Post by: Frances144 on July 02, 2010, 09:09:34 AM
Post by: RNKIII on July 02, 2010, 09:45:38 AM
Nice pics...
Bob K. rnkiii
Post by: krissel on July 03, 2010, 05:15:54 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Wren
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 03, 2010, 08:04:45 AM
) but it's much less attractive when the nest is 'indoors' or beside the front door! 
But humans, and probably most mammals, react kindly, lovingly to tiny, wide-eyed or open mouthed 'children.' I still find myself smiling at babies of any species! 
"Just remember, there's a dark cloud inside every silver lining."
Post by: gunug on July 03, 2010, 08:18:40 AM
QUOTE
Pennington attended college on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship, and was an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate. She was trained as an intelligence officer and earned a regular commission upon her promotion to the rank of captain. Pennington served more than nine years as a Soviet analyst with F-4 and F-16 fighter squadrons at Hill AFB; the Aggressor Squadrons at the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB; the Defense Intelligence Agency; and the Alaskan Air Command. She has flown in the A-4, F-4, F-5, CF-5, F-15, and F-16 (as well as a variety of helicopters, trainers, and transports) on dissimilar air combat training missions and during Red Flag exercises, and in Air Force, Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.
As an Air Force officer, Pennington gave intelligence briefings on Soviet fighter tactics to two chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, the Aviation/Space Writers Association, the German Strategy Forum, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Navy Fighter Weapons School (“Top Gun”). While still in the Air Force, Pennington began publishing articles on Soviet and American aviation in the USAF Fighter Weapons Review and Air Force Magazine.
She has apparently officially changed her first name now:
--both quotes from her website: http://www.reinapennington.com/AboutRJP.html
As an Air Force officer, Pennington gave intelligence briefings on Soviet fighter tactics to two chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, the Aviation/Space Writers Association, the German Strategy Forum, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Navy Fighter Weapons School (“Top Gun”). While still in the Air Force, Pennington began publishing articles on Soviet and American aviation in the USAF Fighter Weapons Review and Air Force Magazine.
She has apparently officially changed her first name now:
QUOTE
Yes! There was a bit of a family dispute over the spelling. My grandmother, Josefa Salazar, said she suggested the name "Reina," which means "queen." My mother said she had already heard the name, and to her it should be spelled like the name Dana. So on the birth certificate, I'm "Rana Jo Pennington." My grandmother had a fit, since "rana" in Spanish means "frog."
--both quotes from her website: http://www.reinapennington.com/AboutRJP.html
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Post by: sew on July 04, 2010, 02:46:34 AM