Any birdwatchers?

[liqueur]

Wild Geese honked their way through yesterday morning and again this morning. Moving like a bomber wing, dropping their loads as they go! Seriously, they shit as they go!

If they had to land first every time, from 1000 to 5000 get up, it would take them about five years to get there.

Odd though. In all the years I've lived in goose country (about 70) and all the migrating flocks I've watched overhead, I've never yet seen goose shit falling out of the sky. I wonder if it disintegrates of the way down... Becomes just that much more air pollution ...?

 

[MillieDynamite]

There's a pond near my folks' house. Believe me when I tell you, some of that shit finds the cars, sidewalks, and a lawn ornament or two, as they aren't all that high up when they do it.

If they had to land first every time, from 1000 to 5000 get up, it would take them about five years to get there.

Odd though. In all the years I've lived in goose country (about 70) and all the migrating flocks I've watched overhead, I've never yet seen goose shit falling out of the sky. I wonder if it disintegrates of the way down... Becomes just that much more air pollution ...?

 

[liqueur]

There's a pond near my folks' house. Believe me when I tell you, some of that shit finds the cars, sidewalks, and a lawn ornament or two, as they aren't all that high up when they do it.

Oh I believe you. I've seen the mess they can leave behind. I was just pondering the high elevation migratory flights...

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, I don't know, they reach terminal velocity, so how much is left with the windshear ripping it to pieces. Wouldn't that spread it out as well?

Oh I believe you. I've seen the mess they can leave behind. I was just pondering the high elevation migratory flights...

 

[Britva415]

I do not want to think about aerosolized gooseshit.

 

[Comentarista82]

New lifer!! Northern Waterthrush

 

[Comentarista82]

Well, I don't know, they reach terminal velocity, so how much is left with the windshear ripping it to pieces. Wouldn't that spread it out as well?

There's an old saying about this:

"Birdie, birdie in the sky...why'd you do that in my eye?!?? Boy!! Am I sure glad cows don't fly!!!"

 

[SimonDoom]

It was a good morning for birding in the backyard. The temperature is finally fall-like, with the high in the 70s as opposed to the 100s a few days ago. The yard was visited by a nuthatch, a hawk I could hear but not see, woodpeckers, house finches, vireos (I think) and the usual hummingbirds. The highlight was a trio of bluebirds leisurely bathing and drinking from the bird bath. The idea of drinking my own bathwater doesn't sound appealing, but it was fun to watch my feathered friends doing it.

 

[Comentarista82]

It was a good morning for birding in the backyard. The temperature is finally fall-like, with the high in the 70s as opposed to the 100s a few days ago. The yard was visited by a nuthatch, a hawk I could hear but not see, woodpeckers, house finches, vireos (I think) and the usual hummingbirds. The highlight was a trio of bluebirds leisurely bathing and drinking from the bird bath. The idea of drinking my own bathwater doesn't sound appealing, but it was fun to watch my feathered friends doing it.

If you ever venture onto Facebook and subscribe to Critter Cam, you'll see various birds get to the birdbath and defile the water before anyone else drinks (they drink first, then bathe). LOL

Pileated woodpeckers went nuts today as did the finches here, but didn't hear a vireo (I'm going out in a few, though). A white-breasted nuthatch did chatter away in one pine.

 

[old_prof]

If anyone is ever near the eastern shore of Maryland (US), I recommend the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. It's on the bay side, near Cambridge MD. It's a good half day destination. Lots of birds, mostly shore birds, but plenty of baldies and hawks.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'm a bird watcher, I'm a bird watcher. Watching birds go by. My, my, my. I'm a bird watcher, I'm a bird watcher. Here comes one now. Mmm, mmm, mmm

 

[SimonDoom]

I'm a bird watcher, I'm a bird watcher. Watching birds go by. My, my, my. I'm a bird watcher, I'm a bird watcher. Here comes one now. Mmm, mmm, mmm

Millie is a bird watcher.
Mi-i -illie is a bird watcher.
Millie is a bird watcher now ow ow ow ow.

Well she's a bird, bird, bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.

Hit it, Johnny.


Extra credit to those who know the source.

 

[Comentarista82]

Millie is a bird watcher.
Mi-i -illie is a bird watcher.
Millie is a bird watcher now ow ow ow ow.

