Bird Watching

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  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
    I live right by some of the original protected lands, and so there are always birds flying about. I don’t birdwatch with binoculars, but my son and I make plenty of bird feeders and hang them about our lawn to watch all the birds come in. He seems to really enjoy it, as do I, mostly. In large flocks they can freak me out little though. I don’t consider it an “old people thing”, I’m sure I do plenty that’s considered old, and mostly I think people should just do what they enjoy.

    Fun memories. My Brownie troupe used collect pine cones and then spread peanut butter on them, coat them with seeds and hand them on strings by the window as bird feeders.

    I’ll try that! Thanks for the idea :)
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    monkeefan1974 wrote: »
    I don’t watch the birds as much as they watch me when I’m running by :D

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    Hawk, great blue heron and a photobombing hummingbird.

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    Huge turkey vulture.

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    Cobra chickens!!! :D

    Love this!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    Yes. I love to bird watch. I am the Bird Whisperer. An emu walked up to me one day. I live in southern California. I guess he was lost. That was my proudest moment. Here is my emu friend. i2hrszmy6d0a.jpg

    Are you familiar with the Cassowary? If there is better evidence that the Dinos are closely related to birds...
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    Yes and I completely agree. They are fluffy dinos.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    edited April 2019
    newmeadow wrote: »
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    I also went on an Owl Prowl last year and heard baby screech owls hooting. Recently saw a road runner. Love love love birds.

    Hah! I thought Road Runners were fictional cartoon characters!

    Here is the one I saw recently. He was smaller than you would expect.

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  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    Yes. I love to bird watch. I am the Bird Whisperer. An emu walked up to me one day. I live in southern California. I guess he was lost. That was my proudest moment. Here is my emu friend. i2hrszmy6d0a.jpg

    You're making me want to move to California just to pick up one of these things hitch hiking. This is, like, prehistoric.

    It was crazy. They are obviously not native to here but we have a lot of farms where I live. He must have escaped. But what are the odds he walked up to MY car?! I was talking about this emu for days. Everyone was saying: "well you are the bird lady"....

    :)
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
    Bird watching during day but switch to Bat watching at night. Yes I know they’re basically flying rodents but they’re adorable.

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    Hooolyyy shiiit. Get a load of this guy.

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    Hes kind of cute.
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  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Birds are so amazing. I used to always watch them and dream of flying. I also love how usually both parents feed the babies when in the mammal world, males are just sperm donors. Sweet birds. <3
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  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
    I love seeing a pretty bird.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    My view. A Jenday and Sunday conure enjoying a preening session and showing off their fluffy tummies.

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  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    I absolutely love to bird watch. Even though I am in the middle of a city I lucky to have a wide range of birds. We have bald eagles that nest in a radio tower literally across the street, we also had a nest of osprey nearby. The bay has so many birds it’s not fun, to include rather social gulls that’ll eat right out of your hands.
    In my back yard I have several feeders that bring in a wide range of birds and we have two ducks that have made our pool their home. I love to sit out back on a warm day and just listen to their songs and watch them fed and bath in our two birdbaths.
  • Birdlover88
    Birdlover88 Posts: 6 Member
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    A few birds that I’ve gotten pics of 😉 The sparrow got her leg caught in our chicken feeder and by the time i found her, her leg was dried up and nearly severed off. I fixed her up as best I could and now she’s back in the wild 😊
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Wow!! <3
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
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    3 days old

    OMG cutest!!! You and the bird <3
  • Birdlover88
    Birdlover88 Posts: 6 Member
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    A few of my babies! Unfortunately the male peacock passed away a little while back, but we still have 2 females (his ‘wife’ and daughter).
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Birdlover88 wrote: »
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    A few of my babies! Unfortunately the male peacock passed away a little while back, but we still have 2 females (his ‘wife’ and daughter).

    So Beautiful!!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    denny_mac wrote: »
    Saw this and thought of this thread:
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    Also saw this and thought of this thread (attention: not as cute as above picture)
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    I want to pet an owl!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Omg!
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
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    My friend saw this one the other day
  • adammartinpe
    adammartinpe Posts: 39 Member
    I’m a birdwatcher. It’s not just for old people anymore. We have some amazing species here in the Pacific Northwest.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited April 2019
    I *kitten* love birds.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
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    Wow
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
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    what kind of bird is this?
    And great shot!
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