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| thecomic22 | | posted 15-Nov-2007 9:43pm |
Yea, I have several. I like observing the humming birds. |
| mrmarm | | posted 15-Nov-2007 11:28pm |
No, however my grandmother does, she lives around the corner, she gets scaly breasted, rainbow lorikets, pigeons, ducks, crows, magpies etc (Australia types of birds). |
Galomorro   | | posted 15-Nov-2007 11:31pm |
No but I'd like to. |
Enheduanna  | | posted 16-Nov-2007 12:01am |
No. |
| filiasan | | posted 16-Nov-2007 12:17am |
No, but this is mainly because I live in a "bad" neighborhood. If it's likely to get stolen, it will be stolen (or at least damaged). |
| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 16-Nov-2007 12:17am |
No, but I'd like one. However, I haven't anyplace to hang one that would be safe from all the cats that wander the neighborhood. It would be like putting out a free buffet for them. |
| Melf | | posted 16-Nov-2007 2:20am |
No. One of the most peaceful moments I've experienced was at my friend's caravan in the Lake District, where five of us went holidaying for a week. There's a bird feeder on the outside of the window, stuck with suction pads to the glass. I got up very early one morning and there was a woodpecker there. He totally hogged it for ages, and then a few tiny birds came along. I don't know their name, but six of them were hopping about, trying to get something to eat. Sweet. |
| labjog | | posted 16-Nov-2007 7:27am |
I make different kinds of suet for the birds, I have finally found one that attracts woodpeckers. It is so cool to watch them. Mainly I get chickadees, Junos, titmouse and sparrows. Oh and the mean old blue jays. |
| they | | posted 16-Nov-2007 7:40am |
Yes.... usually just in the winter though.
Sparrows, Starlings, Mourning Doves, Cowbirds, Cardinals, etc.
If I put out suet, I get more interesting ones like woodpeckers..
There are Cooper's Hawks and Peregrine Falcons that have come to my yard to eat my birds too. |
| they | | posted 16-Nov-2007 7:43am |
The dog who lives next door has a huge garden. Her Echinacea attracts huge flocks of goldfinches.... Something else growing over there attracts tons of hummingbirds. |
bill   | | posted 16-Nov-2007 1:44pm |
Yes! It's about 3 feet from where I'm sitting right now in my office. I put black oil sunflower seeds in it. Mostly, I get chickadees, but there are various other birds too: Blue Jays, which are too big and I try to scare them off when I can. Tufted Titmice... goldfinches... White-breasted Nuthatch . house finches Rarely, I've gotten Orioles. I used to get Rose-breasted grosbeaks, but haven't seen them in a while. Sometimes, some Evening Grosbeak come through, that's always nice. We get cardinals in the winter, sometimes. Oh, and woodpeckers (I put out suet). Also, Junkos
I put up a hummingbird feeder in summer, but it's down know because they've all flown south.
I have a thistle sock too, that's mostly for the goldfinches.
The goldfinches and chickadees are my favorites.
I have a feeder that's on a pole about 10 feet from the house, in front of the kitchen window (over the sink). I only put that up when there's snow on the ground, otherwise the bears will come.
We get these other birds, though not at the feeder: tree swallows blue birds blue bunting Killdeers Northern Flickers robins bobolinks turkeys turkeys turkeys red wing blackbirds ... we even got a duck (it was rainy and they came for the puddles) and a Northern Harrier.
I love seeing American Kestrels fly over the field, hunting for mice. They can hover! I've seen a Scarlet Tanager, a couple times, but haven't gotten a picture yet. |
| RGirl | | posted 16-Nov-2007 7:54pm |
A few actually. Where we used to live we had a pretty nice community of birds going with feeders, baths and trees. We need to work up to that again. |
Kristal_Rose  | | posted 17-Nov-2007 4:09am |
I absolutely love my herd of humming birds. I feed them in a different color each month, as seems to fit the season spirit.
They are bright. I've danced with them (they do complex geometry dancing). They tend to show up in pairs when I have guests over. They may all look the same to others (though I can still tell them apart), but actually they also see into the UV spectrum and have unique markings in that wavelength. I've named my music instrument company after them, 'Hummingbird Studios'.
I know a handful of bird languages, but can barely understand or reproduce any hummingbird chatter. |
| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to bill) posted 17-Nov-2007 4:26am |
Cool, all those photos. Thanks. Cool birds, some good shots. Is that about a 240mm lens you're using there?
