Yes Joe....exactly what i was looking for in a Rental during this time period.
The Guy showing me the property went to open the door
but i had already made my decision just upon what i was hearing.
SO I said: WAIT! we'll look and see inside in a few minutes ,
FIRST, i want to see whats out back if you don't mind
confirming what Google Earth had already told me....
Afterwards, i already knew i wanted to rent it
before even seeing the inside.
Joe, with your photoghrapy skills you should build a blind somewhere
in the woods near a stream. Amazing, just like deer hunting, the longer
you stay in the blind the more your senses come alive and the deeper
you can see into the woods and identify birds and animals by sound.
I had a raid happen last night....but this time it was a battle between a Fisher
and a Racoon .... it's getting to the point that i have to build a over night box
out of ply wood that locks up feeders nightly to keep the critters away.
Feral cats aren't to hard to dissuade ya just tree them with your Dingo and blast them with your hose for awhile then they'll avoid your Sanctuary....
I've gotta find some peanut flour to mix with cheap natural peanut butter to dry it up a bit... and make my own suet cakes ....
the "FEED" stores Inland usually have a better price on the "Exotic" mixes but make sure you avoid any seed mixes with Millet
as Nothing eats it and it's a con job filler additive!
the hole i drilled and filled with peanut butter and then jammed sunflower seed in it yesterday got licked clean last night.... bastids
didn't see the beak on the bird I thought might be the grosbeak, it was mainly black, with white on all but the outline of the underbelly of the tail feathers which the outline was black. Sounds confusing even to me. The tail feathers were white with a black border. A call I've never heard, and flew almost like a flicker.
one thing that stands out when I see a Towhee are the red eyes
didn't see the beak on the bird I thought might be the grosbeak, it was mainly black, with white on all but the outline of the underbelly of the tail feathers which the outline was black. Sounds confusing even to me. The tail feathers were white with a black border. A call I've never heard, and flew almost like a flicker.
one thing that stands out when I see a Towhee are the red eyes
"it was mainly black, with white on all but the outline of the underbelly of the tail feathers which the outline was black."
what I meant was the whole bird was black, except for white in the middle of the tail feathers, wasn't a towhee, I know them. I couldn't find the bird I saw in any of my books, will have to find it online, me tinks
speaking of Hummingbirds:
i saw something the other day that surprised me
a male hummingbird seemed to drive off a competitor female
and forced it to right to the ground
then it did this aerobatic maneuver flying in an arch
back and forth keeping it pinned to the ground
(think of a kid swinging on a swing over a ball directly beneath it)
it did that about 8 times then sped off with the female not moving
then slowly leaving the grass
it came over to sip some nectar and left.
Saw this exact behavior this past weekend.I assumed it was some sort of bird mating dance but not sure.
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Originally Posted by Raven
speaking of Hummingbirds:
i saw something the other day that surprised me
a male hummingbird seemed to drive off a competitor female
and forced it to right to the ground
then it did this aerobatic maneuver flying in an arch
back and forth keeping it pinned to the ground
(think of a kid swinging on a swing over a ball directly beneath it)
it did that about 8 times then sped off with the female not moving
then slowly leaving the grass
it came over to sip some nectar and left.
Saw this exact behavior this past weekend. I assumed it was some sort of dance / mating ritual but not sure..
the wren babies in the bird house i put up for them
are making lots of "feed me" noise
and a chipping sparrow with the red crown
has taken a liking to my wife's banana bread
i stuck a small piece in there that was slightly
under-cooked from the middle just to see if they
might like it...and it's getting taken to feed babies.
cow bird babies almost twice the size of the (adopting
the egg) parents are being chased around demanding food
from the host ....sort of a strange sight to see
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
I now have a Great Blue Heron visiting fairly regularly my small goldfish pond, won't be long before the pond is goldfish-less! Not going to try to through a protective net over the pond....nature's at play, survival of the fittest!
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
I now have a Great Blue Heron visiting fairly regularly my small goldfish pond, won't be long before the pond is goldfish-less! Not going to try to through a protective net over the pond....nature's at play, survival of the fittest!
You'll regret that very soon,put the net on.
I'll post pics at some point and show you my setup......you don't even see the net.
So i'm sitting there watching the two hummingbirds battle for territory over the dual hummingbird feeders
positioned at the corner of the house.... there's like ten now switching up from front yard runs to back yard runs
keeping the locals Busy
these two come flying by my head At mach one chasin each other so fast you can't even see it...
yet i felt the wing beats and vibrations on my left ear lobe
dayamme....so i set up a ladder and hung a second one on the other corner heh heh
I have a Catbird pushing his luck big time.
He/she has a nest in a rhodie 1/2 way between the front and back porch.
When I have my coffee on the front porch in the morning and sit on
the back porch at night he constantly sqwaks that annoying cat sound.
I'm thinking about letting him have it with the hose, which will prolly
tick him off even more.
If it weren't for the possibility of young being in the nest I would take some more
drastic efforts to remove him from the property.
Nope you go down to the Christmas tree shop and buy the no melt peanut butter suet for 1.14 a square
and make it available for him/her
to stuff the Babies but make sure he /she see's you make the offering
and then you'll be in like flint.
Nope you go down to the Christmas tree shop and buy the no melt peanut butter suet for 1.14 a square
and make it available for him/her
to stuff the Babies but make sure he /she see's you make the offering
and then you'll be in like flint.
LOL Rav, like the Bird whisperer.
He already finished off a lot of my suet and safflower seed on the other side of the house.
Worth a try, i'll put it up in the birch tree near his/her nest while he's harrasing me and see what happens.
Well the fledglings left the nest and the catbird quieted down.
He came back yesterday checking out the nesting place, prolly
to have a second brood.
A few boots hurled at him as he sat in the birch tree must have
persuaded him otherwise.
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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