Comments for All About Birds

Comment on Evidence Of Absence: Northern Spotted Owls Are Still Vanishing From The Northwest by Jere berkley

Jere berkley — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 01:06:00 +0000

DISGUSTING!! Killing one bird for another. How dare you

Comment on Birds, Birders, and Birding in The Big Year: What We Noticed by max

max — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:27:00 +0000

I love The Big Year! Its one of my faverit movies I watch
all the time. Ever since the first time I saw it I been crasy about birds. I
watch birds that come in my back yard every evening.Just the other day I saw 7
deforant kinds of birds just in my back yeard. It was amazing! I just love
birds and maybe some day ill walk around my block and see how many diforant
birds I cane fined.I am a casual birder, and my kids and I LOVED this movie!
Use to be that I would see an interesting bird in the yard or on vacation, and
my excitement would fall flat on the rest of the family. Now, my 10-year-old
daughter has really become interested in birds after watching the movie several
times. She did her school science project on bird food preferences.
I find hope and inspiration from the fact that there are people out there who
find birds so interesting

Comment on Feeding Birds: a Quick Guide to Seed Types by Ron Peterson

Ron Peterson — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:17:00 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Haynes. Dried/Uncooked rice does no harm to birds .. this is a myth.

Comment on Power Struggles Are Playing Out at Your Feeder—Here’s What to Look For by Janet

Janet — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:41:00 +0000

This is a description of two surprising displacements that
occurred in our yard in the Winter of 2015, an unusually cold winter with an
abundance of snow and ice. One occurred
between a song sparrow and a mourning dove.
The other occurred between a mourning dove and a squirrel. Both happened on the same feeder, which is round,
wrought iron, hanging planter with a coconut liner that I converted to a feeder
one winter after the plants died. Many
birds, especially the song sparrows and mourning doves love to eat seeds in the
planter possibly because it is round and nest-like.

One
afternoon a mourning dove was in the feeder eating when a song sparrow hopped
onto its back and started plucking out feathers near the dove’s neck for short
time and then hopped into a nearby bush.
The dove was startled at first but
did not move from the feeder. So the song sparrow repeated the displacement
attack. Then shaken dove decided it was
time to leave and the song sparrow took over the feeder. We were surprised at
the outcome.

The second incident also started
with a mourning dove eating in the same feeder.
When a squirrel approached to get some seeds, the mourning dove faced
the squirrel and then puffed itself up and spread its wings out. The squirrel was frightened and ran
away. The mourning dove continued to eat
seed. Again we were surprised by the
outcome.

Comment on Tracking the Invasion of Eurasian Collared-Doves by T Lanham

T Lanham — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 19:14:00 +0000

We just saw our first Eurasian Collared-Dove at our feeders .
SWVA …

Comment on Backpacking Ospreys: Following their migration by m Ellsworth

m Ellsworth — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:57:00 +0000

Is Cornell actively engaged in protesting the bird- and bat-killing wind farms? If not, why not?

Comment on Feeding Hummingbirds by Linda Williams

Linda Williams — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:40:00 +0000

I live six miles south of the Canadian border, on the shore of Lake Champlain, NY. Just wondering when I could expect the arrival of migrating hummingbirds. Would like to have their feeder ready and waiting for them.

Comment on Mesmerizing Migration: Watch 118 Bird Species Migrate Across a Map of the Western Hemisphere by lejardin22

lejardin22 — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 01:26:00 +0000

Perhaps I am misunderstanding the map. I live on the North Shore of Massachusetts right next to Cape Ann. Plum Island Federal Reservation is a bit to my northeast and I understood that a flyway goes over it. However, this map indicates only two species crossing my area, one of which I have never seen, the Bicknell Thrush. How can this be?

Susan Gruber

Comment on Mesmerizing Migration: Watch 118 Bird Species Migrate Across a Map of the Western Hemisphere by CraigOlsen

CraigOlsen — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:04:00 +0000

I see nothing.

Comment on How Do Starling Flocks Create Those Mesmerizing Murmurations? by dandlco

dandlco — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 23:57:00 +0000

In reply to TallKatie. Wow, what a world class jerk postal67 is. I do believe that is his IQ and actual picture! Good post and I agree TallKatie. Don't let these religious nuts get to you, you are not alone!