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khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 01 2011,13:55    Birdy Bastards: I feed your asses all year 'round and you won't sit still for a minute or two... -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

dhogaza Posts: 525 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 01 2011,16:15    Quote ...I'm really glad to know I'm not the only one who cusses the birds when they don't do what I want... Well, now we know why you have so many photos of pissed-off birds! Sometimes, begging works, too ... "C'mon, baby, just a bit to the right ..."

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Jan. 01 2011,19:17    Quote (dhogaza @ Jan. 01 2011,17:15) Quote ...I'm really glad to know I'm not the only one who cusses the birds when they don't do what I want... Well, now we know why you have so many photos of pissed-off birds! Sometimes, begging works, too ... "C'mon, baby, just a bit to the right ..." lol -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Feb. 01 2011,17:48    We're getting snow (dry and very drifty), as well as cold weather today, so the feeders have been pretty active. Nothing too unusual except this House Finch, which has the normal reddish plumage on the face and front, but a bizarre orangey rump. Picture was taken through the window glass (it's 14F out there, with a wind chill about -10F), so it's not as sharply focused as I'd like it. But you can still see the colors. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

Robin Posts: 1431 Joined: Sep. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Feb. 28 2011,08:35    Saw an interesting thing yesterday evening. I was watching the birds in my backyard and a small flock (a dozen or so) cedar waxwings showed up in the neighbors crabapple tree. They then flew around our backyard for a bit and then settled on some young oak trees (about 4 years old now) I planted and started poking around in the dead leaves that are still on the branches. Next thing I know, most of the birds had rolled themselves up in the leaves, making themselves little leafy hammocks! They were definitely there after the sun went down and I presume they spent the night that way. They were nearly impossible to see, but there were one or two places where I could see a dead oak leaf fringed in bright yellow. I have often wondered where birds sleep at night, but I didn't expect that. -------------- we IDists rule in design for the flagellum and cilium largely because they do look designed.  Bilbo The only reason you reject Thor is because, like a cushion, you bear the imprint of the biggest arse that sat on you. Louis

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Feb. 28 2011,09:47    i saw a murder of crows devouring a frozen deer carcass in the backyard of the creepiest estate sale i have ever seen the other day.  if that ain't wildlife then WTF is -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 19 2011,21:24    Ok boys and girls, it's time to play Name That Falconiform... ...or something. Un-retouched, straight off the camera, nothing but cropped. The only shot I got with anything from the dorsum. A bit of profile Another And a nice broad venter My best guess is a juvenile (because of the breast streaking) Red-shouldered Hawk - because of the tail stripes in the first shot (which appear to be narrow lights on broad darks) and what appears to be the "crescent window" on the primaries that the Peterson's mentions - note the last shot, especially. I'd not be shocked to be wrong though, especially if it turns out to be a Broad-winged. The Broad-winged's tail stripes look more even light/dark in the guides though, so.... ETA: Just thought to listen to the typical voice at All About Birds, and it definitely sounded like the recording of the Red-shouldered. Edited by Lou FCD on Mar. 20 2011,09:43 -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

dhogaza Posts: 525 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 20 2011,15:14    Red-shouldered's look lankier in the wing than broad-winged's, too.  Broad-winged kiddies show a rectangular wing panel when backlit. I think you're on it. Quote The only shot I got with anything from the dorsum. As they say, white men can't jump! :) Heard my first singing orange-crowned warbler, always the first warbler to sing here in PDX, as they move through in spring.

dvunkannon Posts: 1377 Joined: June 2008 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 21 2011,10:03    OK, not my backyard, but this weekend Blanka and I were out at the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx. We saw some black squirrels, a huge number of robins, and a wild turkey. On Sunday we saw large group of green parrots mixing with the usual street pigeons in Edgewater, NJ and more wild turkeys in Englewood - both towns across the Hudson from NYC. -------------- I’m referring to evolution, not changes in allele frequencies. - Cornelius Hunter I’m not an evolutionist, I’m a change in allele frequentist! - Nakashima

Henry J Posts: 5787 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 21 2011,10:58    Saw this posted on another BB: Quote Did you lose this?? http://tinyurl.com/4k3bu44

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 21 2011,11:11    ramps and orange peel fungus eat your heart out you flatlander hippies -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 21 2011,14:53    Quote (dhogaza @ Mar. 20 2011,16:14) Red-shouldered's look lankier in the wing than broad-winged's, too.  Broad-winged kiddies show a rectangular wing panel when backlit. I think you're on it. Thanks, I'm thinking so too.   Quote (dhogaza @ Mar. 20 2011,16:14) Quote The only shot I got with anything from the dorsum. As they say, white men can't jump! :) Indeed.   Quote (dhogaza @ Mar. 20 2011,16:14) Heard my first singing orange-crowned warbler, always the first warbler to sing here in PDX, as they move through in spring. It's always lovely when the song birds start serenading in earnest. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 21 2011,14:56    Cardinals doing fulltime song starting ~6AM. -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 27 2011,12:55    Just had a flock of mostly tom Turkeys wander by outside my home office window. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

EyeNoTwo Posts: 7 Joined: Aug. 2010 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 27 2011,16:20    Quote (carlsonjok @ Mar. 27 2011,12:55) Just had a flock of mostly tom Turkeys wander by outside my home office window. You sure that's not Joe G. stalking you?

