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03-03-2014, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: powell,Ohio
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LIFE BIRD ALERT!!!!
 Red-necked Grebe!! What a day glad I checked the ABA listserv before I left the house.
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03-03-2014, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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03-03-2014, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Great photos, linrose! I love the tree of bird pictures--especially the first one (perhaps it is POM worthy).
You got more snow than we did! We were supposed to get anywhere from 6-15 inches--but we got NONE! Quote:
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03-03-2014, 07:31 PM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Your blue jay photo is gorgeous! It should definitely be entered in the Photo of the Month contest.
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03-03-2014, 07:35 PM
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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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03-07-2014, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Maryland
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I had a ruby crowned kinglet eating suet this morning.
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03-07-2014, 03:49 PM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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After seeing all the red-winged blackbirds I was awakened by their song yesterday morning, it's unmistakable and very nostalgic to me. Anyone who has had them live nearby will know that call.
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03-08-2014, 07:56 AM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I would know it if I heard it...all I can come up with in my head right now is that it is some kind of gurgling sound, something reminiscent of water.
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03-13-2014, 11:02 AM
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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I have NEVER seen such bird quantity in all my LIFE! They must cost a sure fortune in food!
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03-13-2014, 02:45 PM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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We get 40 lb. bags of black oil sunflower seed for about $25 from Tractor Supply. During this past cold snap and ice/snowstorm the birds really went to town and we had to replenish the feeders daily along with strewing some on the ground. Usually that is not the case. All the blackbirds have moved on and we only have our usual visitors, and not many at that. They only seem to come around the feeders in extreme weather.
The sound of the red-winged blackbird is ingrained in my mind. We lived near a low-lying park with a meandering river running through it and my childhood was filled with that sound. Do you know how smells, tastes, sounds imprint on your brain when you are young? Well that is one of them. That reminds me of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig (do some of you know it?) when the main character and his 11 year old son are traveling together and they see a red-winged blackbird. The father is excited but the son is unimpressed. That says alot about an 11 year old but the impression is there for when he becomes an adult. I don't know why but that particular passage is meaningful to me. I never bothered to care about red-winged blackbirds because they were so common in my childhood. Now they are rare here at least, and I love to hear them call. I suppose it's all about your perspective. |
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