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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:33:06 PM EDT
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I have these damn welfare birds. They seem to think they need handouts so I keep filling up the feeder for the little bastards.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:34:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:37:29 PM EDT
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Lots of nesting pairs of many types in my trees this year.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:41:23 PM EDT
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Two unknown small birds flew into my living room window this morning, both flew away after a minute.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:43:20 PM EDT
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Had some sand hill cranes come through which is way early.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:45:17 PM EDT
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 Birds Aren't Real 1987 |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:46:38 PM EDT
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There was a big fat male cardinal cruising for chicks on my front porch the other day. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63667351-480px.jpg This kind. 
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:49:30 PM EDT
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mY YELLOW FINCHES ARE 1 WEEK LATE
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:50:38 PM EDT
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Yes, dozens or more Robins flying back & forth over a busy street low & fast. One car was hit and I worried about the same. Never saw that before . |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:51:42 PM EDT
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American Robin. Turdus migratorius, "migratory thrush." Birds read neither maps or calendars.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:52:18 PM EDT
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That be a female if you weren't being vague Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There was a big fat male cardinal cruising for chicks on my front porch the other day. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63667351-480px.jpg This kind. I thought the reds were females. Either way, the brown cardinal was a noisy bitch sitting on the rail. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 7:52:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:03:47 PM EDT
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Psssttt... Birds aren't real.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:05:03 PM EDT
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One female in the center of the bushes.
199 males after her. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:06:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:07:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:09:16 PM EDT
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Later last summer I had a sparrow that acted like a trained Parakeet.
It would not only land on the outdoor table with us but wait for us in the morning. I raised my arm jokingly and it landed on my hand and shoulder. We had to watch where our feet were as it was always under the table too. Sitting in my chair until I got outside day after day waiting for us daily. Yet it would hang out with the other sparrows but always came back with us. Then after almost a month of the little fella, a hawk swooped down into a tree a got it. Rest in peace little buddy...we really got attached and miss him. And I did take lots of pictures, but they are on my other computer that just died. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:11:23 PM EDT
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I thought "yeah, maybe just an early Spring" too, but now...too many coincidences.
I think we all know what that means |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:11:59 PM EDT
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Oh, really? I thought the reds were females. Either way, the brown cardinal was a noisy bitch sitting on the rail. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There was a big fat male cardinal cruising for chicks on my front porch the other day. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63667351-480px.jpg This kind. I thought the reds were females. Either way, the brown cardinal was a noisy bitch sitting on the rail.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:14:45 PM EDT
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I thought "yeah, maybe just an early Spring" too, but now...too many coincidences. I think we all know what that means |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:14:49 PM EDT
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Corn bushes. Everything in Iowa is corn. Corn grass, corn trees, corn hedges... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Our pheasants are doing great. I can see three of them eating corn now. Did not know Pennsylvania had shrubbery. We have bushes.  Everything in Iowa is corn. Corn grass, corn trees, corn hedges... 
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:25:14 PM EDT
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The arctic oscillator was at record highs (positive) all through January.
The whole northern hemisphere's confused. I've got camellias in full bloom for valentine's day. I've had rogue blooms all winter. Here's a weird one, I've got an asparagus spear that's 40" tall already, and it's just a crown I planted last spring. Birds are early and they're probably acting weird because it didn't get cold enough to knock the insects down. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:35:08 PM EDT
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https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor-2018 At times the earth has had multiple “North Pole” fields all at once. It’s related to sun spot activity it is believed. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-earth-has-more-than-one-north-pole/ |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:37:29 PM EDT
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The annual Robin hoard showed up here in November, as usual. They spent most of their time in the Cedar trees.
Mostly just smaller birds around now (Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpeckers, etc.), with the occasional small flock of Blue Jays. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:12:37 PM EDT
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We never have white herons stop by, only blue. Until this month...
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:25:28 PM EDT
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Robins are migratory, so maybe just passing thru? Are there any berries or seed pods on the shrubbery that they may be using as a food source? 
