LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Steve W]

It was hard to miss this young hawk landing on the deck railing. What ensued was a stare down between Jesse the cat (safe behind glass) and this newly fledged morph stage red tail hawk that lasted about five minutes. The parent pair has two fledged morphs and they are learning to hunt, but not really sure where they belong. You can hear them calling to each other throughout the neighborhood.

Neat picture & story, especially from behind safety glass if you're the cat. Thanks for sharing ! SWW

[Kona2]

Another episode....bunny trails of the mind!

Fireflies in Pennsylvania

Fireflies are like a rite of summer in some locations. At my family's home in Virginia, we would see them throughout the backyard on summer nights. Later, I saw them often over cornfields at night...no longer wanting to catch them. We may have a few in Colorado, but I haven't seen them. But some areas of the world have just the right conditions for a type of beetle that takes the whole firefly thing to a new level...synchronized lighting. This thought process all started with an email from Field Notes. Field Notes, a brand of pocket notebooks I get, has come out with a National Parks summer edition - and they have a video about the synchronous fireflies at Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee. It reminded me of the Tree of Voices in the movie Avatar. For a few weeks, the fireflies put on a show that draws thousands of visitors... so many that there is now a lottery system through recreation.gov to get a parking pass to drive up to where you can take a shuttle to sit in the dark in the forest. It's an area about 35 miles from Knoxville. Some of you may have already had this bucket list experience!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.95 MM Ed
750 K Rebecca
350 K Leon
250 K david w
250 K Tom M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 103 Lunies on the roster - welcome back to Lee M!

Liz 2,665 m
Larry 3,010 m
Warnie 3,150 m
Kevin Mc 3,568 m
Corey 5,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Lee M 5,000 m
Steve W 5,216 m
Keith F 6,000 m
Steve H 6,388 m
David T 7,000 m
William H 7,058 m
Norma m... a lucky 7 palindrome!
David W 8,000 m
Josh 9,100 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,456 m
David A 11,056 m
david w 11,750 m
Tom M 12,778 m
Jeff M 13,756 m
Leon 15,000 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome sprinkled with high fives!
Ron 15,551 m ...another palindrome with high fives inside!
Minnie 19,676 m ... on a good roll !
Ken 20,000 m
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!

[DavidA]

Fireflies in Pennsylvania

That is sooooooo cool!
I want to go.

David

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and once again! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving a ONE million meter 2020 erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.0 MM Ron
450 K Danno
250 K Josh
100 K Jonathan

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Norton 2,000 m
Truthy 2,571 m
Derric 5,000 m
Leon 5,111 m
David T 5,500 m... a double double!
Jonathan 5,500 m ... also a double double!
Robert H 6,000 m
Tom M 6,068 m
Josh 7,540 m
Jim M 10,775 m
Rebecca 11,000 m
Ian 11,215 m
Steve W 12,000 m
Minnie 14,628 m
David A 14,836 m
Jim C 16,000 m
Ron 16,565 m
Warnie 21,450 m ... he moons us!
Danno 30,066 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed m...a palindrome and a moon!

[Kona2]

Buckle up! We're in flight!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K David A
500 K Jim C
300 K David T
200 K Dan O'

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 104 Lunies on the roster - welcome back Donna!

William H 2,000 m
Kerry 2,013 m
Corey 4,000 m
Lee M 5,000 m
Robert H 6,000 m
David T 6,500 m
Josh 7,044 m
Steve H 7,262 m
Leon 9,889 m...a palindrome!
Dan O' 11,484 m
Rebecca 12,000 m
danwho 12,121 m... a Welkian palindrome!
David A 12,376 m
Donna 15,626 m
Jim C 16,000 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome!

[dag1]

Wow! what a great pic k2. I have red tails flying around the house all the time but only on rare occasions do they give you a photo op. like this.

[Kona2]

Thanks, Doug - the original photo is so much more detailed / but, I am limited by the forum size of image restrictions! Haven’t seen this one for a couple days. The last photo I had from a neighbor shows hawk with bunny on a rooftop. Discovery channel and bunny herd culling!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and way to get to TWO! Congratulations, Ed, on achieving meter multimillionaire status for yet another season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Will be here before you know it....

Summmmr....is fleeting, and so we try to pack more into it. The Dog Days Challenge brings this into sharper relief as it ramps up the amount of meters needed to stay in the hunt each week. This is all designed to get you and your team ready for the Fall Team Challenge...which will start on September 15...so. Yes. Fleeting...but STILL a lot to fully use up. Get out there!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.0 MM Ed
750 K Warnie
700 K Minnie
400 K Kevin Mc
250 K Keith F
250 K Dan O'
150 K Corey

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Kerry 2,011 m
Corey 3,000 m
David T 4,000 m
Kevin 4,012 m
Jason 5,063 m
Steve H 5,325 m
William H 7,068 m
Louie m ... a starry palindrome!
Anton 10,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Patrick S 10,019 m
Jonathan 11,280 m
David A 12,334 m
Ian 12,383 m
Steve W 12,515 m
Keith F 13,000 m
Minnie 14,420 m
Jim C 16,000 m
Ron 17,371 m ...a palindrome!
Warnie 21,582 m... he moons us!
Doug 28,403 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed m ... a palindrome and a moon!
Baz 60,000 m ... whoa...that's some hours in The Shed....

[Kona2]

Some lightning storms are more spectacular than others. Last night's was a doozy.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.05 MM Ed
1.05 MM Ron
800 K Warnie
450 K danwho
200 K Anton

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Norton 2,000 m
Steve H 2,542 m
Dan O' 4,268 m
Louie m ... a hip hoppin' high five palindrome!
Doug 7,586 m
Tom M 7,728 m
Kevin 8,428 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve W 11,143 m
Anton 14,096 m
danwho 15,151 m ... a palindrome with some high fives sprinkled in!
Ron 17,371 m...a palindrome with some lucky 7's sprinkled in!
Greg 29,026 m ... he moons us and edges closer to one million!
Ed m ... a stars and moon palindrome!
Warnie 86,733 m... whoa. Meter tsunami.

[BAZzy]

Hey, still cold dowunder...we need summer back! And speaking of colds, finally shaken my worst cold ever so been back on to the rower in the shed!

Catching up on all the Luna-tic news and good luck to all, Cheers, Baz

[BAZzy]

Wow! what a great pic k2. I have red tails flying around the house all the time but only on rare occasions do they give you a photo op. like this.

Truly awesome!

Cheers, Baz

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K Rebecca ... she's been pounding the meter board!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 105 Lunies on the roster as we welcome back Salvador!

Jason 2,555 m
Larry 4,429 m
Bernie 5,016 m
Liz 5,418 m
Steve W 6,000 m
Kevin 6,073 m
Josh 7,034 m
Tom M 7,128 m
Jean M 7,331 m
Baz 10,000 m
David T 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Howard 10,017 m
Jim M 11,069 m
danwho 12,121 m ... a Welkian palindrome!
Danno 12,167 m
Minnie 13,154 m
Ron 17,771 m...a palindrome with lucky 7s inside!
david w 23,363 m ... he moons us!
David A 28,802 m ... he moons us, too!
Salvador 44,618 m ... welcome back!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and wheelies! Congratulations, Greg, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!