That's an easy one, Digit! Certainly EVERYBODY out here has Jackalopes (Lepus-temperamentalus), and I'm SURE nobody else in the country does! ;-) Skybird P.S. If I don't come back to post for a few days, I got back WAY late from my trip today--and leave WAY early again tomorrow! But I did enjoy reading back over the Grand View thread! Here is a link that might be useful: The Western Jackalope!

Also, regarding male and female Ruby-crowned Kinglets, the males do not always display their red crown patch. It can be completely hidden unless they want to display it. Just looking at one that does not show the red crown patch can not be safely ID'd as a female. During my graduate work we banded quite a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets during migration and often, even in the hand, we would have to part the crown feathers with our fingers to see the red in order to safely sex the birds. BN

The eagle is probably a 2 year old. I year olds are completely brown, 2 year olds are often mottled, 3 year olds have a dirty white head with a dark line through the eye and a white tail, and 4+ year old birds have the white head and tail. T.R. Michels TMIchels@yahoo.com

Unfortunately the critters have learned what the Cuddeback cam means and avoid it no matter where I move it. I set it up on the bank of the pond to get only daytime Wood Duck photos, but still nothing. I thought perhaps the sensor has too short a short trigger range so today I fastened it to a shrub on the bank, in front of Wood Duck tracks. This morning when I removed the SD card from the new HCO ScoutGuard SG550 5MP Infrared Hunting Game & Scouting Trail Camera, although there were wild turkey droppings on the ground in front of it there were still were no photos. I packed it up to return and it's sitting on the porch to be picked up.