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Speechless Sunday: The Appalachian Trail...

The Appalachian Trail, you said...

I don't know that I've ever been moved to post for Speechless Sunday.  Sometimes, though, there truly is nothing to say... 

See the rest of the photos of these birds on my post:

Babies On The Golf Course at Santa Rita: Can You Identify Them?

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Comment balloon 24 comments • Mike Jones • June 28 2009 09:57PM

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Mike, that is very cute.  You should add it to the Speechless Sunday group!

Posted by Marchel Peterson, Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro (Results Realty) over 11 years ago

Marchel,

Done!  Thanks for being the first to comment.

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

I read a really great book about  The Appalachian Trial  called A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson. It was fantastic.

Posted by Todd and Danielle Millar, Nineteen years of excellence! (Glenn Simon Inc.) over 11 years ago

Todd,

I'll check it out.  Thanks!

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Mike, great shot and even better caption!  Thanks for sharing

Posted by Tim and Pam Cash, Real Estate Professionals - Clarksville TN (Crye-Leike (Sango)) over 11 years ago

Tim & Pam,

What can I say?  I'm from South Carolina.  LOL

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Hi Mike!
How fun are those pictures????  I just posted my first Silent Sunday...oops...Speechless Sunday...whatever! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by Paula Swayne, Realtor-Land Park, East Sac & Curtis Park -Dunniga (Dunnigan, Realtors, Sacramento (916) 425-9715) over 11 years ago

Paula,

I'll be right over to check out the post!  Thanks for stopping by.

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Mike, cool pics of the hawks...

Your building consultant for life in Nashville, TN

Posted by TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc., Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029 (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.) over 11 years ago

Hello??? I said the Argentinian Trail Honey. My staff was confused.

Posted by Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing over 11 years ago

One thing is for sure Mike, you never pass up the opportunity to take a GREAT picture.  Jus' didn't kno that them thar birds could talk.  ;-)

Posted by Don Rogers, Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes (Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield) over 11 years ago

GOOD MORNING MIKE!  I'm glad you posted a speechless Sunday - many of your photos don't even need a caption because they are so beautiful.  This one is cute - one baby looks like it is full of energy - the other like it's had enough already! -- Gab

Posted by Gabrielle Kamahele Rhind, Broker/Owner (KGC Properties LLC, Tucson Property Management & Real Estate) over 11 years ago

What a great place to visit and hike!

your friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

Posted by Charles McDonald®, REALTOR®, Principal Broker®, Owner (Charlottesville Solutions) over 11 years ago

Mike - I love those hawks!  I've never seen any with so much color though!  Absolutely fantastic photos!  Thanks for sharing!!!

Posted by Lee & Pamela St. Peter, Making Connections to Success in Real Estate (Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices YSU Realty: (919) 645-2522) over 11 years ago

Lee & Pamela,

Turns out they're Red Tails, although they're not like any I'm used to from South Carolina or Georgia!

Hey there, Charles,

It's good to see you; thanks for stopping by to comment!

Gabrielle,

Thanks for the encouragement, young lady!

Don,

Neither did the Senator from my home state of SC.  LOL

Susie,

OH...  That's what you meant...  :)

Michael,

I had a great time photographing this pair.

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Hi Mike,

  I think you got a winner on this one.

Connie Lou

Posted by Connie Lou Barnett, GRI,CRS,CRB,SRMM,ARA,PRS,SFR,QSC (Real Living/Home Realty) over 11 years ago

I have always thought hawks and eagles were very cool. Our Red Tailed Hawks here are quite abundant but I don't ever remember getting this close to any of them.

Posted by Terry & Bonnie Westbrook, Westbrook Realty - Grand Rapids Forest Hills MI Re (Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner) over 11 years ago

Terry,

I have a 10X optical zoom on my Panasonic Lumix.  Still, I was able to approach closer than I have with any other bird of prey (with one exception--a hawk that had caught and was eating a dove in my backyard allowed me to approach slowly to within 20 feet.)

Connie Lou,

Thanks!  I'll see you on your blog.

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Gee Mike - I saw the "Babes on Santa Rita Golf Course" title & thought the demographics had changed!  Still like the photo though ;)

Posted by Kent Simpson, Real Estate Is About People (Realty One Group Mountain Desert) over 11 years ago

Mike, they look huge, I would never have guessed that was a picture of babies, what a great shot.

Posted by Joanne O'Donnell (Chic Home Interiors) over 11 years ago

Joanne,

They're this spring's fledglings.  They can fly, but they spend a lot of time napping, like the one on the right.

Kent,

Babies...  LOL

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

Between this story (a whole new meaning to hiking on the Appalachian Trail) and Michael Jackson (and I even was a fan, of sorts -- at least I liked the Thriller album when it came out), one would think there is nothing else going on in the world. Buried 35 minutes into tonight's CNN 360 "news" was a story that there is a major offensive going on in Afganistan.... oh well, I don't mean to hijack your blog, but the quotation set me off.

Posted by Ann Heitland, Retired from Flagstaff Real Estate Sales (Retired from RE/MAX Peak Properties) over 11 years ago

Howdy there Mike

I don't believe them two ever made it to The Appalachian Trail. At less not the parts that I've been on. lol

God Bless America

Posted by Dale Baker, New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information (Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections) over 11 years ago

Dale,

I believe you're right!  LOL

Ann,

Hijack away!  :)

I'm in agreement with your comment!

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones, Mike Jones NMLS 223495 (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) ) over 11 years ago

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