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w neal

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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #180 on: October 16, 2012, 06:54:19 AM »
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An attempt at an osprey nest:



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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #181 on: October 16, 2012, 07:31:28 AM »
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Looks very convincing!  What a nice scene you've got going here.
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« Reply #182 on: October 16, 2012, 07:54:43 PM »
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Awfully kind Gary. I'll keep working on it.
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #183 on: October 16, 2012, 08:28:05 PM »
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I didn't know they had ospreys in Wisconsin.  I thought ospreys were sea-birds?

On the other hand, if I can put bear and elk on MY layout, well, who am I to say you can't have osprey nests on yours?

REALLY nice power line and poles, BTW.  You work for Wisconsin Power & Light?   :D

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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #184 on: October 16, 2012, 09:11:22 PM »
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Its an aside, but ospreys are generally affiliated with large bodies of water as they hunt fish for a living.  Mostly they are coastal creatures affiliated with salt water coasts, but there is plenty of analogous habitat along the Great Lakes Region (and this along parts of Wisconsin).

This educational moment has been brought to you by your resident science geek.  Now back to our regular program.
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #185 on: October 16, 2012, 10:09:14 PM »
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The Osprey is the second most widely distributed raptor species, after the Peregrine Falcon.

No one promised that these threads would stay woven... ;)
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #186 on: October 16, 2012, 11:24:29 PM »
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Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow :facepalm:

Great scene! Actually all of them are great scenes you have on the layout are fantastic and really capture the feel for that area. 
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #187 on: October 17, 2012, 12:56:29 PM »
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I dunno. My bird/snake/general varmint fan friend took one look at the picture and proclaimed it was an osprey nest. You can place any raptor there that you care to. I simply figured it would be better to have something nestlike on top of the pole.


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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #188 on: October 17, 2012, 06:35:54 PM »
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anyway you look at it.... it adds interest to the scene! Nice Work!
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #189 on: October 17, 2012, 10:09:30 PM »
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Spiny Norman!   :lol:
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #190 on: October 25, 2012, 06:39:26 AM »
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Still adding to the Gills Landing area. One of the cabins has/had a boat dock with a long walkway out to the river. More bridge details next, as well as more trees, of course. (Always, more trees... :|)





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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #191 on: October 25, 2012, 09:00:32 AM »
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Nice progress - where'd you get the pontoon boat?
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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #192 on: October 25, 2012, 01:05:08 PM »
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Quote from: Philip H on October 25, 2012, 09:00:32 AM
where'd you get the pontoon boat?

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Re: Wisconsin Central - Heritage Division
« Reply #193 on: October 25, 2012, 01:07:55 PM »
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I thought they were out of business . . .
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« Reply #194 on: October 26, 2012, 07:12:50 AM »
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