DaveH Posts: 49 Joined: July 2009 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 27 2011,17:44    Quote (EyeNoTwo @ Mar. 27 2011,16:20) [quote=carlsonjok,Mar. 27 2011,12:55]Just had a flock of mostly tom Turkeys wander by outside my home office window. <SCHNIP!> You sure that's not Joe G. stalking you? Nope, JoeG is  Gallus gallus, not Galloparvus (Though he is a gobbler) (With IDGuy) (If he's got a very flexible spine)

ppb Posts: 325 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 28 2011,13:43    Quote (dvunkannon @ Mar. 21 2011,11:03) OK, not my backyard, but this weekend Blanka and I were out at the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx. We saw some black squirrels, a huge number of robins, and a wild turkey. On Sunday we saw large group of green parrots mixing with the usual street pigeons in Edgewater, NJ and more wild turkeys in Englewood - both towns across the Hudson from NYC. You didn't see any cobras while you were out and about, did you?   -------------- "[A scientific theory] describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you can accept Nature as She is - absurd." - Richard P. Feynman

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 28 2011,20:46    Some images from a recent trip to the Yucatan. Birds, iguanas, Mayan ruins and beach views. One mystery bird, a hawk that I was unable to ID. Any clues would be appreciated! -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4991 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 28 2011,21:53    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Mar. 28 2011,20:46) Some images from a recent trip to the Yucatan. Birds, iguanas, Mayan ruins and beach views. One mystery bird, a hawk that I was unable to ID. Any clues would be appreciated! What distinguishes the mystery hawk from a red-shouldered hawk? That's the closest match I can think of offhand. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 29 2011,06:14    Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ Mar. 28 2011,21:53) Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Mar. 28 2011,20:46) Some images from a recent trip to the Yucatan. Birds, iguanas, Mayan ruins and beach views. One mystery bird, a hawk that I was unable to ID. Any clues would be appreciated! What distinguishes the mystery hawk from a red-shouldered hawk? That's the closest match I can think of offhand. Geographic range. Red-shouldered Hawk has never been reported in the Yucatan. Other more experienced tropical birders, as well as our own Lou FCD, have helped me ID that bird as a Roadside hawk, which is certainly a common raptor in that area. Turns out that the plumages of Roadside Hawks are extremely variable (like our equally common Red-tailed Hawks up here), and I was just looking at a plumage which does not appear in any field guide that I have! -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Mar. 29 2011,07:06    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Mar. 29 2011,07:14) Some Other more experienced tropical birders, as well as our own Lou FCD, have helped me ID that bird as a Roadside hawk Just rockin' the casbah, baby. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: April 03 2011,17:08    Made a quick trip up to Gibbon, Nebraska to see the sandhill crane flocks. As we were waiting in the blind for the cranes to start to gather in the river, a Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) appeared in a little slough next to the blind and obligingly posed for a portrait. Over the years I've found that these guys are tough to photograph, so I was happy to shoot a few frames while waiting for the cranes. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

Robin Posts: 1431 Joined: Sep. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: April 04 2011,08:15    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ April 03 2011,17:08) Quote As we were waiting in the blind for the cranes to start to gather in the river, a Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) appeared in a little slough next to the blind and obligingly posed for a portrait. Over the years I've found that these guys are tough to photograph, so I was happy to shoot a few frames while waiting for the cranes. Wow! That's a really great pic! We saw some Horned Grebes this last weekend (in their winter plummage) along with a few Ruddy Ducks (so cute!), a few Common Eiders, and a whole bunch of American Coots. Alas, they were too far off in a wetland to shoot pics of. -------------- we IDists rule in design for the flagellum and cilium largely because they do look designed.  Bilbo The only reason you reject Thor is because, like a cushion, you bear the imprint of the biggest arse that sat on you. Louis

Robin Posts: 1431 Joined: Sep. 2009 (Permalink) Posted: April 04 2011,10:08    A few pics from my backyard: A lovely Goldfinch stopping by for a drink: The Princess on her perch - a Cooper's Hawk who liked to hang by our feeders this winter: The Princess just missing a meal: Lastly, El Butterbutt - a Yellow-rumped Warbler who has been in our yard since December: -------------- we IDists rule in design for the flagellum and cilium largely because they do look designed.  Bilbo The only reason you reject Thor is because, like a cushion, you bear the imprint of the biggest arse that sat on you. Louis

qetzal Posts: 311 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 04 2011,19:54    It's getting to be all birds, all the time around here! For a brief respite, here's a little fella (or gal?) that was on our gazebo the other day. Green tree frog (Hyla cinerea cinerea), I believe. Not much of a photo, esp. since it was taken with my iPhone, but I liked the pose.

Henry J Posts: 5787 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: April 05 2011,10:03    nee-deep! nee-deep!

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 08 2011,11:53    Some shots from this morning of a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) hanging out in the top of a pine, minding his business: He was being harangued by a pair of crows: -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 08 2011,16:03    Oh, got a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) on campus earlier this week. Walk This Way: Edited by Lou FCD on April 08 2011,17:05 -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 08 2011,16:25    Not birds, though Archosauria. Slider Convention: Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), also on campus. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

fnxtr Posts: 3504 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: April 08 2011,17:04    Quote (Lou FCD @ April 08 2011,14:25) Not birds, though Archosauria. Slider Convention: Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), also on campus. That's not what the sliders looked like when I was on campus... -------------- "[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory "Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night."  Joe G

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