Let’s get this baby started. I already know what this is, but give it a shot anyway. Took this photo this morning.
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Giving wuap the bird - the official bird ID thread
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostLet’s get this baby started. I already know what this is, but give it a shot anyway. Took this photo this morning.
"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
Lucky you with a Great Horned Owl! They're much harder to find out here. You hear them all the time, but rarely have I seen them as easily as in Utah."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Solid thread title."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostSolid thread title."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
Notice the bunny for breakfast?
I know nothing about bird identification, but one thing I like about where I live is there are a ton of raptors around. It is very common when I am out on a walk in the evening to see hawks or owls swooping around very close to me (but I guess not great horned owls. If Wuap isn't seeing them where he is, I doubt I am here).
The other day, as I was pulling into my neighborhood, there was a hawk on the side of the road, jumping around on and off a rabbit. The rabbit wasn't visibly injured but looked exhausted, so I think it didn't have long.
We also have a ton of Turkey Buzzards whenever we get any roadkill (I guess they are actually Turkey Vultures, but everyone here calls them buzzards). I htink they are cool but my dog is terrified of them if we walk too close by.
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Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
The bunny was the only thing I noticed for a while, and kept thinking "That's a funny looking bird"
I know nothing about bird identification, but one thing I like about where I live is there are a ton of raptors around. It is very common when I am out on a walk in the evening to see hawks or owls swooping around very close to me (but I guess not great horned owls. If Wuap isn't seeing them where he is, I doubt I am here).
The other day, as I was pulling into my neighborhood, there was a hawk on the side of the road, jumping around on and off a rabbit. The rabbit wasn't visibly injured but looked exhausted, so I think it didn't have long.
We also have a ton of Turkey Buzzards whenever we get any roadkill (I guess they are actually Turkey Vultures, but everyone here calls them buzzards). I htink they are cool but my dog is terrified of them if we walk too close by.
I have heard them many, many times, especially in the hour before dawn. I find it easier to hear them in the winter. In Utah, especially Washington County, if you head out towards the old way to Mesquite (Beaver Dam/Lytle Ranch area), they roost on hillsides/cliff faces right by the road. In June, especially, you'll find two adults and up to three juveniles all perching and hooting before dawn in several spots along that highway. The absence of large trees makes their perches far more conspicuous that around here where you never see them if they go into a live oak or a magnolia.
This time of year, we have several species of resident and winter resident hawks around. Red-tailed, Red-shouldered are buteos, Sharp-Shinned and Cooper's are accipiters. There are bald eagles around near water; you might find an osprey, but most of them are in warmer climes. We get 5-10 golden eagles a year in South Carolina, mostly on the coasts or in the mountains. I still haven't seen one in South Carolina (or anywhere east of the Mississippi). We also have kestrels and merlins around, both falcons.
We have two kinds of vultures (which people call buzzards, colloquially). Turkey vultures fly with their wings in the V/dihedral shape and rarely flap. The trailing edges up to 1/2 to 2/3 of their underwings appear glossy/silvery. Black vultures fly with their wings more flat, are smaller, typically soar higher in "kettles" of vultures, and flap their wings far more often than turkey vultures. The end tips of BLVU wings are very silvery and can be seen with the naked eye."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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Wuap, do you have feeders in your yard?
We started about year ago. About 22 species have shown up so far."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostWuap, do you have feeders in your yard?
We started about year ago. About 22 species have shown up so far.
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Originally posted by Katy Lied View PostKettles, you say? Learn something every day."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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Originally posted by wuapinmon View PostYes, a kettle is the high, swirling group of soaring raptors. It just means that there are good thermals there, not that they are circling something dead/dying. If they smell something, they go to it and scarf it down quickly. The turkey vulture is absolutely amazing for not using energy unncessarily. They can smell rotting flesh up to 7 miles away. Black vultures are as keen, but they fly higher and watch where turkey vultures go, and piggyback off them. It's common to see a loan turkey vulture, but black vultures are usually in groups. Frankfort, KY is absolutely FULL of black vultures in the winter time."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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122!!!
Holy cow, that is amazing."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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I should add that on my feeders, I've seen:
Ruby-throated hummingbirds, Tufted Titmice, Chickadees, Siskins, all three nuthatches; red-bellied, downy, hairy, pileated, and northern flicker woodpeckers; yellow-rumped warblers (grape jelly), baltimore orioles (cut citrus), cardinals to infinity, american goldfinches, house finches, purple finches, carolina and house wrens; chipping, white-throated, and fox sparrows; pine warblers, mourning doves, blue jays, starlings, house sparrows; mockingbirds, catbirds, and thrashers (suet cages); cowbirds, fish and american crows, bluebirds (meal worms), towhees, red-winged blackbirds, and dark-eyed juncos. Most of the sparrows eat underneath the feeders from what the others drop, doves too. I have had sharp-shinned hawks and northern harriers "take" songbirds on my feeders. So, how many is that? 39?
"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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