It used to be bird-of-the-month club out my window, but theres a limit to the variety found in LA, nothing close to what you have there. |
| bill |
I'm not sure about the lens, all of these were digital camera shots using the standard (10x or 12x) zoom lens. The grainy shots are usually because it was far away and I cropped them down. Some were with an older 2MP camera, some with a newer 6MP camera.
I've really enjoyed the birds and other wildlife here. I guess that was part of the reason we moved to the country. Winter is actually a good time for birds here because I can put the big feeder out -- the one on the pole -- and we can see them from the kitchen pretty well.
LA... were you affected by the fires much? My brother's soon-to-be-ex-wife had a fire come right up to her backyard. |
| Lahdee | | posted 17-Nov-2007 8:14am |
No. My dog attacks birds. Wish he could live in harmony with them. Crazy dog. I suppose I could put a feeder in the front yard. My next door neighbor has a HUGE tree in his front yard with big branches low enough to dangle on. He has a pretty birdhouse in the tree, so we already have a lot in the front anyway.
We used to have a bird feeder at our old house. We left it there when we moved. The landlord was going to move back in and continue feeding them. |
| Lahdee | | (reply to bill) posted 17-Nov-2007 8:57am |
A newbie on our local freecycle lost everything during those fires and moved here (must have family here or something).
WHen Big Lake Alaska had fires over 10 yrs ago, they came very close to my brother's house but his house was spared. I stayed a night at his house when I was up there and you could see singed trees out the window just a few feet away. |
| bill | | (reply to Lahdee) posted 17-Nov-2007 12:47pm |
I'd kind of like to see it, though I'm sure living through it sucks. |
| WalterTH3rd | | posted 18-Nov-2007 11:51am |
Well, right this second there are various sparrows, scrub jays, Stellar Jays, and some sort of brownish bird, larger than the Jays by a little. Mostly I call them 'Cow Birds' because that is where I used to see this kind before (no cows up here!). Plus the flowers around my home also attracts humming birds!
Although I do NOT feed them, there are many crows, seagulls, and pigeons. Oh, did I mention the Turkey Buzzards and Hawks? Got them around here too, but I don't feed them either! |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 18-Nov-2007 3:14pm |
At times i have and no I have not in a long time and the birds are angry with me boo hoo |
| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to bill) posted 18-Nov-2007 5:05pm |
I wouldn't have even known of them if not for the news.
Your photos give me insight on why birds in snow are subjects of Christmas cards.
I'm not happy with camera mfgrs. They pretty much waited for people to toss their 35mm gear, before offering what could have been simple back-panel digital CCD upgrades to their existing 35mm cameras (like an auto-winder back-panel upgrade). One company promised such a thing, the K-1000, but never delivered. I'm guessing they were bought out to prevent lack of sales elsewhere. |
| cerealkiller | | posted 19-Nov-2007 2:38pm |
We used to, but with the outside cats that hang around we'd just be setting the birds up for death. |
| kcthedog | | posted 24-Nov-2007 1:30am |
Yes I do, actually I have least sixteen bird feeding stations around my house.
Western Orioles, Morning Doves, Sparrows, Finches, Red winged black birds, Red tail hawks, Roadrunners, Humming birds, Flycatchers, Jays, Crows, Black tailed gnatcatchers, Spotted towhees, Black Phoebes to mention a few! |
| adamman | | posted 25-Nov-2007 4:22pm |
No, but my mom does, but I don't know what kinds of birds come there. |
| Iseult | | posted 27-Nov-2007 11:32am |
No. I'm thinking I should. I took a course this semester dealing with management of willife and one chapter in the textbook was talking about wildlife in urban areas. It was saying that bird feeders are good for maintaining bird diversity. I say it's all good, as long as it's not a seagull or a pigeon. |
| cloudhugger | | posted 28-Nov-2007 1:11am |
Red winged black birds, finches and wrens and cardinals. We love the cardinals. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Melf) posted 28-Nov-2007 1:14am |
> and then a few
> tiny birds came along. I don't know their name,
> but six of them were hopping about, trying to
> get something to eat. Sweet.
