Backyard bird watching

[Raven]

Originally Posted by justplugit

I usually spin the trap around in circles a bunch of times before I release
them to confuse their direction.

they navigate by sound(s)
"remembered" such as firetrucks ,church bells,
flowing water, and sounds of the spectrum unknown to us.

Birds in Mass can hear the sound of Niagara falls (long range)
similarly to elephants-> low pitch vibration

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Raven

they navigate by sound(s)
"remembered" such as firetrucks ,church bells,
flowing water, and sounds of the spectrum unknown to us.

Birds in Mass can hear the sound of Niagara falls (long range)
similarly to elephants-> low pitch vibration

Didn't know that, Rav. I guess duct tape over the ears would help.

The Fischer Cat took care of my squirrel problem this year.
Only one left, and he's too busy looking over his shoulder to eat.

[Raven]

it was truly AMAZING...
watching the birds eat
at my new bird station as
the NEMO blizzard was winding down

there were about ten birds eating at different
spots and then a huge gust of wind
would send them sideways with no
opportunity to flap their wings
ending in a total WHITE out

[justplugit]

Had a sleeper this morning. A female downy was clinging on the suet
feeder with her head back and eyes closed motionless.
At first I thought she froze to death there, but didn't want to wake her
by knocking on the window in case she was sleeping.
Watched her for a few minutes and she looked dead as a door nail.
So i knocked lightly on the window. She woke up opened her eyes,
shook her head back and forth and looked around in no hurry to fly off.

LOL,must of been sleeping it off after a buzz last night.

[Raven]

i saw one do that on the bark of a tree
and literally Vanish as the coloration
on their back perfectly resembles bark

kinda Funny here...i mounted this wicked curvy
piece of manzanita wood from the Cali woods
outside on the window sill feeder as a L.Z. (landing zone)

and they love being UNDER the ARCH because they feel
protected from hawks and other marauders....
(always scanning the skies)

[justplugit]

Ya Rav, they look dead as a door nail.
Great idea on the overhead protection.

[Raven]

for those of you that enjoy building Bird houses otherwise known as Nest boxes......

I have found a Certain trick that encourages birds to take up residency

and that is to create a U shaped bottom with a thinner material
by either back cutting it if using wood ...so it will bend.....

or selecting a material that will bend on it's own...

some moisture getting in is desirable from the parent birds perspective
because the eggs need a bit of moisture to develop...