in that white out...I sure wouldn't like driving in that white out. But I do like the slush affect on you wheel.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-11778111666915772372011-02-24T16:16:54.440-08:002011-02-24T16:16:54.440-08:00Ben Hur hubs! Being in Canada, I guess I tend to s...Ben Hur hubs! Being in Canada, I guess I tend to see these more; they're fairly common during spring snow storms in April or May when the snow's right around the freezing point, and the roads are slushy.<br /><br />The behaviour of those birds is certainly consistent with horned larks. They have the self-destructive habit of flying *across* the road when a vehicle approaches. I wish they'd collectively smarten up and take a lesson from some other birds, like mourning doves, that usually fly *away from* the road when a vehicle approaches. I suppose it's an evolutionary strategy that gave them an advantage somehow (confuse the enemy by flying in front of them?), back before there were highways and cars, but it's sure obsolete these days and must take an awful toll.<br /><br />--Howard (Calgary, AB, Canada)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-62955436443796829452011-02-24T15:03:09.837-08:002011-02-24T15:03:09.837-08:00I've never noticed the ice effect before, and ...I've never noticed the ice effect before, and this was just on the shady side of the truck.<br /><br />It's so hard to see the markings on the little horned larks, but the underside of the wing, the tail, and vague darkness around the head seem right. Glad to have feedback on that!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-57374041189970745342011-02-24T14:22:12.201-08:002011-02-24T14:22:12.201-08:00I've had that same radiating icicle effect on ...I've had that same radiating icicle effect on my truck, also in the Basin & Range, as it turns out. <br />Yes, I concur with the horned lark diagnosis.<br />Cool stuff. The world is interesting!Callan Bentleyhttp://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/noreply@blogger.com