Do you like birds?

ferrisjso said:
Hugging a puffin has just been added to me life goals.
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One of the first things I did once I moved into my home was buy a bird feeder. Love em... I live in a big city but my back yard extends into a wooded park and this spring I had two flocks of turkeys trotting around! Two big toms and their harems... Lots of tits and jays and peckers... there's also a few huge red tail hawks in the park, no hummingbirds yet tho...
 
Birds are annoying with their constant chirping and shitting on everything. Their shit stinks as bad as cats. They are good to eat though.
 
Liking birds is being a class(well group technically) traitor to all synapsids.

Dimetrodon is rolling in his fossil bed.
 
genecop said:
Yes, I love the birds, along with the bees…
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We really need to take care of our bees. They do so much good that benefits us humans. I get so angry every time I see a video of wasps killing bees. Wasps should be eradicated.

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Proof that your area is pleasant
 
MusclesMarinara said:
black capped chickadees rock. Super friendly and bold little guys. I have had one land on me.
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Nice!

I love them. Do your friends have a good singing voice too?

During wintertime we are always waiting for one special guest and when they finally show up the christmas dinner is complete.

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Blue tit - the most loved passerine in Sweden, and it has nothing to do with the matching Swedish colors.
 
theBloB said:
Nice!

I love them. Do your friends have a good singing voice too?

During wintertime we are always waiting for one special guest and when they finally show up the christmas dinner is complete.


Blue tit - the most loved passerine in Sweden, and it has nothing to do with the matching Swedish colors.
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I feed the bird fairly regularly. Keeping the squirrels out is a hassle and they win all of the time. Bastards even eat my hot pepper bird food they aren't supposed to like. I guess they didn't get the memo.

Here's a quick list of who visits our yard:
Crows, blue jays, starlings, grackles, morning doves, cardinals, robins, nuthatch, tufted tits, cat birds, assortment of sparrows, two varieties of woodpeckers.

The bird bath is great for attracting birds as well. In the summer the lot of them come by for a drink or quick bath.
 
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MusclesMarinara said:


I feed the bird fairly regularly. Keeping the squirrels out is a hassle and they win all of the time. Bastards even eat my hot pepper bird food they aren't supposed to like. I guess they didn't get the memo.

Here's a quick list of who visits our yard:
Crows, blue jays, starlings, grackles, morning doves, cardinals, robins, nuthatch, tufted tits, cat birds, assortment of sparrows, two varieties of woodpeckers.

The bird bath is great for attracting birds as well. In the summer the lot of them come by for a drink or quick bath.
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Thank you for the video!

It's symphony to my ears. I have to admit that I'm a big fan of bonfires, rain and birdsong videos. 15 minutes after and your brain is ready for work.

You seem like a really nice person who takes care of the animals around, except for the squirrels of course. I wish more people could have found the pleasure in watching their antics when they come to visit us. We need to show nature that there is still hope for humanity.
 
The older I get the more accepting I have become of vultures. Used to think they were just the worst bird ever but the more I learned about their role and adaptive features for that role I do not hold them in such low regard.

Recently I was on a particular long day hike in brutal hot/humid weather on a tough mountain incline and looked up and three vultures were circling overhead-thought just for a second "well this is certainly not the greatest of signs" but stopped and just marveled at them hitting thermals-the distance they traveled with just a tip of their wings was impressive.
 
scgst4 said:
The older I get the more accepting I have become of vultures. Used to think they were just the worst bird ever but the more I learned about their role and adaptive features for that role I do not hold them in such low regard.
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I feel exactly the same. All the nature films I saw as a child with lions and hyenas feasting on fallen animals and always these lazy and ugly vultures that never hunt themselves in the background.

But, you get older and wiser. Saw a nature film a while ago that the population was going down in large parts of savannah areas in Africa. It was apparently some kind of hybrid tree/bush that spread very quickly. When the vultures eat as much as they can, they become heavy and need a long approach to get back into the air, but all these trees are apparently in the way. And that means they become easy prey for other predators.

This is my favorite vulture. It is a picky one. It will only do with big juicy bones.<45>

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Bearded vulture (or Lammergeier)
 
theBloB said:
I feel exactly the same. All the nature films I saw as a child with lions and hyenas feasting on fallen animals and always these lazy and ugly vultures that never hunt themselves in the background.
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Watching similar shows shaped my younger misconceptions about them. I have turkey and black vultures where I live but because I am close to the Appalachian Mountains we also get a lot of migratory raptors through the area. Sometimes when I remember I will take my binoculars on a hike with me and if I hit a mountain crest will do a bit a bird watching
 
Speaking of squirrels and raptors; We had a squirrel in our yard earlier this summer. The poor bugger had a number of deep slashes across the right side of its head and body. It was even missing an eye. I'm pretty sure that's the end of an animal that relies heavily on depth perception. We tried to leave food for it but the other squirrels would chase it away. (I've always wondered why animals do not have any compassion for each other). After a couple days it was no longer showing up.

I figured it must have been injured by the local hawk or eagle population then grabbed by the coyotes. Of which, I find these animals amazing. You would never see a redtailed hawk or bald eagle when i was a kid. But over 50 years, they've returned in numbers. Coyotes are nearly problematic. Leave a small dog out and it might become a meal.

BTW. This is Westchester county in NY. We're one county up from NYC.

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Much respect to the carrion eaters.They provide a valuable service. Just think of all the rotting bodies they clean up which would otherwise be a breeding ground for disease and pests.
 
Can’t stand birds. They’re unpredictable and have those lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.
 
Two pages in a no Birds of Paradise? Here's a couple and a fun poster that has most of them on it I think (there's 44). Even found on the flag of Papua New Guinea.
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