Well she's a bird, bird, bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.

Hit it, Johnny.


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Don't know if it's the original, but here's a vid:

 

[Callum_M]

Millie is a bird watcher.
Mi-i -illie is a bird watcher.
Millie is a bird watcher now ow ow ow ow.

Well she's a bird, bird, bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.

Hit it, Johnny.


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1 2 3 4!

 

[Comentarista82]

If anyone is ever near the eastern shore of Maryland (US), I recommend the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. It's on the bay side, near Cambridge MD. It's a good half day destination. Lots of birds, mostly shore birds, but plenty of baldies and hawks.

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Nice pic!

Next time you see one (and already snapped the shot), you should channel your inner Mr. Miyagi and say this:

"CRANE TECHNIQUE!!" IF DO RIGHT, NO CAN DEFENSE!!"

 

[SimonDoom]

Don't know if it's the original, but here's a vid:

Different source, but I didn't know about this one so I'm glad to see it.

 

[Baztrachian]

Rescued a small racing pigeon or perhaps a dove on Saturday night. The poor thing had been hanging around the past four months and I'd put out pigeon seed and water for her.

She would hang around but she wasn't getting close to me. She was roosting somewhere around here but I never found out where.

Saturday night like an hour or so after sunset I see her flapping around the neighbor's porch light, trying to sit on it. I went over to check on her and she got up on a low spot on the neighbor's roof and sat there.

I went home and came back with a very bright flashlight and a clean fishing net. I shined the light at the bird and then gently brought the net down on her.

Now she's in a large cage on my dining room table. Been watching videos on how to earn her trust and I am working on that.

If she weighs much more than five ounces I'd be surprised.

 

[Britva415]

I shagged a Liberty-Crested Sheena behind CBGB's that one time.

 

[liqueur]

There's an old saying about this:

"Birdie, birdie in the sky...why'd you do that in my eye?!?? Boy!! Am I sure glad cows don't fly!!!"

Heh! I remember that one.

 

[MillieDynamite]

But what kind of birds am I watching? Um, in all honesty, the human ones. Just what the original song was about, but with a lesbian twist.

Millie is a bird watcher.
Mi-i -illie is a bird watcher.
Millie is a bird watcher now ow ow ow ow.

Well she's a bird, bird, bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.
Bird, bird, a bird watcher.

Hit it, Johnny.


Extra credit to those who know the source.

Since it's October, Rocktober, "Whatever happened to my Lesbianany Twist?"

 

[Jada59]

A couple of times, I’ve seen what looks like a canary in the back yard. Also a peacock.

 

[Comentarista82]

A couple of times, I’ve seen what looks like a canary in the back yard. Also a peacock.

peacock's hard to miss: I used to see one every few days riding 20 miles to work on my bike in FL, as he would come out on full display and even yell. Proud, that one...

 

[liqueur]

A couple of times, I’ve seen what looks like a canary in the back yard. Also a peacock.

The goldfinch is your state bird. Looks a lot like a canary except black wings and black on the top of the head. Same family. Alternatively, you get yellow warblers in the summer.
The peacock would have to be an escapee, I believe, unless there's a transplant “exotic” population that I haven't heard about. Of course, the canary could be an escapee also.

 

[Callum_M]

The park by me where I like to run has a bunch of ducks. I'm pretty sure it's a flock of mallards as they have that brown coloring. However, in this flock, is a single all white duck. My guess is the white duck was a former pet that got dumped and then was accepted into this flock. I can't know for sure if that's the case, but it's the story I've chosen to go with. I look out for them anytime I go, but I believe they've moved on for the season.

 

[liqueur]

The park by me where I like to run has a bunch of ducks. I'm pretty sure it's a flock of mallards as they have that brown coloring. However, in this flock, is a single all white duck. My guess is the white duck was a former pet that got dumped and then was accepted into this flock. I can't know for sure if that's the case, but it's the story I've chosen to go with. I look out for them anytime I go, but I believe they've moved on for the season.

Seems like a pretty likely explanation. An albino is also possible, although I don't know the likelihood. Assuming it's domestic, it should be fine unless your flock decides to migrate. Then it'll get left behind.