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Them birds
« on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 06:36:11 »
Heard'um this mornin

Spring here yet ?



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Re: Them birds
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 07:07:16 »
Hedgehog poo in the garden - spring confirmed.
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 07:16:44 »
Things were getting a bit Hitchcocky in my neighborhood the other day.  :eek:



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Re: Them birds
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 07:40:05 »
at least they weren't crows, were they ? blurry .

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 07:46:05 »
Thankfully not but I wasn't about to go outside.

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 09:14:45 »
If it was legal, I’d shoot’em all dead with a double barrel from my window every morning.   

Yee haw.

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 09:22:12 »
I'm out in South Padre Island, Texas with a little dog and some huge pelicans and some weird loud seagulls. These are not like the seagulls back home. These are worse.



I took this picture the other day and the ****ing birds. Pelicans everywhere and they swoop down and scare the dog and you know one of those guys could swallow the dog in a second.

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 13:11:32 »
If it was legal, I’d shoot’em all dead with a double barrel from my window every morning.   

Yee haw.


He must be from that famous Texas part of Hamburg.

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 13:16:48 »
I'm out in South Padre Island, Texas with a little dog and some huge pelicans and some weird loud seagulls. These are not like the seagulls back home. These are worse.

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I took this picture the other day and the ****ing birds. Pelicans everywhere and they swoop down and scare the dog and you know one of those guys could swallow the dog in a second.

This is a good photo to test for banding and dithering on monitors.

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 14:42:09 »
**** the birds. Cicada invasion incoming...
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 14:56:09 »
**** the birds. Cicada invasion incoming...

Are we on rotation this year ?

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 15:15:22 »
Yep.
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 16:50:58 »
**** the birds. Cicada invasion incoming...
Don't birds eat bugs?  Sounds like you should be thankful rather than curse them :(
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 25 February 2021, 18:28:40 »

Cicada invasion incoming.


Don't birds eat bugs?  Sounds like you should be thankful rather than curse them


Most birds eat either bugs or seeds but not both. Problem is, cicadas are as big as the last joint - or 2 - of your thumb, so you basically have to be the size of a duck to choke one down.
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"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 23 March 2021, 20:20:49 »
Tp4 ate some bugz in Thailand, the bigger ones tastes somewhat like crab-meat. 

They're ok, but most of it is deepfried, so just about anything is good after you depfri

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 23 March 2021, 20:26:18 »
I miss playing outside in the 7:30pm sunset listening to the cicadas as my parents chatted with the neighbors. Mom made a Greek salad and gazpacho, we'll light some citronella candles and eat on the deck as the distant scent of grilled meat and laughter of someone down the block having a party carries on the wind. If I'm good maybe dad'll give me a dollar for the ice cream guy and I can beat that Genesis game before we gotta take it back to Blockbuster tomorrow.

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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 25 March 2021, 19:58:49 »
I miss playing outside in the 7:30pm sunset listening to the cicadas as my parents chatted with the neighbors. Mom made a Greek salad and gazpacho, we'll light some citronella candles and eat on the deck as the distant scent of grilled meat and laughter of someone down the block having a party carries on the wind. If I'm good maybe dad'll give me a dollar for the ice cream guy and I can beat that Genesis game before we gotta take it back to Blockbuster tomorrow.

That sounds like an amazing times, dude :thumb:
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 25 March 2021, 22:59:25 »
I have a gang of these ****s living in my backyard. They sit there and scream all morning. So soothing.


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Re: Them birds
« Reply #19 on: Thu, 06 May 2021, 10:55:55 »
They are coming out.
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #20 on: Thu, 06 May 2021, 11:20:33 »
Very few birds ober here this year, very quiet mornings (relative to yesteryears). sup w/dat, we gon' die

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« Reply #21 on: Thu, 06 May 2021, 14:03:26 »
They are coming out.


All the scientists were saying it would be so many, and I've seen none! They were saying the cicada internal clock is off due to warming temps? They would be a huge feast for all animals though, avians included.

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #22 on: Thu, 06 May 2021, 14:07:34 »
Last fall, I moved to a new place with trees all around from a place with almost no trees.

The birds are at it an hour before sunrise, many species. They have quite a variety of songs and calls.

I hate that part but I do like having them around just on general principles. I have up 4 bird feeders and 6 bird houses.
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Re: Them birds
« Reply #23 on: Mon, 10 May 2021, 08:09:46 »
It is hard to tell since it was late in the day and beginning to rain, but in this photo there are over 50 cicada larvae climbing up this section of fence. Look in the light gray areas near the bottom, and there are 5 on the bird house alone.

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“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Them birds
« Reply #24 on: Mon, 10 May 2021, 11:44:41 »
for some reason i hoped this was a thread complaining about people wearing allbirds