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Western Railroad Discussion > Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds!Date: 11/30/21 04:15 Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: santafe199 It’s amazing the things you might witness if you’re not in too much of a hurry to get that perfect sunset sequence...
1. & 2. BNSF 7075’s crew gets a front-row seat to watch part of the great annual avian migration. These bird-brained voyagers are sailing south for a lengthy vacation in a warmer climate. There were so many on this cruise it took 2 images to record them all...   Date: 11/30/21 04:16 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: santafe199 One more scene I wouldn’t have believed unless I saw it for myself:
3. Evidently some bird-brains aren’t as well off as other bird-brains. So they have to fly along in steerage... (3 bird-watching lessons learned at Ice (Ellinor), KS on November 25, 2021. Thanks for looking! Lance Garrels santafe199  Date: 11/30/21 06:11 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: Bob3985 Nice catch Lance.
That is probably the annual journey of the Sand Hill Cranes. Probably a little later than usual due to the warmer weather this year. Like several of our retired railroaders who stayed up north, they migrate to the warmer climate for the winter. A number of the folks I worked with live here in Wyoming but have a second home in Arizona. Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Date: 11/30/21 08:27 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: Ritzville Very cool series! The army of quail, doves and sparrows still wait every late afternoon for me to drop their seed in the backyard.
Larry Date: 11/30/21 08:35 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: MacBeau Put me down for #2. Everything in that one works. Well done.
—Mac Date: 11/30/21 11:31 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: texchief1 Nice, Lance!
RC Lundgren Date: 11/30/21 12:11 Re: Toto Tuesday: Sunset for the birds! Author: Cumbresfan And you usually don't know when they're flying overhead until you hear their honking and you look up. The flocks can be very noisy and it may take a bit to locate them if they are high up.
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