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Subject: [Leica] Wisdom
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:51:38 -0800
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On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Spooky...yet another reason to avoid sunbathing...I wonder if he was 
> waiting to see if you were alive?

could be...

as if he was eyeing the hors d'oeuvres...

when he took off his wingspread was, who nows ...impressive,

thanks, Steve 
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2010, at 3:10 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:29 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote:
>> 
>>> Meh.  I don't fit his "prey" profile.. he gets frozen rats and mice.  
>>> I'm several hundred times too big.  Besides which he's a rehab 
>>> ambassador... accustomed to people and cameras.  (He's not 
>>> releasable; he's got a bad wing.)
>> 
>> sunbathing next to my pool in Arizona, not long ago, I awoke, 
>> stretched, opened my eyes and looked up.....15 feet above my head.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2010/gro.jpg.html
>> 
>> yes, a surprise  (I felt like prey), he waited just long enough to get 
>> his picture taken.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>>> (There were also a bunch of youngsters in the room if he'd been in 
>>> the mood for a midday nosh.)
>>> 
>>> Quoth the slobodan Dimitrov :
>>> 
>>>> I wouldn't call a raptor's gaze wisdom. It feels more like a dinner
>>>> evaluation.
>>>> S.d.
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
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In reply to: Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] Wisdom)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Wisdom)
Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] Wisdom)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Wisdom)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Wisdom)