BTP-Heavy Flight 314 on Final Approach
May 18, 2021 23:59:25 #
Yes I am weird:
BTP=Band-tailed Pigeon
Heavy=air controller slang for a jumbo sized plane
Flight 314 = my house number
Band-tailed Pigeons are BIG, the size of a large crow or raven. At the time I had at least 20 in several groups around my back yard feeding but this one went for the water having gone over the heads of 4 others (one head just showing in lower right) to land on the edge of one of the water dish/birdbaths I made from large terra cotta overflow saucers.
90D, Canon 70-300L @ 300, 1/2000 @ f/8, ISO-4000
Hand held at aprx. 50-55' on a cloudy day.
BTP=Band-tailed Pigeon
Heavy=air controller slang for a jumbo sized plane
Flight 314 = my house number
Band-tailed Pigeons are BIG, the size of a large crow or raven. At the time I had at least 20 in several groups around my back yard feeding but this one went for the water having gone over the heads of 4 others (one head just showing in lower right) to land on the edge of one of the water dish/birdbaths I made from large terra cotta overflow saucers.
90D, Canon 70-300L @ 300, 1/2000 @ f/8, ISO-4000
Hand held at aprx. 50-55' on a cloudy day.
May 19, 2021 08:17:29 #
robertjerl wrote:
Yes I am weird: br BTP=Band-tailed Pigeon br Heavy... (show quote)
wow excellent catch and beautiful pigeon.
May 19, 2021 08:46:10 #
The term "heavy" is applied to the call sign of any aircraft with a gross weight for take off of over 300,000 lbs. This is done to warn pilots of other aircraft to be alert for wake turbulence and wing tip vortacies that could possible effect flight characteristics of their aircraft. In the "golden days" of commercial aviation the Boeing 707 at 295,000# did require the call sign identifier while the Douglass DC-8 at 305,000# did. I went from a 12,500# T-38 to the 325,000# C-141. In motor vehicle parlance that is the equivilence of going from a V W Beetle into an 18 wheeled semi-truck. However, aircraft size has no effect on flight: If you want the houses to get bigger push forwards on the controls and if you want the houses to get smaller pull back on the controls. Same principal for every type aircraft I ever flew.
May 19, 2021 09:36:51 #
robertjerl wrote:
Yes I am weird: br BTP=Band-tailed Pigeon br Heavy... (show quote)
Such a beautiful capture of a great specimen
May 19, 2021 09:56:33 #
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May 19, 2021 13:22:09 #
merrytexan wrote:
wow excellent catch and beautiful pigeon.
Thank You
May 19, 2021 13:43:43 #
davidrb wrote:
The term "heavy" is applied to the call ... (show quote)
I didn't know the cut off size just that the "heavy" got tacked on the larger planes.
C-141, I flew on those a time or two, once Cam Rahn Bay to Lewis-McChord. It was configured for cargo and carrying Long Tom gun tubes and copter rotor blades headed to the factory for refurbishment and they put in one row of airline style seats and a bunch of the canvas sling seats so it could carry about 20 of us coming home on Special Leave. First stop the Philippines for fuel and hitting the burger stand at the airbase for real cheese burgers and real milk.
The good seats went to one guy on crutches and officers + Sr NCOs. The rest of us got the sling seats. After an hour or so the noise became normal. Sleeping was done on the heavy pads draped over the gun tubes. The Air Force boxed meals sucked almost as much as field rations. Plus the "flight attendant" was not very pretty and seemed to be puzzled why a bunch of Army Nam troopers were not impressed by an Air Force Reserve NCO who needed a shave.
May 19, 2021 13:45:48 #
joecichjr wrote:
Such a beautiful capture of a great specimen
Thanks a lot 😎😎😎
May 19, 2021 13:46:06 #
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May 19, 2021 13:57:56 #
Nice shot of a cool bird. Unfortunately they chase everything else off the feeder and 6 or 8 of them can clean out a tray type feeder in minutes
May 19, 2021 21:13:20 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Nice shot of a cool bird. Unfortunately they chase everything else off the feeder and 6 or 8 of them can clean out a tray type feeder in minutes
Thanks
At this same time I also had doves of two types, house finches, house sparrows, white crowned sparrows, starlings and lesser goldfinches, a total of about 60-70 birds at least all chowing down at the same time.
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