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OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 7:00:54 AM

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I am pondering on whether it is ok to post pictures of birds here.

Currently wondering if anyone has seen any migrating birds who stayed the winter, instead of flying southward.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 7:01:57 AM

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Something I have been pondering on for some time.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 7:05:41 AM

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And goats, are they ok?

Here is a picture of goats taken by a dear friend of mine.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 9:10:38 AM

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ORIGINAL: Orm

I am pondering on whether it is ok to post pictures of birds here.

Currently wondering if anyone has seen any migrating birds who stayed the winter, instead of flying southward.

Birds aren't real. It's the hot, new conspiracy theory.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 11:06:37 AM

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 11:09:52 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

Something I have been pondering on for some time.

This isn't a bird, Orm. It's a pre-bird.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 11:22:48 AM

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The answer to the question is both.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:03:51 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

Something I have been pondering on for some time.

This is the plot of stage play and movie "The Producers"!

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:06:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: Orm

And goats, are they ok?

Here is a picture of goats taken by a dear friend of mine.

What cruelty is this! Why are these kids walking on hay instead of on the backs of yoga practitioners?!

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:15:18 PM

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ORIGINAL: Orm

I am pondering on whether it is ok to post pictures of birds here.

Currently wondering if anyone has seen any migrating birds who stayed the winter, instead of flying southward.

Here is one for you: this Pileated Woodpecker is rare in these parts at any time of year, let alone in the depths of winter.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:25:06 PM

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And these two Great Horned Owls - the biggest owls after our Great Grey Owl (Manitoba's Provincial Bird).

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:54:41 PM

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Thank you, BBfanboy, for the awesome bird pictures.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 12:56:57 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

And goats, are they ok?

Here is a picture of goats taken by a dear friend of mine.

What cruelty is this! Why are these kids walking on hay instead of on the backs of yoga practitioners?!

More goats. And here they have decided that they are the masters of the world. Or at least the backyard.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 2:15:32 PM

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My wife is an amateur photographer (won an award as well). She just so happens to have some birds in her profile...

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 2:16:23 PM

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Picture 2:

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 2:17:01 PM

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Every birds post needs a duck!

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 4:17:56 PM

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Thank you for sharing, Edmon. Wonderful pictures by your wife.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 5:19:50 PM

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That mob could do with a pair of Alpacas as security guards.

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More goats. And here they have decided that they are the masters of the world. Or at least the backyard.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 5:58:07 PM

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Why isn't the thread title "This Thread is for the Birds"?

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/4/2022 7:53:35 PM

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Why isn't the thread title "This Thread is for the Birds"?

The title is something of an homage to Geoff Lambert (The Gorn) whose Things to Ponder thread started the bird pictures idea but also had some content that the moderators didn't like.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 3:51:59 AM

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Migration changes. We have a very common bird called the American robin which is a thrush that is mainly known for pulling earthworms out of the ground. Twenty years ago or so you would never see one here in Winter but that's no longer true thanks to global warming. In the past 30 or 40 years we've gone South two agriculture zones, from zone 4 to zone 6. Those zones help describe what types of crops will do well. Robins are territorial so I think maybe the birds we see in the Winter are some of the same individuals that were here in the Summer, but without banding them I can't be sure. I believe most robins migrate to some extent so the ones we see in the Winter may have come from way North and stopped their migration here. Today was a bad day for robins, though. If I manage to get a pic of one in the snow I'll post it. Anyways, besides worms robins will take berries but they aren't adept at landing and perching on bushes in order to get them. They mostly stay on the ground or perch on fences or large branches. There are plenty of holly berries about they could feed on if they could reach them but I've never actually seen a robin eat a holly berry. Squirrels and mockingbirds take those and the mockingbirds often drive the squirrels away from the holly bushes or try to. During the Summer I've seen robins taking my blackberries but they stand on the ground under low hanging ones and leap up in the air, usually without benefit of wing power, and grab at them. But besides the snow today the ground has been frozen for some weeks and I'm really not sure how the robins get by in these conditions.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 3:58:15 AM

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The robins rarely visit the feeders and then only take dried fruit if I put it out for them specifically. Mockingbirds and catbirds also like that. I put some seed on my window sill on top of the snow and here's some dark eyed Juncos taking that. Juncos are migratory and they arrive here in December and start leaving in March to head North. Normally they wouldn't go to my feeders but forage on the ground so I would spread some millet around for them. Over the years more and more they will get on the feeders that have horizontal perches so perhaps they are repeat customers who've learned to use my feeders.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 3:58:57 AM

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 3:59:24 AM

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 4:00:22 AM

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Here's a mourning dove. They are year round customers.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 4:01:12 AM

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Our American Robins have all left for warmer climates. They will be back in the Spring.

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RE: OT: Something to ponder on? - 2/5/2022 4:06:16 AM

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Here you will recognize some European starlings. They don't migrate per se but in the late Summer they disappear from the city and return in December or January. I believe they leave for the farmer's fields to help with the harvesting

That is also the time when they do their murmurations, moving around the sky in great gobs of thousands of them in ways reminding me of an amoeba or some single entity.
In the center of this pic you can see a male house finch.