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Happy Monkey 01-28-2020 03:00 PM

"It's not a dangerous dead tree in my yard, it's an art installation!"

"I mean, a wildlife preserve!"

Diaphone Jim 01-28-2020 04:52 PM

Around here walnut trees are about the only ones to get the white paint treatment.

xoxoxoBruce 03-04-2020 01:05 AM

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Birds fly because who wants to walk on those feet.

Undertoad 03-06-2020 08:55 PM

I don't watch the Hanover Iggles as much as I did last year, but I keep up on the Facebook page.

The female laid one good egg, and then, a few days later, an egg with no shell. Birbologists say it happens often. They caught her laying it on video, and basically, she ate it, as soon as she saw it wasn't a good egg. This instinct removes it from the nest, and keeps the good egg in dry, bacteria-free condition.

You don't see much of the non-egg before it's gone.



Now, recently, they have had a juvenile bald eagle invading the nest. There's no sound in this video, which is a shame because the female is sounding the alarm. The intruder arrives and she has to kick him off.



The same birb (probably) is visiting the nest at night, and just standing next to it for an hour, without walking onto the nest itself. DRAMA

Diaphone Jim 03-07-2020 12:07 PM

Last year's kid unwelcome.

Undertoad 03-07-2020 12:20 PM

Yeah, that is a possibility! Although the birbologists think it is too old to be one of last year's younguns, there's a chance it's a youngun from a previous year.

Ma, don't cha recognize me?? :sniff:

xoxoxoBruce 03-10-2020 01:56 AM

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Pelican catches a bill full of water...

Diaphone Jim 03-10-2020 11:35 AM

I misread your caption at first.
https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-pho...-image74092552

Undertoad 03-24-2020 04:03 PM

Hanover nest has gone the way of all of 2020 -- their remaining egg has not hatched yet, which means it's bad.

Apparently the birds may not understand this, and will continue to incubate for another 2-4 weeks, unless the shell cracks on its own.

Griff 03-25-2020 07:29 AM

That will be unbelievably stinky when it pops.

Gravdigr 05-21-2020 06:14 PM

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fargon 05-21-2020 09:49 PM

You do, you really do. I wish I did.

Griff 05-28-2020 06:54 AM

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This guy had big issues with that cowbird in the window.

BigV 05-28-2020 12:22 PM

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This Steller's Jay is one of a pair that rule the yard. Here he's patrolling the area under the bird feeder after making a mess at the top.

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Griff 05-28-2020 01:17 PM

Your western jays get style points.


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