Clip Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 11:29 PM, SirVive said: Excerpt from an old book I was enjoying once again the other day. Its called Far Away and Long Ago. An interesting story in general and a lot of birding mixed in. "One evening I told him and our eldest brother that I had seen a strange thing in a bird which had led me to find out something new. Our commonest species was the parasitic cowbird, which laid its eggs anywhere in the nests of all the other small birds. Its colour was a deep glossy purple, almost black; and seeing two of these birds flying over my head, I noticed that they had a small chestnut-coloured spot beneath the wing, which showed that they were not the common species. It had then occurred to me that I had heard a peculiar note or cry uttered by what I took to be the cowbird, which was unlike any note of that bird; and following this clue, I had discovered that we had a bird in our plantation which was like the cowbird in size, colour, and general appearance, but was a different species. They appeared amused by my story, and a few days later they closely interrogated me on three consecutive evenings as to what I had seen that was remarkable that day, in birds especially, and were disappointed because I had nothing interesting to tell them. The next day my brother said he had a confession to make to me. He and the elder brother had agreed to play a practical joke on me, and had snared a common cowbird and dyed or painted its tail a brilliant scarlet, then liberated it, expecting that I should meet with it in my day's rambles and bird-watching in the plantation and would be greatly excited at the discovery of yet a third purple cowbird, with a scarlet tail, but otherwise not distinguishable from the common one. Now, on reflection, he was glad I had not found their bird and given them their laugh, and he was ashamed at having tried to play such a mean trick on me!" It would have had me going for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I found this photo amusing... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 50 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: I found this photo amusing... Aye, Longspurs, nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Aye, Longspurs, nice! That was in my yard ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 * Insert fainting emoji here * Epic yard bird! I can’t even find one in my entire county. Do you get them a lot in the winter? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: * Insert fainting emoji here* Epic yard bird! I can’t even find one in my entire county. Do you get them a lot in the winter? Umm, not really, but they’re much easier to find than I thought. Edited February 17, 2022 by Seanbirds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: * Insert fainting emoji here * Epic yard bird! I can’t even find one in my entire county. Do you get them a lot in the winter? ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Nice birds @Seanbirds! When they get ready to move on send them here! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Seanbirds said: I found this photo amusing... Great photo!!! Nothing like a little snow to make the birds easier to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just now, Clip said: Great photo!!! Nothing like a little snow to make the birds easier to see. Yeah Longspurs are practically invisible without snow ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Yeah Longspurs are practically invisible without snow ? Indeed! I have seen them without the snow but the snow makes it sooooo much easier. Same with other birds too. I use to love birding with just an inch or so of snow on the ground. Here is another example of a bird more visible because of the snow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 25 minutes ago, Clip said: I use to love birding with just an inch or so of snow on the ground. That’s not very common here. Either we get none or we get it all!! ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Golden Eagle's D.A. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I've always thought that this position looked rather painful... ?? Yellow-hooded Blackbird 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Peek a Boo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Another good Peek a Boo one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I love how this teal looks like it did something bad, and it knows it. 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I’m not sure where to post this, but this photo just cracks me up. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420592711 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, IKLland said: I’m not sure where to post this, but this photo just cracks me up. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420592711 Hey, that’s me when I’m walking down a snow covered trail and I think I hear redpolls behind me 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 This one too https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/275510351?_gl=1*1ptxeyk*_ga*MTk1NTMxODc5My4xNTkyODczOTY3*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTY0NjAxNzg4OS41MDcuMS4xNjQ2MDE4NTkxLjYw#_ga=2.204621908.530343446.1645118909-1955318793.1592873967 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I was going through some of my chickadee pictures and I came across this one. Not sure if I posted it or not yet... https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/296189291 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 @Birding Boy seeing this shot on the top photos made me wonder what would happen to you if there were completely albino redpolls. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/422082551 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, IKLland said: @Birding Boy seeing this shot on the top photos made me wonder what would happen to you if there were completely albino redpolls. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/422082551 Ahhh, another level of complexity added to redpoll identification, I’m loving it ? I think I’d survive, but something like this would give me a small heart attack https://ornosk.com/articles-2/white-redpoll/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 A professional stylist makes all the difference. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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