Get off my tracks....right of way question

[DTI356]

OK,
So I'm out running my trains and am backing thru my cross-over so I can change direction....something catches my eye....I think, what the heck is on the tracks...he wasn't afraid of me...in fact I went inside to get my wife and she had time to come out and get this shot...notice who's on the tracks on the left side

 

 

 

Then I watched and was becoming impatient with him and decided to take a chance on losing who knows what , but I decided to keep backing up the train and the wife snapped this shot just before he took off (thank goodness he didn't try to steal my caboose) - which was only about 5 feet away from him when he left....very cool.

It begs the question.....who had the right of way?
Enjoy,
Brian B.

[Anonymous]

I have to say he did at that sec.! Just be glade he did not drop any poo on your tracks

PS if it was me I would copyright the last photo. Could sell it.

[cacole]

What a wonderful bird to have in the neighborhood.  If it were on my track, it would definitely have the right of way as long as it wanted to hang around, because it was probably stalking a field mouse or other undesirable vermin.

[FJ and G]

Great shot! I had a morning dove on my trestle yesterday evening but no camera handy and the beagle charged it (didn't catch it)

[Anonymous]

Great shot! I had a morning dove on my trestle yesterday evening but no camera handy and the beagle charged it (didn't catch it)

You need to get her some chew toys that move

[Rene Schweitzer]

Brian,

That is an amazing photograph. Thanks for sharing it here.

[altterrain]

Nice shots, Brian. We have very similar looking hawks hanging around our yard though they tend to stay up in the big oaks in our yard letting out an occassional shriek. My wife did watch one swoop down and snag a chipmunk off of a brick planter. Predators at work!

-Brian 

[LGBtrains1963]

Who's got the right of way, #1 did the bird get with the dispatcher and get a work order to get on the track? #2 did he put up a derails on both sides of him and put up work order boards on the track? Looks to me someone will have 30 days off without pay or to say the least a drug test, will the FRA get into the matter? stay tuned..... LOL

[DannyS]

About a week ago I had a large Scrub Turkey, do a complete walking tour of my railway, he stood about two foot tall, then satisfied with what he saw, he took off into the wild blue yonder.  This is in suburban Brisbane, in Queensland Australia.  Unusual sight in suburbia.

[spikejones52002]

It / They are beautiful birds. They do an lot of good. I attempted to capture photos of one in my backyard. Problem is the LIMITATIONS Cannon PROGRAMED into their DSLR D-400.

I would like to be able to train them to carry away Diesels to the land fill. NO a turkey vulture would be more appropriate