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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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May 31, 2009 - 2:25pm |
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Japanese Yokomos, Phoenix, Rhode Island Reds, Geese, Ducks, Doves, Blue Bantams, hummingbirds, Cardinals, mean ass sparrows and a bunch of mixed up, hybrid mutt Roosters!
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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May 31, 2009 - 6:50am |
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manbirdexperiment wrote: Probably a coopers. I have a hard time telling the difference but I think a sharpie would be tad smaller. If the tail was spread I could tell. Coopers have a rounded tail, sharpies have a squared of tail.
do coopers have different color morphs, too? like light and dark? or is this one below immature?? the ones around here seem to be somewhat darker than the one in the pic, but otherwise very simular....
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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May 30, 2009 - 8:29pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote: Is that Spanish for "rabbit pellets"?
No... It's Spanish for "Red-Tailed Hawk Snack"
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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May 30, 2009 - 7:43pm |
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samiyam wrote:Does a flock of conejo parrots count? Is that Spanish for "rabbit pellets"?
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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May 30, 2009 - 7:26pm |
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Does a flock of conejo parrots count?
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OlderThanDirt
Location: In Transit Gender:
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May 30, 2009 - 6:57pm |
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cookinlover wrote:Them's g-o-o-o-o-d eatin'!! Gotta cook 'em just right, though. Serve them between two graham crackers with a piece of Hershey bar.
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cookinlover
Location: Auckland, New Zealand (former Boston native and Atlanta transplant) Gender:
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May 30, 2009 - 6:41pm |
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Exit2Eden wrote:According to my east coast bird book, it most resembled a marsh hawk...whatevah! I'm just happy to have all kinds of furry and feathered visitors to our backyard! Them's g-o-o-o-o-d eatin'!!
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May 30, 2009 - 6:40pm |
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Manbird
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May 30, 2009 - 6:30pm |
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Exit2Eden wrote:According to my east coast bird book, it most resembled a marsh hawk...whatevah! I'm just happy to have all kinds of furry and feathered visitors to our backyard! yeah ... whatever...
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Exit2Eden
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May 30, 2009 - 5:04pm |
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manbirdexperiment wrote: Probably a coopers. I have a hard time telling the difference but I think a sharpie would be tad smaller. If the tail was spread I could tell. Coopers have a rounded tail, sharpies have a squared of tail.
According to my east coast bird book, it most resembled a marsh hawk...whatevah! I'm just happy to have all kinds of furry and feathered visitors to our backyard!
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Manbird
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May 30, 2009 - 4:25pm |
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Antigone wrote: Great shot, S! But ... I'm not sure it's a harrier ... looks more like a sharpie or a cooper's to me. MBE?
Probably a coopers. I have a hard time telling the difference but I think a sharpie would be tad smaller. If the tail was spread I could tell. Coopers have a rounded tail, sharpies have a squared of tail.
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Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
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May 30, 2009 - 4:20pm |
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Exit2Eden wrote:Recent marsh hawk visitor to our back yard...looking for tasty birdies and other assorted critters...nom, nom, nom!!! Great shot, S! But ... I'm not sure it's a harrier ... looks more like a sharpie or a cooper's to me. MBE?
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Manbird
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May 30, 2009 - 4:16pm |
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Exit2Eden wrote:
Recent marsh hawk visitor to our back yard...looking for tasty birdies and other assorted critters...nom, nom, nom!!!
Excellent! I love those accipiters
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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May 30, 2009 - 4:13pm |
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Exit2Eden wrote:Recent marsh hawk visitor to our back yard...looking for tasty birdies and other assorted critters...nom, nom, nom!!! Pretty.Nice shot.
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Exit2Eden
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May 30, 2009 - 3:35pm |
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Recent marsh hawk visitor to our back yard...looking for tasty birdies and other assorted critters...nom, nom, nom!!!
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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May 27, 2009 - 4:42pm |
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I get these things all the time: Yougin's: I blame manbird. And every now and then we get some of these too: My uncle calls them tree ducks, but it seems more like a house duck to me. At least they appreciate a nice view.
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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May 26, 2009 - 3:07pm |
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hippiechick wrote:Not in my backyard, but Hyde Park, location of the University of Chicago, has a large flock (?) of feral Monk parakeets: Feral Monk Parakeets in Chicago! These parakeets are a sub-tropical species from southern Latin America, namely Argentina; genus and species Myiopsitta monachus. There are also three other subspecies. Commonly kept as pets under the name of the Quaker parrot, these birds are intelligent and friendly to humans. In this feral population, they are somewhat wary of humans and stay to the trees or the nests when approached. They can be identified by their bright green back and head, grey underbelly, and the scalloping feathers on the throat. Also notice the distinctive blue wing primary feathers, strong hooked beak and sharply pointed tail. The only native bird that rivals its bright green plumage is the female Painted Bunting. In South America they are generally regarded as agricultural pests but have not proven to be so in Chicago, and are actually very popular. The only complaints directed at the birds stem from their constant loud chatter, usually a very harsh eeeh-eeeh, although they have eleven recognized vocalizations. Members of the Psittacidae family, including 358 species of mostly tropical parrots, the monks are unique due to their complex nesting behaviour. The nests are huge, bulky structures, built by weaving small twigs together on a tree branch or electrical pole. They have even built on a satellite dish in Hyde Park. The nest can contain from 1 to 6 nesting pairs on average, each with a separate compartment and entrance hole. Chicago probably has the harshest winter monk parakeets face in the world, and it has been speculated that they survive exclusively on bird seed in backyard feeders during the coldest months (Hyman and Pruett-Jones 1995). COOL! thank you! the ones i know of out here in suburbia are in carol stream
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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May 26, 2009 - 3:04pm |
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triskele wrote: yeah, it's pretty weird! there's a colony of them in a neighboring town. NO idea how they survive the winters here!!
I posted a bit about them a few posts back. They mostly survive on backyard feeders.
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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May 26, 2009 - 3:02pm |
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kysmet wrote:
Oh wow...I wouldn't expect that where you are. They're all over the gulf coast of Florida but I've never seen one here and I'm only 1.5 hrs from there.
yeah, it's pretty weird! there's a colony of them in a neighboring town. NO idea how they survive the winters here!!
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