Birdsong

[me203]

The one thing I've noticed is that I'm not hearing from the rooster who lived across the street any longer. I wonder if said rooster woke the owners up once too often at some insane hour and ended up in the stew pot as a result?

 

[belamyi]

The one thing I've noticed is that I'm not hearing from the rooster who lived across the street any longer. I wonder if said rooster woke the owners up once too often at some insane hour and ended up in the stew pot as a result?

Ah, childhood and youngster years memories.

 

[rareboy]

The one thing I've noticed is that I'm not hearing from the rooster who lived across the street any longer. I wonder if said rooster woke the owners up once too often at some insane hour and ended up in the stew pot as a result?

Well seriously...they don't live forever.....

 

[belamyi]

Well seriously...they don't live forever.....

 

[fredroy]

Six to eight years if the effing coons or a hawk don't get them.

 

[belamyi]

El misteri del soroll que no deixa dormir veïns de l'Eixample: una alarma o un mussol?

En una entrevista al 'bàsics', Marc Anton, de l'Institut Català d'Ornitologia, ha dit que probablement es tracta d'un xot, un mussol petit present a Barcelona.

beteve.cat

 

[Maklaar13]

I have a mockingbird that perches on the light post in front of my house and sings all day long. He sings the most beautiful sounds and goes on for hours. Also, for the last couple of weeks we have had a woodpecker that comes to the back of the house to eat out of the feeder then does his drumming on the corner gutter, this also goes on for hours.

 

[Peloso]

It's quite noisy this year but it's still migration season. I did spot a blue jay the other day. Not many of them around here. Beautiful birds but you don't want to hear them sing.

 

[NotHardUp1]

One of the things we can do is to feed the birds. As habitat is taken, food sources are simply fewer. I'm alway proud to buy a variety of seeds, and I try to use pesticides in a very targeted manner, never treating whole lawns or broad sprays. Poison ivy and have a very focused duel in progress.

 

[me203]

One of the things we can do is to feed the birds. As habitat is taken, food sources are simply fewer. I'm alway proud to buy a variety of seeds, and I try to use pesticides in a very targeted manner, never treating whole lawns or broad sprays.

And, of course, avoiding pesticides benefits a lot more than just the birds.

Poison ivy and have a very focused duel in progress.

Perhaps you could embrace your Inner Addams Family and just view the poison ivy as an important plant in your garden!

 

[LilBit]

I remember when I moved from Arkansas to Albuquerque in 2006. It was kind of jarring to only hear doves and sparrows. Endlessly sparrows, which always are squabbling.

When I moved to Alaska, I missed the sounds of crickets so much, my uncles sent me some. I'll never forget that kindness.

I was making a joke about our campus preacher, Gary Birdsong. We actually have some pretty vocal songbirds in my current neighborhood.

 

[NotHardUp1]

And, of course, avoiding pesticides benefits a lot more than just the birds.

Yes, the main reason is the abundance of lightning bugs and some butterflies. Also, the creekbank is alive with frogs, so I don't want anything washing into the creek.

Perhaps you could embrace your Inner Addams Family and just view the poison ivy as an important plant in your garden!

Touching.

Luckily, poison ivy is in no danger of being threatened in its natural habitat. In hilly wooded areas, it serves an important function in erosion control as a groundcover. And, iti must be something of a food source for birds when the berries come on, as it proliferates.

But, on my little acreage, it can go extinct. I have plenty of Virginia Creeper, and climbing hydrangea vine. No lack of aggresive cover here.

 

[Latimer]

We may hear less birdsong, but we now have an owl to listen and look forward to from early evening to late morning. Very pleasing and mysterious sounding. Reassuring.

A neighbor has seen him and has said he's white; he thinks albino.

 

[Thad1527]

I live in a built-up inner-ring suburb. My township is lacking in parkland. But we're blessed to have wild birds, and I often hear them early in the mornings.

 

[NotHardUp1]

We may hear less birdsong, but we now have an owl to listen and look forward to from early evening to late morning. Very pleasing and mysterious sounding. Reassuring.

A neighbor has seen him and has said he's white; he thinks albino.

Or it may be this interloper:

Respecting the Great White Owl | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

A wayward Snowy Owl that made its home in the suburbs of Los Angeles from mid-December 2022 to mid-January 2023, captivated locals and people from across Southern California and beyond. The owl appeared to be doing well, despite being 3,000 miles from its typical Arctic breeding habitat. Local...

www.fws.gov

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/rare-sighting-snowy-owl-california-17694868.php

In reading the articles, one mentioned the snowy owls see poorly at night. What utter bullshit. They have the best night vistion. The remark was used to opine why owls are found dead on the roads. More like they don' t understand their swoop flight paths cross the trajectories of traffic.

 

[Latimer]

Or it may be this interloper:

Respecting the Great White Owl | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

A wayward Snowy Owl that made its home in the suburbs of Los Angeles from mid-December 2022 to mid-January 2023, captivated locals and people from across Southern California and beyond. The owl appeared to be doing well, despite being 3,000 miles from its typical Arctic breeding habitat. Local...

www.fws.gov

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/rare-sighting-snowy-owl-california-17694868.php

In reading the articles, one mentioned the snowy owls see poorly at night. What utter bullshit. They have the best night vistion. The remark was used to opine why owls are found dead on the roads. More like they don' t understand their swoop flight paths cross the trajectories of traffic.

Thank you so much!