He also said he would consider it "purely provocative" if I fed the birds just outside of the cooperative's boundaries. I did not dignify that with an answer, but he did increase the likelihood that I will to it daily (as opposed to occasionally) by a significant amount, which I also did not bother to vocalize.
DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
I drove past a roadkill'd deer this morning, and then shortly afterwards, I had to scooch forward because a bunch of crows were just hanging out in the middle of the road and not moving.
on my way back, they had discovered the deer, so a line of crows sat on the guardrail and watched me carefully to make sure I didn't try and steal their deer.
I volunteer at a parrot rescue a couple of times a month. I have been bitten many times, by birds of every size. I don't handle the cockatoos anymore. They're empathetic, high-strung, and unpredictable, and their beaks are like chisels. Once, another volunteer had a cockatoo out when I dropped a pair of pliers, making a loud noise. The cockatoo jumped off the other volunteer to the floor, charged me, and tried to climb up my leg to attack me. I had to (gently) shake him off my shoe and then leave the room.
The worst bite I've gotten so far was from a cockatoo who was well-socialized and friendly - he was actually the rescue owner's bird, so he got plenty of attention. That particular day he was cranky because another cockatoo, a boarder, would not stop screaming. I failed to recognize his irritated body language, and when I went to change his food dishes he punched clean through one of my fingernails.
The next time I saw him, he apologized by putting his foot gently on my wrist and softly murmuring, "It's okay, it's okay."
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At the manufacturing plant I work at, we have a couple of ponds, and Friday, I saw a bald eagle sitting on the ground near one. I snapped a really bad phone pic.
I have never seen a bald eagle around here. There are poles for nests on the highway near Lake Eufala about 100 miles southwest of here so I'm sure they could make the journey easily, but there doesn't seem to be much of a reason to do so.
A normal pidgeon weighs in at about 250g-350g on average. Kereru clonk in at 650g-850g - so close to 2 to 3 times the weight of your average pigeon. They are INCREDIBLY fat.
In this case, that tree down the road is covered in fruit at the moment, and the Kereru are having huge fun stuffing their faces - I've seen them there repeatedly, and the tree is beginning to look comically threadbare in a few places where the berries have been picked clean.
Also when i say berries, i mean chunky fruits that are most of the size of the Kereru's head. They just... swallow them whole, because they have zero dignity.
Also not seen in that photo: The tiny tauhou who was very mad about the invader in ITS TREE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE.
...The Kereru was really not phased by this little mad Tauhou, but hey, the Tauhou was trying it's best. (The Tauhou have also been at war with the local bumblebees over who the nectar feeder should belong to, and watching a Tauhou get headbutted by a bumble bee is very funny)
I read this a few hours ago and keep remembering, "because they have zero dignity". It's cracking me up, thanks. Also geeze, y'all have some pretty birds over there.
Kererū have so little dignity they're known for being drunk and disorderly, on account of eating fermented berries and then flying into things.
Recent Burd antics in fortress Burd have been pretty limited, because it's summer and there's lots of food elsewhere. Still, there's been a young tui who is a first time parent+ trying to make the apple tree their personal domain
Which lead to them being Very Brave when I was down there fiddling with something, and instead of fleeing like the Tui normally do, they tried to fight me in the traditional tui manner: pick a branch them yell at me loudly
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I was filling my grandma's bird feeders for her today and a little red breasted nuthatch was watching me the whole time, first from the tree and then he popped down to get a drink from the birdbath while continuing to wait for me to give him delicious seeds. They're funny little birds, nuthatches.
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A good to fair condition hand me down Nikon S7000, I don't know cameras from crabapples but this is perfect to my purposes, easy to use and fits in your pocket with shocking good zoom capabilities
Had a chance encounter with the biggest, rarest owl of 'em all, the Great Grey! It's harvest season out in Alberta and it has brought out all sorts of predators with the mice and rodents fleeing the fields. It was right on the cusp of of sunset, and a minute later it would have been too dark to get a decent snap.
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fuck 'em
feed the birds, tuppence a bag yo yo yo
on my way back, they had discovered the deer, so a line of crows sat on the guardrail and watched me carefully to make sure I didn't try and steal their deer.
Obligatory.
I volunteer at a parrot rescue a couple of times a month. I have been bitten many times, by birds of every size. I don't handle the cockatoos anymore. They're empathetic, high-strung, and unpredictable, and their beaks are like chisels. Once, another volunteer had a cockatoo out when I dropped a pair of pliers, making a loud noise. The cockatoo jumped off the other volunteer to the floor, charged me, and tried to climb up my leg to attack me. I had to (gently) shake him off my shoe and then leave the room.
The worst bite I've gotten so far was from a cockatoo who was well-socialized and friendly - he was actually the rescue owner's bird, so he got plenty of attention. That particular day he was cranky because another cockatoo, a boarder, would not stop screaming. I failed to recognize his irritated body language, and when I went to change his food dishes he punched clean through one of my fingernails.
The next time I saw him, he apologized by putting his foot gently on my wrist and softly murmuring, "It's okay, it's okay."
Cockatoos, man.
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I have never seen a bald eagle around here. There are poles for nests on the highway near Lake Eufala about 100 miles southwest of here so I'm sure they could make the journey easily, but there doesn't seem to be much of a reason to do so.
I read this a few hours ago and keep remembering, "because they have zero dignity". It's cracking me up, thanks. Also geeze, y'all have some pretty birds over there.
Here's a bird I caught in a funny pose once:
Recent Burd antics in fortress Burd have been pretty limited, because it's summer and there's lots of food elsewhere. Still, there's been a young tui who is a first time parent+ trying to make the apple tree their personal domain
Which lead to them being Very Brave when I was down there fiddling with something, and instead of fleeing like the Tui normally do, they tried to fight me in the traditional tui manner: pick a branch them yell at me loudly
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Acrobatic White Breasted Nuthatch
Friendly Flicker
Why hullo there
Singing Sparrow (full 600mm zoom crop)
Great Horned Owl Fledgling
Great Horned Momma
Some sorta sideways fella (Downy Woodpecker)
Bonus Lounging Greater Thorny Bird
These were taken around the Edmonton and Calgary area.
Birds
BIRDS.
nvm, now it loads. long legged birb
hairy thing what fly also scream in tree
You're describing bats. Which are bugs.