Lmao

Rumor has it that Dan is hanging out in the mountains playing music..

Hey Rob, I thought that looked familiar. Here is mine from 5 minute east of Paducah, TX in 2010.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1328641122.jpg

+2 is a Western Kingbird, just in case anyone is wondering... :-)

That's close to my bird strike, I was between Post and Tahoka on US380.

Texas obviously has a bird problem.








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Rad, nice picture how did you take it so that the paddle is in shot too?

A paddle....I thought it was breaking the speed of sound.

For goodness sake people. If you're going to post pictures of dead animals then please try to include a measuring tape so the rest of us will know how big your takedown was. Also please try & provide both a dorsal and ventral view and in the case of birds a clear view of the head and beak, to help forensics with a positive ID (it's such a shame to dispatch 'em to the hereafter & not even know what it was). Case in point: I can't tell if RB's shoot-down is a vireo or flycatcher. Thanks in advance. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat6.gif

If you watched the movie "The Big Year" you would feel bad...

I thought that was a photo of super-bad sperm.:confused:

OK, mine was about 6-7" nose to tail, there appears to be some speckles in Rob's but not mine, tail feather look different too, body structure is more compact on Rob's, the neck angle on mine has changed post impact so he could only see if flying back-wards, my road had more tar or less rock than Rob's, sun angle is similar but mine was in the morning and I believe Rob's was afternoon and finally mine has a much more dramatic pose. Identification for me is easy, both are yellow/grey birds in Texas.

Mr. Road-

After doing a little looking I am thinking flycatcher.

IMHO, a Western Kingbird...very common in that area...

Ummm...don't know my Western birds as well as their Eastern kin, but you make my point: need better photos!

You guys posting road kill in this thread now?
Don't make me go there!!! :)
Cause I collect road kill shots...

The giveaway (to me) is the gray/black under wing and tail feathers. "Most" of the flycatchers have rufous (ie, red) coloration in those areas. Though without dimensions it is hard to tell, as juvenile flycatchers don't have as much of the rufous coloration...

Yeah, but did you kill it?

Gonna have to call you Jerry Lee "killer" Swartzwelder!

while they're supposed to be photos of interest, not specifically moto....um....sometimes i come here while eating, and you guys can be tough to swallow as it is.

if we go on a road kill tantrum, does it kill this thread's "work safe award"?

just saying.

oh, so's ya know: chicken salad, swiss, mayo, sliver of tomato, hint of salt.
on a kaiser roll.
cut diagonally.

Photo evidence says otherwise.


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