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Equilibrium · 05-31-2009, 10:08 PM

"A friend hosted a house wren last year and it used more than two dozen pop tops from aluminum cans in its nest." That's pretty sick if you think about it. I thought kids were supposed to be turning those in to earn a second of kidney dialysis to offset the costs of people on public aid?

Sage · 05-31-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Equilibrium

"A friend hosted a house wren last year and it used more than two dozen pop tops from aluminum cans in its nest." That's pretty sick if you think about it. I thought kids were supposed to be turning those in to earn a second of kidney dialysis to offset the costs of people on public aid?

Kids shouldn't even drink anything that comes in those cans! :eek:

fishlkmich · 06-01-2009, 08:54 AM

Sage,

That's the same bird that I have nesting. Looks like I may actually have two females nesting in one purple martin house. Time will tell. It's a great-crested flycatcher. They spend most of the time in upper canopy, which is why you don't see them often.

TheLorax · 06-01-2009, 10:08 AM

Do you have any photos of English House Sparrow nests?

fishlkmich · 06-02-2009, 08:58 AM

Sure. Here's one that I found when I got home from work one day. I check the nest full of bluebird eggs when I left in the morning and this is what I found when I got home. Haven't had a bluebird nest on my land since.

biigblueyes · 06-02-2009, 01:41 PM

awwww. I hate to hear that.

TheLorax · 06-03-2009, 01:03 AM

It's photos like these that make me want to go out and destroy every one of them.

fishlkmich · 06-03-2009, 09:24 AM

I shot seven this past weekend. I believe that makes 21 so far this year that I have shot or trapped. I rarely see them on my land. They are nearby, but they normally steer clear. I don't know why they showed up, but I was happy to see them depart this world.

rjbman · 06-03-2009, 09:57 AM

First of all let me say I am very impressed with the pictures that I have seen in this thread. Makes me want to go out and get that digital SLR with the zoom lens ....... ahhh to dream.

I don't get many pictures of birds. Like so many have said they are just
so quick and timing is everything. I kinda like it when they come up to the house and pose, like these two Tom turkeys did. It was "that" time of the year and they were strutting their stuff for all the hens to see.

biigblueyes · 06-03-2009, 09:59 AM

OH yeah, they were showing off for the girls.

05-31-2009, 10:08 PM	#111
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	"A friend hosted a house wren last year and it used more than two dozen pop tops from aluminum cans in its nest." That's pretty sick if you think about it. I thought kids were supposed to be turning those in to earn a second of kidney dialysis to offset the costs of people on public aid? __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

06-01-2009, 10:08 AM	#114
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Do you have any photos of English House Sparrow nests? __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

06-02-2009, 08:58 AM	#115
fishlkmich Salamander Join Date: Nov 2008	Sure. Here's one that I found when I got home from work one day. I check the nest full of bluebird eggs when I left in the morning and this is what I found when I got home. Haven't had a bluebird nest on my land since. Attached Thumbnails

06-02-2009, 01:41 PM	#116
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	awwww. I hate to hear that. __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

06-03-2009, 01:03 AM	#117
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	It's photos like these that make me want to go out and destroy every one of them. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

06-01-2009, 08:54 AM	#113
fishlkmich Salamander Join Date: Nov 2008	Sage, That's the same bird that I have nesting. Looks like I may actually have two females nesting in one purple martin house. Time will tell. It's a great-crested flycatcher. They spend most of the time in upper canopy, which is why you don't see them often.

06-03-2009, 09:24 AM	#118
fishlkmich Salamander Join Date: Nov 2008	I shot seven this past weekend. I believe that makes 21 so far this year that I have shot or trapped. I rarely see them on my land. They are nearby, but they normally steer clear. I don't know why they showed up, but I was happy to see them depart this world.

06-03-2009, 09:57 AM	#119
rjbman Lungwort Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Glencoe, Alabama	Strutting turkey First of all let me say I am very impressed with the pictures that I have seen in this thread. Makes me want to go out and get that digital SLR with the zoom lens ....... ahhh to dream. I don't get many pictures of birds. Like so many have said they are just so quick and timing is everything. I kinda like it when they come up to the house and pose, like these two Tom turkeys did. It was "that" time of the year and they were strutting their stuff for all the hens to see. Attached Thumbnails

06-03-2009, 09:59 AM	#120
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	OH yeah, they were showing off for the girls. __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

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