Joey, Tina, William, Jacob, Lilly, and Bob. They are cousins of Lousie, Penelope, and Bob. |
| Kristal_Rose |
Cute. I name my hummingbirds. It takes some perceptual acuity to tell them apart. |
| Melf |
Aah, that would make them Jack's mum and dad's mates, then? |
| cloudhugger |
Im unable to focus that quickly, but my Mary can tell the difference in personalities a bit. When she pointed it out to me, yes, they are all individuals How funny. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Melf) posted 28-Nov-2007 1:00pm |
You know them! |
| labjog |
You're so cute  |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to labjog) posted 30-Nov-2007 3:44pm |
That's what the little birdies tell me |
| Kristal_Rose |
I just dreamed I was crossing a pedestian bridge at a lawn festival to get to the only vacant spot, a gardened mound in the corner with an empty white thone on top. My guide across was Fanubis, a parrot with Seuss style tail feathars, who also took the form of a dark gray kitten at the other end of the bridge. |
| cloudhugger |
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LindaH   |
Last night I had a really weird dream. I was walking around where there were emergency vehicles and news crews, went into a building and stood at the screen door with it open. The news crew just outside began reporting the weather, and a gust of really light fluffy square shaped snowflakes blew all over and some got in my face. I looked down and they were solid, not melting, and tagged and numbered like wild animals. The one that landed by my foot was #7. |
| Kristal_Rose |
A colorful version of Anubis the gate keeper between realms, apparently. Let me paste the dream that came before it:
Dream 07.12.01
Part of that was some wild dreaming I was having. In this dream I was in a reality where time didn't change. The alarm went off at 1:18, and I'd keep hitting snooze. Because I was in a reality exempt from time I didn't think anything twice about how it was 1:18 each time I hit the snooze. It turned out I had actually switched the thing to the 'time set' position and snoozed a a couple hours in that mode.
In the first dream, it was like some gardened multi-deck Willie Wonka's chocolate factory lava-lamp realm with art-deco stair wells. Actually that was the JAmes Bond movie I was watching at a fancy theater with my folks, but it was a tactile cyber-space movie, and I was the James Bond type trying to solve the conspiracy behind the place's operation. Trying to leave the dream, I decided to leave the building, but some agents ambushed me just as I was about to step out onto the grounds. 'No fair', I was thinking. The other characters in the movie know my every thought and can thus be a step ahead of me. When I awoke from my abduction, I was in some underground mall. Everyone there was a shadow figure, a black-hole void with fuzzy dark colored fur sparsely floating at their surface. They vacantly travelled between bars and arcades, very business like. Unfortunately this time I wasn't just spying on them, I was one of them. I wanted to escape this scene even more, but knew they knew what Iwas thinking, so realized the trick was to shut down my mind. As I woke, te radio chimed in with 'That's how to escape, just fry your cord'.
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| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to LindaH) posted 2-Dec-2007 5:07am |
Too much holiday shopping stress? |
| cloudhugger |
Wow, just fry your cord?  Those dark shadow figures freak me out. They remind me way too much of the figures in the Land of the Dead. It seems it takes death and/or severing to get away from them. I wonder what or if the abductors took anything from you or planted on you before the business meeting at the mall. |
| LindaH |
I haven't done any holiday shopping yet.
It was a fun, pleasant dream. |
| LindaH |
Have you read any Dr. J Allan Hobson? |
| Kristal_Rose |
They were the underworld, to be sure. I have to wonder what the radio was on about. I can't imagine a context for that line that isn't as wierd as my dream. LotD was a book or movie or something, or just another word for Hades? |
| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to LindaH) posted 2-Dec-2007 5:05pm |
Never heard of him. |
| cloudhugger |
The waiting room before Hades? |
| Kristal_Rose |
It was close enough to being Hades, with no further destination required, just vacuous robotic shuffling entertainments lacking any heart or soul. It was a bit like some ghosts I saw once. The ghosts were like magnifying glasses of sparkling air/water, space occupied by the 'absence' of persons (but with souls). These black-hole beings in my dream were something worse, hollow, unaware of their relative predicament.
Did you ever read Sartre's Huis Clos ('No exit')? It was like a waiting room for Hades, eternal misery by simply putting incompatable persons together in a waiting room. |
| cloudhugger |
No, I've never read that. Never heard of it, sounds pretty fscinating. |
| kcthedog |
I think you gave me a "flashback"!
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| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to kcthedog) posted 4-Dec-2007 2:07am |
You poor thing. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 20-Dec-2007 9:14pm |
Those darn birds are angry with me because i forgot to fill up the bird feeders oops sorry birds |
| Biggles | | posted 12-Jan-2008 4:06pm |
We get magpies, blackbirds, sparrows, blue-bewbs, great-bewbs, wagtails, woodpeckers, finches, starlings, robins, wood pigeons, and thrushes - probably others, but that's all I can think of right now. We see other birds too that don't come to the bird table - birds of prey and the heron. |
| autumnlight | | posted 14-Jan-2008 8:53am |
No, I dont have a garden  |
| penguin388 | | posted 20-Jul-2008 10:03pm |
We only fill the bird feeder in winter. Only regular birds visit, those little common brown ones, sometimes a robin. Guess we use the cheapo kind of seed... |
