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Old 12-30-2022, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooterboy
It appears the hawks and owls are eating good. There are four piles of Mourning endDove feathers in our back yard!
Send that gang over to our yard, we hate the stupid Doves.
Old 12-30-2022, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dlq04
Send that gang over to our yard, we hate the stupid Doves.
I still had about 15 doves out there today. As long as they stay on the ground and clean up the dropped seed I’m ok but when the land on the feeders….
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I've noticed a few of Dave's favorite pigeons lately. I don't have anything against them.
I strolled around today and snapped a couple pics of a song sparrow. I get them at my feeders, in the yard, these were at my favorite nature trail
Such a pretty song they sing!


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Old 01-06-2023, 06:36 AM
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oi i could see this crowd enjoying this

https://www.upworthy.com/ai-bird-feeders-tech-sensation
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We have a visitor that is trying to feed off the birds we feed:
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Not in my yard, but I spotted two different birds today. Tiny birds rather high up in the tree. A Golden Crown Kinglet which is a winter visitor, and a brown creeper, a year round resident. When I saw the yellow stripe in the middle of the head on the Kinglet, I knew it was something different.


Golden Crown Kinglet

Brown Creeper
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I never really considered it, but it turns out the common pigeon is the 7th fastest animal in the world. If you eliminate diving speeds, it moves up to 5th. The 5th/3rd fastest, of course, is...the Mexican free-tailed bat.

I just improved your life with barely interesting facts.

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Originally Posted by Hertz Donut
I never really considered it, but it turns out the common pigeon is the 7th fastest animal in the world. If you eliminate diving speeds, it moves up to 5th. The 5th/3rd fastest, of course, is...the Mexican free-tailed bat.

I just improved your life with barely interesting facts.

You're welcome.
That's hard to believe. Why are they so easy for cats to catch? Maybe it's when they're flat out hauling tail feathers and they just are slow about their lift offs.
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So does that explain why they seem to love bouncing off our kitchen window.
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Originally Posted by Kyras
That's hard to believe. Why are they so easy for cats to catch? Maybe it's when they're flat out hauling tail feathers and they just are slow about their lift offs.
It could be because they are ground feeders but I didn't google it.
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