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I've got a fondness for Canadian Geese (no not that kind of fondness) > General, non-sequitur type statements re: local birds. e.g.: plastic alligators are not effective to scare away Canadian geese ... but may be effective in scaring away Canadians
What about the poop? Their poop is like a dark green and everywhere were geese hang out.We get tons of geese around here...sometimes I can hear entire gaggles (that's what a group of geese is called, right?) in the harbor, even though I'm about a half-mile away.
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The pedantic me would say, "It's Canada geese." But I'll restrain.
They are spectacular in flight. I really like when they come swooping in, in a large group, honking like crazy, with their wings working backwards to slow for the splashdown. It's so primordial, and cool.
We don't get Canadian geese. I have been wondering what birds we do have in common. Do you have magpies?
There are magpies in the western states. Sally has them, I'm sure.
Those crows/ravens/magpies/jays are all so damned smart, too. Very clever, social birds.
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I just found out that her bird is still alive.
We have thousands of mid-sized black birds that swarm around the farm fields. A flock flew up in front of my car a few weeks ago. Three of them got hit, though only one was seriously injured (died).We also have a lot of hawks, various small game birds, roadrunners and the occasional eagle. Oh, I almost forgot the doves and bats - a lot of each.
Just saw a cardinal (male) out in the park. Beautiful and very easy to spot this time of year.In New York, we are, of course, overrun with pigeons and sparrows, but we also get a wide variety of other birds. Bluejays, woodpeckers, and owls are pretty common.
There was a pair of hawks nesting in Riverside Park this summer. Enormous birds.
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Represent!
Jonathan wrote: "Just saw a cardinal (male) out in the park. Beautiful and very easy to spot this time of year."Was it this one?
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Yeah. That's him. Looked quite strange sitting in a tree.
We have cardinals, and Blue Jays, but the Blue Jays are a mean bird and never let the cardinals around when they are. We have a lot of chickadees, juncos, nuthatches and three different types of woodpeckers around a lot this time of year.
There were birds at my father-in-law's house that lived inside the cactus plants. Maybe woodpeckers? They poked holes in the plants and just moved in.
Phil wrote: "There were birds at my father-in-law's house that lived inside the cactus plants. Maybe woodpeckers? They poked holes in the plants and just moved in."They could be cactus wrens Phil.
Now I've discovered there are many birds in the desert southwest who will live inside a cactus. The cactus wren, the woodpecker and the gilded flicker appear to be the most common.Gilded Flicker at home:
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That is just Phil's influence on you Sally. If Jonathan had posted the picture you would have been thinking of birds.
None yet Phil, just too painful to think about.
That reminds me of a song by "The Goodies" that I heard a few times on the Dr. Demento show. You really need the music for the full effect, but you can get the gist from the lyrics.It's called, "A Cactus in My Y-Fronts"
My name is Two Gun Pierre
I wear rose buds in my hair
And a chic-chic pink bandanna round my neck
I came down from Tennessee
With a cowboy on my knee
And a pair of leather chaps around my legs ... hold on boys!
I was down in Cripple Creek
I was dying for a leak
So I dropped my pants behind a cactus there
When I fastened up my belt
I can't tell ya how I felt
But I knew the meaning of a prickly pear ... ouch!!
Oh I've got a cactus in my y-fronts and a vulture round my head
I've just been kissed by a Tennessee miss and I wish that I were dead
I've a jockstrap made of leather and pants of PVC (ee - ee - ee - ee - ee - ee)
The cactus in my y-fronts make a loser out of me!
In Californ - i - a
Where the rustlers are so gay
I bought a gentle gee-gee name of Jacques
But he livened up a lot
When he felt my prickly spot
And that buckin' bronco broke my buckin' back!
So I walked up to Nevada
Where the gals try so much harder
And I met a beefy belle called Caroline
But when she felt my prickles
She cried "Oh Lord, that tickles!"
And now she's run off with a porcupine
Oh I've got a cactus in my y-fronts and a vulture round my head
I've just been kissed by a Tennessee miss and I wish that I were dead
Do you like my high heeled horseshoes, I got them from Paree (ee - ee - ee - ee - ee - ee)
The cactus in my y-fronts make a loser out of me!
Alright horsey, hoof me a chorus
[tapping and neighing sounds]
Oh what a great hoof!
It's the yodelling coyote
[howling sounds]
Oh I've got a cactus in my y-fronts and a vulture round my head
I've just been kissed by a Tennessee miss and I wish that I were dead
I've got sequins on my saddle and I smell like a jasmine tree (ee - ee - ee - ee - ee - ee)
The cactus in my y-fronts make a loser out of me!
::really trying not to think about cactus peen::
Would an Eastern Spine Bill distract you Jim. We have these in my garden. They are one of my favourite birds.
Is anyone else getting lots of Meadowlarks at the bird feeder? I have been, ever since I put out a block of suet. They are BIG birds.
I ran into to him in Portland this past year. He was hanging out in the lobby of the Marriott Courtyard. He was carrying around a red white and blue basketball.
Anyone know what this is? I feel a fondness for it.
Hint: Jim, it has nothing to do with either prickly desert flora or male genitalia.
As a friend's dear mother used to say, that's just a "shittin' machine."
Jonathan wrote: "The old ABA ball?"Hmmmm ... no, I think the stripes were narrower than that.
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Oh Phil
It's a Canada goose. Or is it a Canada gander?
My bird can beat up your bird.
Southern Ground Hornbill. That pic isn't mine, but the one I saw at Kruger was at least two or three feet tall and looked like he meant business. I was hoping to see a Secretary Bird but I didn't.
I've never bird-watched before, but it was fun.
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HA!
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Larry wrote: "It's a Canada goose. Or is it a Canada gander?"Don't know. But what's good for the one is good for the other.
Do you have the same birds we do, but in the summertime?
They're so cute. They hang about in great big groups, squacking and fluffering their feathers. I like their webbed feet and cautious street crossing groups.