Recent Comments

1. 9 months ago on JumpStart

   By that time, the hawk had moved to one of the highest branches in one of our tallest oaks. He was obscured enough by leaves and other branches that we never did get a good photo.

2. 9 months ago on JumpStart

   A few minutes later, the hawk turned around and flapped its wings once. Now it was perched a mountain laurel bush about 4 feet off the ground, and a good 10 feet further away from my wife. I swear the hawk shook its head several times as it looked around. A few times it looked up towards me and then back towards my wife. Then it started looking towards our tallest trees. After several more minutes, it moved to a somewhat low hanging branch in one of our taller maple trees. Now a good 25 feet off the ground, it continued looking around, still occasionally shaking its head, much like someone waking up from a hangover.My wife retreated to our basement and re-emerged on our deck a few minutes later with her 35mm camera and telephoto lens. By that time, the hawk had moved to neae of our

3. 9 months ago on JumpStart

   I live on a rather wooded, rural property adjacent to a state forest in Connecticut. We get a large variety of birds visiting our back yard as a result. About 12 years ago, on a Saturday morning, I was sitting in my kit hen sorting through the junk mail that had accumulated over our recently completed summer vacation. I hears a thud from our deck. Thinking a smallish branch or a cluster of acorns had fallen onto the deck from a nearby tree, I was very surprised to not see any debris when I poked my head out the door to the deck. Puzzled, I walked out onto the deck to investigated further. There, on the grass about 10 feet below me ( our deck is fairly high off the ground), a red-tailed hawk was spawled out on the ground, not moving. I’m guessing that the hawk decided to go after one of the squirrels or chipmunks that was a frequent visitor to our deck railing. However, in its dive to snatch this prey, it missed and instead slammed head on into the deck railing.My first thought was that the hawk had broken its neck. I called to my wife, a veterinary technician with overv 25 years experience, “Hun, what’s the safest way to move a dead hawk?”She came out onto the deck and quickly surveyed the situation. The hawk was still splayed out on its back, not moving.“Do you still have those welding gloves from your dad?” “Yes, they’re on the bottom part of the shelfing next to the workbench in the furnace room.”“Eye goggles in their usual spot?”“Yep.”A few minutes later, my wife, wearing a heavy jacket, safety goggles and welding gloves was carefully stepping out from our basement walk out and slowly approaching the still-downed hawk. She was maybe 5 feet from it when it’s started to twitch. My wife took a few steps back, and suddenly the hawk flipped itself over and stumbling to its feet. My wife slowly withdrew to the walk out door. The hawk steadied itself, looking towards my wife the whole time.

4. 10 months ago on Gil Thorp

   Pretty typical of tax dollar use in some states: no money for schools, but plenty of money for prisons!

5. over 1 year ago on Crankshaft

   I doubt it. John Howard ( a long-time character from Funky Winkerbean) is an honest, stand-up guy.

6. over 1 year ago on Gil Thorp

   And wear magnetic shoes?

7. over 1 year ago on Gil Thorp

   What, you don’t wear Velcro jeans?

8. over 1 year ago on Gil Thorp

   So I take it we’ll never hear from WMFD or WDIG again? These were previously identified as Milford’s radio stations over the years.

9. over 1 year ago on Dick Tracy

   Love this!

10. over 1 year ago on Gil Thorp

    Be sure to check out today’s similarly themed Tank McNamara strip!