Today....

Tom Dunlap · Mar 11, 2020

Started the day in a blind before dawn waiting for the Sandhill Cranes to wake and forage for the day. Ended watching flocks landing on the Platte River near Kearney, NE. The naturalists figure there are about 300k here now, heading towards 600k

JD3000 · Mar 11, 2020

Tom Dunlap · Mar 11, 2020

@JD3000

if that padlock is keyed to #3753 I might be interested

how far off the ground is the locked branch?

VenasNursery · Mar 11, 2020

JD3000 said:
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Pretty cool

Few years back

oldoakman · Mar 12, 2020

Tom Dunlap said:
Started the day in a blind before dawn waiting for the Sandhill Cranes to wake and forage for the day. Ended watching flocks landing on the Platte River near Kearney, NE. The naturalists figure there are about 300k here now, heading towards 600kView attachment 66044 View attachment 66045 View attachment 66046 View attachment 66047 View attachment 66048 View attachment 66049

Read Marshland Elegy and Clandeboye in A Sand County Almanac Tom.

JeffGu · Mar 12, 2020

Tom Dunlap said:
...waiting for the Sandhill Cranes...

The coffeeshops and cafes around here fill up with tourists, every year, most hoping to get a glimpse of Whooping Cranes. For me, this a very entertaining time of year.

Tourist: "Whooping Cranes are bigger than Sandhill Cranes, right?"
Me: "Yeah, and lots tastier, too!"

The look of horror on their faces is priceless.

JD3000 · Mar 12, 2020

Tom Dunlap said:
@JD3000

if that padlock is keyed to #3753 I might be interested

how far off the ground is the locked branch?

It's a keyed lock and my master opened it...
Had a talk with the boys about actually closing locks after one opens them.

It was about 10' up in the tree so I had to appreciate the effort.

Serf Life · Mar 13, 2020

Horseshoes and hand grenades

TreeVB · Mar 13, 2020

Made a mistake today by removing this nasty Pinus sylvestris all by me lonesome. Doesn't look massive but it was a solid days work. Believe it or not but there were all kinds of pruning cuts made throughout the process. I made sure to practice my reduction cuts, removal cuts, thinning cuts?, heading cuts, and then made all of those irrelevant with the final basal cut (sorry, had to in the light of recent threads).

Reach · Mar 13, 2020

You sure you want all the chips?

Yes, just dump them right there.

In the middle of your front yard? If you say so...

Seven loads and 120 yards later...

VenasNursery · Mar 13, 2020

Reach said:
You sure you want all the chips?

Yes, just dump them right there.

In the middle of your front yard? If you say so...

Seven loads and 120 yards later... View attachment 66098

Be careful of what you ask for!!!

When we use chip drop if homeowner wants more than 1 load we take pictures and send to make sure they know what 25 yards is

not coming back to load chips for free

same with wood

B_Strange · Mar 14, 2020

Pixie (her trail name) and I de-vined this gorgeous white oak today. Got into some PI as well. She loved playing around at height.

Basswood · Mar 14, 2020

Removed a small cottonwood and deadwood/prune the large ones in the line. First time climbing in way too long. Felt good to be back in the saddle. I know it’s a Rookie move with the bluestone, luckily no damage