This is for Harryb...

StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
edited June 4, 2011 in Wildlife
...my bird dog. :D Peace! (In all seriousness, this weekend I'm going to try to capture a shot of an osprey that has nested on a Fish and Wildlife perch right at the edge of our ranch. I'm inspired! Wish me luck!)

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    well the pup is ready --good luck
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Well a bird dog is a hunting dog that is used to retrieve birds after they have been blasted away by hunters.
    ,
    Nice pic though and good luck with that osprey.
    Harry
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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Oh don't worry...He's a hunting dog by genetics, but he doesn't hunt. We've trained him for agility. He also watches over our chickens . goats, believe it or not! He's a pretty awesome ranch dog.

    Edited: Fixed as per Icebear's note below!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Well a bird dog is a hunting dog that is used to retrieve birds after they have been blasted away by hunters.
    That would be a retriever, Harry. A bird dog, like a setter or pointer, hunts. I used to know a guy who had some really good English Setters that he employed to find, hold, then flush birds which he then photographed. He didn't use a gun. They were also good gun dogs.
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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    That would be a retriever, Harry. A bird dog, like a setter or pointer, hunts. I used to know a guy who had some really good English Setters that he employed to find, hold, then flush birds which he then photographed. He didn't use a gun. They were also good gun dogs.

    I'm sure you are right, Icebear! Harry's point is still valid, however, since this is a retriever. I'm not a hunter, so I don't use the terms very precisely. I didn't mean to emphasize his "bird-ness" however...I was just poking fun at myself for posting him here. Maybe I should have posted my chickens! rolleyes1.gif

    Going to try for that osprey tonight!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    That would be a retriever, Harry. A bird dog, like a setter or pointer, hunts. I used to know a guy who had some really good English Setters that he employed to find, hold, then flush birds which he then photographed. He didn't use a gun. They were also good gun dogs.

    Lets not get too technical here now. The end result is a dead bird. :yikes
    It brings tears to the eyes of a bird photographer. :cry

    Of course on the other hand you end up with some fine eating :eat
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Lets not get too technical here now.
    Surely you jest, Sir. This is a photography site! We're all about subtle shades of esoterica.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    Surely you jest, Sir. This is a photography site! We're all about subtle shades of esoterica.

    What me jest? headscratch.gif Everybody knows that I'm always very serious.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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