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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden |
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#192 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Their feathers were prized for ladies hats.
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Heron
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: powell,Ohio
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The revenue from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and permits make up the bulk of most states DNR budget as well as federal aid from the Pittman & Robertson and Dingle & Jhonson Acts. Private game clubs also raise and release birds some of them manage to survive the hunters but not many escape the natural predators.
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#194 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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#196 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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I'm sorry. My lens finds the beauty in any bird or bug~
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#197 |
Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Starlings are beautiful, and so is the photo. It wasn't their fault they got introduced here. Not that I want them around, but I don't kill them and I can enjoy watching them.
I finally got a photo of my unknown bird. It is unfortunately only from the front, so no wing markings. I shall try to get a better shot. I think it is probably a female yellow rumped warbler, though the throat is really white and not yellow. I have had yellow rumped warblers here in the past,, though not frequently. I am open to other ideas on its identity. I just put a bunch more bird photos in my journal, too. No point in double posting. ![]() ![]()
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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My daughter had a book titled "She is wearing a dead bird on her hat!" that was about the founding of the Audobon society. It was amazing the things women wore on their hats. Thank goodness the birds gained protection from such exploitation.
Apparently bobwhites are becoming threatened, speaking of game birds. There was an article in Living Bird about how their numbers have fallen precipitously in the past decade, but the conservation groups don't care because they are "game" birds. Loss of grassland habitat as the major cause. I imagine that has affected pheasants as well. I don't think they raise and realize bobwhites, though, since they are native and should be there anyway.
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Turttle, your birdie is very cute! Aside from our bird guide books, I go to the Cornell sites, or just google "Cornell" and possible bird name. The Cornell sites give names of similar birds which is helpful.
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Grub
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Burlington, VT
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