Post birds and your thoughts on birds. Anything goes. I have a garden where I leave foodstuffs for wild birds every day, and I get a lot of visitors this time of year like all sorts of tits, blackbirds and other corvuses, wood pigeons, collared doves, chaffinches, woodpeckers and lotsa others, including some rare ones like hawfinch or hoopoe. But the humble Yuro Robin is most appreciated of them all. It's so beautiful and regal, yet so modest and cheerful, its song really stands out. Even when feeding he doesn't hastily gorge the way tits do (little pigs they are!) nor is he very picky eater either. Just a model bird to me all around far as I'm concerned.
A little over a year ago I haphazardly built a DIY hummingbird feeder on my apartment balcony. Although they would often gather around the trees across my building, it took about three days for them to start showing up.
Since then they've cemented themselves in my mind as one of my favorite birds. I don't think I've ever had been as fascinated when observing an animal in its element. Picrel is an image I found that most closely resembles the little guy I saw.
TLDR: hummingbirds rock
>But the humble Yuro Robin is most appreciated of them all.
It's always interesting how each species (and even each individual within a species) has their own seemingly distinct personality. It's pretty common to hear people talk about a single bird or a group of birds that will constantly bully everyone else off the feeder.
>its song really stands out
I remembered at one point I set myself out to start learning all the different calls. Pretty soon I gave up when I realized (thru an app) that they were all Rufous colored sparrows chirping in slightly different tones lol.
>>9262
A little over a year ago I haphazardly built a DIY hummingbird feeder on my apartment balcony. Although they would often gather around the trees across my building, it took about three days for them to start showing up.
Since then they've cemented themselves in my mind as one of my favorite birds. I don't think I've ever had been as fascinated when observing an animal in its element. Picrel is an image I found that most closely resembles the little guy I saw.
TLDR: hummingbirds rock
>But the humble Yuro Robin is most appreciated of them all.
It's always interesting how each species (and even each individual within a species) has their own seemingly distinct personality. It's pretty common to hear people talk about a single bird or a group of birds that will constantly bully everyone else off the feeder.
>its song really stands out
I remembered at one point I set myself out to start learning all the different calls. Pretty soon I gave up when I realized (thru an app) that they were all Rufous colored sparrows chirping in slightly different tones lol.
rufous-collared sparrows*
I know nothing but you bet your ass I'm going to read every single comment
always mean to get into bird watching but never do, maybe this is the season for me.
Anonymous :
64 days ago :
No.9271
>>9272
>>9271
they're on the lookout
>>9287>>9271
>listening for birds
>lactose intolerant retard farting by
>see 3 scoops of mint chip on a cone getting licked
What's the deal with birdwatchers? Seriously, you are in nature, in a practically mediative state - why are you so fucking abrasive?
Oh Lapwing, strand silt-walker
Oil-slick-backed stilt-walker
You resent the svelte Shearwater
But he doesn't have your tuft
there are some great birds on instagram reels I must admit. saw an incredible video of a guy catching peacocks with some kind of bola gun
I love watching the thrushes on my porch make their nests.
The stork couple has returned to my village this year. I am not sure if they are using their old nest or building a new one.
Went to a zoo a couple days back, got to see many wonderful birds among other things, but the real star of the show was nepalese monal of which I was completely unaware beforehand. I didn't get any good photos of my own, and I don't think any photo actually sells how beautiful it is. It's like it's made out of metal, the way it shimmers and changes color in the light, it's wonderful kaleidoscope of hues every tiny move it makes. Definitely highlight of the day.
Anonymous :
28 days ago :
No.10167
>>10168
>>10167
>I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive
You could have just not buried it. And then if that other bird was really looking for it it probably would have at least found it.
Congrats, retard.
>>10178>>10167
Six years ago I watched a bird struggle come back to life after hitting the sliding glass door window. I know it was that long because I recorded part of it and my phone reminded me of it, but I can't seem to find the video. I don't actually remember how it turned out, if it survived or not. Isn't that strange? I must have sat there for a good 20 minutes with it, I remember that. I remember my sadness and hope that it would survive. I tear up about it thinking about it now. But I can't remember if it eventually succumbed to its injuries or flew away. I like to think it flew away.
FWIW I doubt you buried it alive. They tend to move pretty obviously when alive, even stunned. Don't listen to that other person.
Earlier this evening I was going to my kitchen to grab myself a beer when I saw song thrush through glass door, lying stiff and wry on the dais with its eyes closed. And truly I do recall hearing a loud thud on a window some twenty odd minutes earlier. I went there and was so sad about this, ended up digging it a small grave at the back. Though hour had passed since its death till the deed was done it was still fairly warm to the touch. I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive, but in all that time I did nay see it move nor breathe. I think it was the one that would so oft see outside my study's window too.
Just a moment ago I saw another one, walking around the dais, which they normally scarcely do, I could swear it was looking for something. My heart tears up thinking they may already have eggs or hatchlings.
Anonymous :
27 days ago :
No.10168
>>10177
>>10168
>Congrats, retard.
Why would you pick being mean with someone you don't know when you have the choice to be gracious or to commiserate? What's in it for you?
