Bird watching thread
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It's the time of the year that Swallows are back in Poland. There is no summer without their characteristic shriek. They are my favourite birds because of their acrobatic abilities. They are like Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets - small, nimble, agile. I can watch them dogfight for hours. It's beautiful.
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The Resilient
Ostrich
Looks like a chickadee
Bird
Kingfisher
Here in Saxony, too, they have been tweeting for weeks, listening beautifully from morning to night.
If it wasn't for the shit on the car glass.
Yes, they leave their own 'chemtrails'. XD
NoMoreTO
Ostrich
A local bird is back in a busy Toronto neighbourhood full of yuppies. The same thing happened last year.
Dive Bomber Dave
Dive Bomber Dave
Bird
Kingfisher
That yuppie has no chance against the bird:
www.tiktok.com/@divebomberdave/video/6836726534624087302
www.tiktok.com/@divebomberdave/video/6836726534624087302
ed pluribus unum
Pelican
Now that I know there's a Toronto neighbourhood called "Liberty Village" I kind of want to take a dive-bomber to it myself.
Never seen a red-wing blackbird act so aggressively, and we have many around where I am. I guess living in TO is driving him nuts too.
Never seen a red-wing blackbird act so aggressively, and we have many around where I am. I guess living in TO is driving him nuts too.
EndlessGravity
Pelican
mfw this forum has a bird thread.
I came across this story this week. Might interest some of you. I have an interest in endangered species research.
www.audubon.org
I came across this story this week. Might interest some of you. I have an interest in endangered species research.
Possible Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Footage Breathes Life Into Extinction Debate
After searching for hundreds of hours and analyzing new evidence, a scientist has little doubt that the bird still exists. But does the jury agree?
www.audubon.org
Max Roscoe
Kingfisher
I hope to see one of these guys one day. Sir David Attenborough with the Australian lyre bird. Truly incredible, though sad, how they are mimicking the sounds of their destruction.
Has anyone noticed a sharp increase in bird activity over the past 24 hours? They are far more prevalent and aggressive today, and finished off a suet feeder that they had been slowly nibbling at for days before. Animal behavior is so fascinating, and of course they sense things that we cannot, such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Some dogs and I believe pigs can even smell diseases such as cancer!
Perhaps it's just regular reactions to the weather, as it has been very dry here lately. I love birds and photographing them but didn't pay much attention to my backyard birds until this lockdown. I just purchased a bird bath and will set it up this week. That should really draw them in more, especially with the dry weather.
Has anyone noticed a sharp increase in bird activity over the past 24 hours? They are far more prevalent and aggressive today, and finished off a suet feeder that they had been slowly nibbling at for days before. Animal behavior is so fascinating, and of course they sense things that we cannot, such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Some dogs and I believe pigs can even smell diseases such as cancer!
Perhaps it's just regular reactions to the weather, as it has been very dry here lately. I love birds and photographing them but didn't pay much attention to my backyard birds until this lockdown. I just purchased a bird bath and will set it up this week. That should really draw them in more, especially with the dry weather.
MovingForward2050
Pelican
The Turkey nearly became America's national bird!
www.history.com
Did Benjamin Franklin propose the turkey as the national symbol?
After the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, it next tasked Benjamin Franklin—along with John Adams and Thomas
www.history.com
Easy_C
Peacock
Fun fact on birds: The US has a wild parrot population that's grown in the NYC metro area.
Awhile back when we lived in Jersey City we were driving to Boston on a road trip and we avoided a wreck on the highway by taking a detour going up the Hudson. While there we stopped for pizza and my wife comes back to the car saying that she just saw a flock of parrots flying over. My response is basically thinking she has to be off her rocker....
Turns out she did, in fact, see a flock of parrots:
weirdnj.com
Awhile back when we lived in Jersey City we were driving to Boston on a road trip and we avoided a wreck on the highway by taking a detour going up the Hudson. While there we stopped for pizza and my wife comes back to the car saying that she just saw a flock of parrots flying over. My response is basically thinking she has to be off her rocker....
Turns out she did, in fact, see a flock of parrots:
The Wild Parrots of Edgewater | Weird NJ
Weird NJ is a travel guide and magazine to places you won't find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets.
weirdnj.com
We have some great bird life here. Some photos taken in and around the garden.
A young and noisy Green Woodpecker which flew the nest today.
Three Buzzards attracted by some bread left out.
Mr and Mrs Pheasant. They come together every evening for a dinner of sunflower seed hearts and are now almost domesticated. He has a wonky beak and feathers hanging off from fighting.
At twilight, swooping silently over like a white ghost, our Barn Owl hunted mice in the field out back. Sadly it has not been seen for a couple of years.
A young and noisy Green Woodpecker which flew the nest today.
Three Buzzards attracted by some bread left out.
Mr and Mrs Pheasant. They come together every evening for a dinner of sunflower seed hearts and are now almost domesticated. He has a wonky beak and feathers hanging off from fighting.
At twilight, swooping silently over like a white ghost, our Barn Owl hunted mice in the field out back. Sadly it has not been seen for a couple of years.
Great pics Rotekz, are those yours? Do you hunt pheasant, it's great eating...
Some good books on birds here:
Some good books on birds here:
bucky
Ostrich
Beautiful. Didn't know we have birds this colorful in the US. Looks like something from the tropics.The painted bunting. A family of them hang out at my bird feeder.
Fantastic color. I’ve seen the Indigo Bunting in New England and those are a vibrant deep blue
like that.
American Turkeys have amazing coloration if you get to see them up close, and the sun/lighting is at just the right angle. Their feathers are iridescent and the birds can look almost metallic.
I saw a Red Winged Blackbird today (fairly common) and most pictures don’t do it justice...the orange and yellow really pop out.
Great Blue Heron. Another of my favorites. They have bright, intelligent eyes. They feed on the frogs in our ditch/dyke system at the farm, and are pretty slow to move from a good feeding spot. So it makes watching them fun, as we can get pretty close without them reluctantly flying off.
Weird...exact opposite experience with these birds in Canada. They will fly away as soon as they see you. They tend to be incredibly shy.
That might be why. Trick is to see them before they see you.
Most people see them just as they leap into the sky and beat their massive wings to flight.