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:45:18 PM EDT
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Only flying rats
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:52:56 PM EDT
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Robin is a fine meal. Goes great with snow coffee.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:56:22 PM EDT
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Thanks, Reagan.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:57:03 PM EDT
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Yes, there's been over a hundred around the hospital down the street for about a week or two now. I've never seen anything like it before and it's eery as shit. I'm not a superstitious man but it gives me the idea that the time is soon coming that I'll be explaining to Jesus why I sinned so much...
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Posted: 2/15/2020 10:58:15 PM EDT
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Robbins came through here the end of January and feasted upon my holly trees like they do every year around that time.
The Hooded Mergansers showed up right before Christmas in the pond and have moved on maybe a week earlier than normal but nothing significant. We have a pair of Mallards that show up every year at Christmas and stay through early summer. They are here and momma duck is building her nesting spot in our bushes by the house again. The ducklings will not survive more than a couple of weeks between the hawks, Bald Eagles and snapping turtles. Last year, the duckling didn't survive the first day.  I have had a bunch more crows show up this year. That is about the only big difference this year. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:01:40 PM EDT
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This is not funny to anyone that has seen the Hitchcock movie.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:07:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:07:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:09:12 PM EDT
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Not many Robins around here yet. Just a few swallows and a bunch of damn coconuts. Freaking things keep multiplying. There are like 30 scattered around our bush out front.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:09:20 PM EDT
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Crows were pretty feisty today, but somtimes they're just like that. NSTR.
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Posted: 2/15/2020 11:25:07 PM EDT
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Unusually mild winter here in the northern panhandle of WV also.
Yes, we have been seeing large flocks of robins passing through. Many have stayed. Don't remember ever seeing them this early. Yay spring
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:08:19 AM EDT
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Are you north or south of 80..?? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I thought "yeah, maybe just an early Spring" too, but now...too many coincidences. I think we all know what that means North of 80 might as well be Canada. Or Greenland. The drive up 79 to Erie in winter was not fun. |
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:10:21 AM EDT
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All of the birds died in 1986 due to Reagan killing them and replacing them with spies that are now watching us. The birds work for the bourgeoisie.
 INTERNET ODDITIES 76: ALL OF THE BIRDS DIED IN 1986 DUE TO REAGAN KILLING THEM TIKTOK |
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:10:59 AM EDT
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5G.
It will kill us all. |
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:14:49 AM EDT
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The annual Robin hoard showed up here in November, as usual. They spent most of their time in the Cedar trees. Mostly just smaller birds around now (Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpeckers, etc.), with the occasional small flock of Blue Jays. AFAIK there's maybe a half dozen birds, tops. Robins, Blue Jays, Crows, Eagles, Turkeys and Rotisserie Chickens. All the rest are made up to sell "spotting scopes" to elderly "birdwatchers". Take em out on safaris, "LOOK! A Purple-headed Hooter Snipe!" "Where???" "Aw ya just missed it, big un too" |
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:16:11 AM EDT
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Robins are migratory, so maybe just passing thru? Are there any berries or seed pods on the shrubbery that they may be using as a food source? 
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:18:22 AM EDT
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I haven't seen anything weird with the birds in my backyard. I get a lot of painted buntings, pileated and ladderback woodpeckers, titmice, cat birds, cardinals and rat birds (doves).
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:21:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:25:33 AM EDT
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Totally normal around here, the crows are flying around with trash that they'll use to build their nests, and the mocking birds are harassing them.
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:26:35 AM EDT
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We've had an unusually high number of Robins here as well. They don't generally show up until later in March. |
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:36:19 AM EDT
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My parrot is an asshole, but that is normal.
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:38:30 AM EDT
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No Robins here. Less than usual numbers of birds at my feeders. The email I get from the local bird store said the feeders were slow due to the natural feed from the wet summer here. The last two days were down to 3 degrees, then today in the 40's and the snow melted.
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:41:15 AM EDT
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Super Ass AIDS is coming to your home.
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Posted: 2/16/2020 12:41:20 AM EDT
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Birds are fucking strange at all times.
It's hard to tell if they are being weird. |
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