>>10167
Earlier this evening I was going to my kitchen to grab myself a beer when I saw song thrush through glass door, lying stiff and wry on the dais with its eyes closed. And truly I do recall hearing a loud thud on a window some twenty odd minutes earlier. I went there and was so sad about this, ended up digging it a small grave at the back. Though hour had passed since its death till the deed was done it was still fairly warm to the touch. I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive, but in all that time I did nay see it move nor breathe. I think it was the one that would so oft see outside my study's window too.
Just a moment ago I saw another one, walking around the dais, which they normally scarcely do, I could swear it was looking for something. My heart tears up thinking they may already have eggs or hatchlings.
>I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive
You could have just not buried it. And then if that other bird was really looking for it it probably would have at least found it.
Congrats, retard.
Anonymous :
27 days ago :
No.10177
>>10186
>>10177
Burying that bird (then posting about it) was a completely self-serving act. The bird isn't better off buried, in fact there's a small chance the two birds in question are both worse off, and Mr. Gravedigger would have at least been saved from his own doubts if he hadn't buried it in the first place. But of course interfering is what made him feel better in the moment, and he can suppress his doubts by opining to a sympathetic crowd.
Before someone says
>bluh bluh but respect for life bluh
he can put the shovel away and look up how to keep birds from smacking into his windows.
>What's in it for you?
I'm paid a dollar every time I call someone a retard online.
>>10168
>>10167
>I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive
You could have just not buried it. And then if that other bird was really looking for it it probably would have at least found it.
Congrats, retard.
>Congrats, retard.
Why would you pick being mean with someone you don't know when you have the choice to be gracious or to commiserate? What's in it for you?
Anonymous :
27 days ago :
No.10178
>>10188
>>10178
there are few mundane things more awful to behold than a bird with a broken wing
>>10167
Earlier this evening I was going to my kitchen to grab myself a beer when I saw song thrush through glass door, lying stiff and wry on the dais with its eyes closed. And truly I do recall hearing a loud thud on a window some twenty odd minutes earlier. I went there and was so sad about this, ended up digging it a small grave at the back. Though hour had passed since its death till the deed was done it was still fairly warm to the touch. I sincerely do hope I didn't bury it alive, but in all that time I did nay see it move nor breathe. I think it was the one that would so oft see outside my study's window too.
Just a moment ago I saw another one, walking around the dais, which they normally scarcely do, I could swear it was looking for something. My heart tears up thinking they may already have eggs or hatchlings.
Six years ago I watched a bird struggle come back to life after hitting the sliding glass door window. I know it was that long because I recorded part of it and my phone reminded me of it, but I can't seem to find the video. I don't actually remember how it turned out, if it survived or not. Isn't that strange? I must have sat there for a good 20 minutes with it, I remember that. I remember my sadness and hope that it would survive. I tear up about it thinking about it now. But I can't remember if it eventually succumbed to its injuries or flew away. I like to think it flew away.
FWIW I doubt you buried it alive. They tend to move pretty obviously when alive, even stunned. Don't listen to that other person.
Anonymous :
27 days ago :
No.10186
>>10278
Recently discovered the Bulbul (and its pretty strong call) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJC7NousyJE
>>10186
>Burying that bird (then posting about it) was a completely self-serving act.
Sharing about the experience to determine whether it was a good idea and whether there is a better way to deal with it should be pretty helpful for any future broken birds we posters might meet.
>>10177
>>10168
>Congrats, retard.
Why would you pick being mean with someone you don't know when you have the choice to be gracious or to commiserate? What's in it for you?
Burying that bird (then posting about it) was a completely self-serving act. The bird isn't better off buried, in fact there's a small chance the two birds in question are both worse off, and Mr. Gravedigger would have at least been saved from his own doubts if he hadn't buried it in the first place. But of course interfering is what made him feel better in the moment, and he can suppress his doubts by opining to a sympathetic crowd.
Before someone says
>bluh bluh but respect for life bluh
he can put the shovel away and look up how to keep birds from smacking into his windows.
>What's in it for you?
I'm paid a dollar every time I call someone a retard online.
>>10178
>>10167
Six years ago I watched a bird struggle come back to life after hitting the sliding glass door window. I know it was that long because I recorded part of it and my phone reminded me of it, but I can't seem to find the video. I don't actually remember how it turned out, if it survived or not. Isn't that strange? I must have sat there for a good 20 minutes with it, I remember that. I remember my sadness and hope that it would survive. I tear up about it thinking about it now. But I can't remember if it eventually succumbed to its injuries or flew away. I like to think it flew away.
FWIW I doubt you buried it alive. They tend to move pretty obviously when alive, even stunned. Don't listen to that other person.
there are few mundane things more awful to behold than a bird with a broken wing
Recently discovered the Bulbul (and its pretty strong call) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJC7NousyJE
>>10186
>>10177
Burying that bird (then posting about it) was a completely self-serving act. The bird isn't better off buried, in fact there's a small chance the two birds in question are both worse off, and Mr. Gravedigger would have at least been saved from his own doubts if he hadn't buried it in the first place. But of course interfering is what made him feel better in the moment, and he can suppress his doubts by opining to a sympathetic crowd.
Before someone says
>bluh bluh but respect for life bluh
he can put the shovel away and look up how to keep birds from smacking into his windows.
>What's in it for you?
I'm paid a dollar every time I call someone a retard online.
>Burying that bird (then posting about it) was a completely self-serving act.
Sharing about the experience to determine whether it was a good idea and whether there is a better way to deal with it should be pretty helpful for any future broken birds we posters might meet.