RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:50 pm
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RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:54 pm
Hummer for the day
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 11:27 pm
Hummers are amazing to me - their speed, ability to start and stop on a dime. Pretty impressive.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 4:28 pm
I agree that hummingbirds are amazing! We've had our first 2 or 3 return so far this Spring.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 7:32 pm
During bird migration in the fall I was at Assinniboine Park, in the English Garden which has lots of flowers. I heard a clicking sound and looked up to see two hummingbirds fencing with their beaks in mid-air. They did that for perhaps 10 seconds, then flew to different tree perches and rested for a minute, then they flew out to fence again! Never saw anything like it before or since.ORIGINAL: USSAmerica
I agree that hummingbirds are amazing! We've had our first 2 or 3 return so far this Spring.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 7:53 pm
All the males think they're D'Artagnan.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 8:23 pm
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
During bird migration in the fall I was at Assinniboine Park, in the English Garden which has lots of flowers. I heard a clicking sound and looked up to see two hummingbirds fencing with their beaks in mid-air. They did that for perhaps 10 seconds, then flew to different tree perches and rested for a minute, then they flew out to fence again! Never saw anything like it before or since.ORIGINAL: USSAmerica
I agree that hummingbirds are amazing! We've had our first 2 or 3 return so far this Spring.
Male hummers are hyperaggressive. Probably the most aggressive birds out there. There are documented cases of Rufus hummingbirds using their beaks as lances and skewering others at speed.
Here's an article about a South American species of hummingbird where throat stabbing is de rigueur.
https://time.com/3557286/hummingbirds-beaks/
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 7:09 am
And Woody is back at it again this morning.....working very close to stuff that supports an AC unit.....hopefully doesn't 'miss' and torch itself on the electrical conduit.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:10 pm
Today's bird, a female rose-breasted grosbeak
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:10 pm
and
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:13 pm
This better not waken any latent urge to be a bird-watcher. My wife thinks I'm weird enough as is.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:17 pm
Let me sneak another in, a common grackle
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 1:49 pm
I've got some of theses in my yard. Pic does not do them justice
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 4:23 pm
Looks like she forgot to put her makeup on before she went out ...ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Today's bird, a female rose-breasted grosbeak
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 7:42 pm
Here's a bird that's been around here for quite some time and I was unaware of it until someone pointed it out. A Eurasian tree sparrow. I had been lumping it in with the house sparrows that are common here (another import from Eurasia), it resembles a male house sparrow, but you can't distinguish male from female in this species
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 7:57 pm
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Here's a bird that's been around here for quite some time and I was unaware of it until someone pointed it out. A Eurasian tree sparrow. I had been lumping it in with the house sparrows that are common here (another import from Eurasia), it resembles a male house sparrow, but you can't distinguish male from female in this species
The important thing is if they can tell the difference. [8|]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 12:52 pm
Thank you, Gentlemen, for sharing all those nice pictures. [:)]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:52 pm
Well, Orm, some of the forumites just aren't interested in birds, so I have to entertain them. Here goes -
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 10:14 am
You should visit this island...ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Well, Orm, some of the forumites just aren't interested in birds, so I have to entertain them. Here goes -
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 4:16 pm
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Well, Orm, some of the forumites just aren't interested in birds, so I have to entertain them. Here goes -
[:D]