What did you do today?

[adsm08 4,352]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

 

Same. 

We got a new splitter. Haven't got all the bugs/adjustments right yet.  It'll get there.  

 

 

 

 

We ran out this past winter, and it has been getting hard to find suppliers.

 

We had a load of fairly green wood dropped earlier this week, so today I attacked it with the saw, while the wife was running the splitter.  Hopefully we have enough decently seasoned by December.

 

I have 1/2 a cord of stuff that was green last year and good now, plus a big tree worth probably another half cord that's been down and should be good to go.

[19richie66 17,858]

@Blue Chips beautiful work bud! Can’t wait to see the rest of the truck. 

[Blue Chips 728]

42 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

@Blue Chips beautiful work bud! Can’t wait to see the rest of the truck. 

 

Thanks. It may be a while before it's back together, but I'll post my progress now and then.

[8ntruck 8,757]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Same. 

We got a new splitter. Haven't got all the bugs/adjustments right yet.  It'll get there.  

 

 

 

@ebinmaine - you got a separate thread running on this?  There is a splitter purchase some time in the future for us.  These double ended rigs look kind of interesting.

Edited Sunday at 12:04 AM by 8ntruck

[ebinmaine 78,237]

16 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

@ebinmaine - you got a separate thread running on this?  There is a splitter purchase some time in the future for us.  These double ended rigs look kind of interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 78,237]

This morning we had a visit from a sharp shinned hawk. They're closely related to, and similar in coloring to, a coopers hawk. 

The main difference is size. 

A "sharpy" is a bit larger than an average blue jay. 

A coopers is more in the range of a crow. 

 

The other difference is the preferred hunting areas for each. 

The sharpy is an open field hunter while the cooper prefers more wooded places like a loosely treed forest. 

 

We've been expanding our open space here so we see more of the birds that like those spaces. Bluebirds as well.  

 

 

 

[Dan 312-8 501]

Beautiful day to get a little seat time. 3rd cutting for the season thus far.

[sqrlgtr 2,569]

On 4/19/2026 at 12:35 PM, ebinmaine said:

This morning we had a visit from a sharp shinned hawk. They're closely related to, and similar in coloring to, a coopers hawk. 

The main difference is size. 

A "sharpy" is a bit larger than an average blue jay. 

A coopers is more in the range of a crow. 

 

The other difference is the preferred hunting areas for each. 

The sharpy is an open field hunter while the cooper prefers more wooded places like a loosely treed forest. 

 

We've been expanding our open space here so we see more of the birds that like those spaces. Bluebirds as well.  

 

 

 

I think the Cooper is what I've been seeing around here. I used to only see Red Tail hawks but been noticing more of these in the last few years, may have been around a long time and I just hadn't noticed before. I do know the ones I've seen will catch other birds and tare their heads off, had one almost drop a head right on top of me the other day..

[ebinmaine 78,237]

3 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

I think the Cooper is what I've been seeing around here. I used to only see Red Tail hawks but been noticing more of these in the last few years, may have been around a long time and I just hadn't noticed before. I do know the ones I've seen will catch other birds and tare their heads off, had one almost drop a head right on top of me the other day..

 

 

Look at the local falcons too.  You may have a merlin or peregrine around.