I HAD ONE TIT FROOZEN AND THE OTHER WENT LIMP
Lol...we all know where my gutter mind went when I saw this title, and I just had to find out what it was doing in pets and animals
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K, back to the question...I do feed birds, but it's mostly larger migratory birds such as cedarwings and grackles. We have some smaller songbirds and such here, but I currently live in a townhouse and the neighbors might not appreciate me feeding them here since some people don't like birdsong (strange people, I know). As soon as I get a permanent place I've already planned out feeders for all of the common birds in this area, as well as a garden geared to attract hummingbirds. Alas, this time of year we really don't have any birds, but they should be starting to come back in a couple of months.You might like this one then: http://hubpages.com/hub/Have-you-seen-my-beautiful-tits
LOL...I'm beginning to see what it takes to be a successful writer on this site
. Thanks for the giggle!
Maven101...sounds like the grackles here
. We got into the habit of saving the really crusty ends off of homemade bread and crumbling it up for the birds, and they got to where they'd congregate all over the common area out back just waiting for us to show up with their food. They're gorgeous birds and so much fun to watch, there were so many that would grab as many pieces of bread as they could stuff in their beaks, hop across the lawn and drop it in a "secret" pile and go back for more...only to have a robin or something else that was hanging back trying to stay away from the bigger birds steal it as soon as the grackle went back for more. It doesn't pay to be greedy .
I too shall be honest. I saw the title and thought my day was off to a great start; then read the bird info and decided it really is Monday afterall.
Not for me. We will start getting snow this morning that is predicted to pile up to 5 feet by Friday.
Yes it would appear that my thread went on social issues and some of the more opened minded members thought they were going to view a different topic.....ha ha ha
This says five hours ago, so yeah...it was approximately 1:30 here in Wyoming and I was doing my very best to remain completely unconscious
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I know this last summer we had an overabundance of grasshoppers -- some say they have one more year in their cycle so they'll be even worse this year -- that really seemed to lend to a diverse bird population. I've been a bird enthusiast (and a Wyomingite) my entire life, and this last summer there were a few species I had to look up because I'd never seen them before.
Bird lovers may be pleased to know that all the birds around me are fat as mud, happy and in an easy climate, no ice or snow, and natural food everywhere!
I am in the middle of a large city (4 million people) yet there are an abundance of trees bearing fruit, worms everywhere, these guys are livin high!
It only gets cold enough to snow here once every 10 years or so, and usually just for one day. Melbourne has more trees in the streets than many cities, plus huge wetlands integrated in and running though dozens of suburbs on all sides of the city. In the city we have all sorts of parrots, cockatoos, parakeets, thrush, finch, swallow, Indian minors, kookaburra, magpie, Kiwi magpie, tom tit, owl, blackbird are all I can think of at the moment, we also have fruit bats in the city. They fly at night.
It is probably a good idea to be afraid of birds, at least a bit, they can be vicious. We have an Eclectus parrot, Eric. He could quite easily sever a finger, this bird is one half beak and the other half beak muscle!
Where have all the tit lovers gone?
I observe most American men enjoy tits above all. Likely because most of them were deprived of tit feeding in infancy.
I have discovered that there are a pair of Starlings living in the attic....just seen them this evening....it is 7.40pm here in Ireland right now.....dark and scary..
- okay...my mind went elsewhere when reading the forum title...sorry to hear about the birds, more happy that it wasn't your actual tits!
caravalhophoto, dont worry your not the first, and as I said earlier thank God I did not mention the morning my Cock was lifeless....a fox had got into the pen and killed my male rooster (cock)
Love it!!!
Grannys House, glad to hear you feed the birds, I have plenty here this morning as it snowed last night
8.35 am here in Ireland...very cold...frost....-2/3.....loads of birds out this morning......the Crow I rescued from the road yesterday was fit to fly away this morning...happy days
