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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,359
    60ft or so away......

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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,880
    Is that Vlad Guerrero Jr.?
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Loujoe said:
    Really into birds.
    Owls I've seen:
    Hawk Owl, Alaska
    Great Horned, NJ, CO
    Screech, CO, NJ
    Snowy Owl, NJ
    Short Eared Owl, NJ
    Long Eared Owl, NJ
    Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)

    It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls.
    To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me.
    Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
    Cool you got to see a Snowy Owl!  I have been missing that one here.

    I have seen a Barn Owl fly over my head when I was going in a mine shaft.  A few Ground owls(borrowing) in AZ, those are cool as hell.  They pair up w prairie dogs.  

    Also got to see a Gray owl in Cali.  Those 3 I remember.


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    So for cool birds I have seen, noticed since I took up birding is this one.  It's called a Hooded Merganser.
    Hooded Merganser Identification All About Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Loujoe said:
    Really into birds.
    Owls I've seen:
    Hawk Owl, Alaska
    Great Horned, NJ, CO
    Screech, CO, NJ
    Snowy Owl, NJ
    Short Eared Owl, NJ
    Long Eared Owl, NJ
    Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)

    It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls.
    To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me.
    Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
    Cool you got to see a Snowy Owl!  I have been missing that one here.

    I have seen a Barn Owl fly over my head when I was going in a mine shaft.  A few Ground owls(borrowing) in AZ, those are cool as hell.  They pair up w prairie dogs.  

    Also got to see a Gray owl in Cali.  Those 3 I remember.


    We have a seasonal family of screech owls in the area. They are fun to watch/listen to when they hatch and fledge in the spring. They do tend to leave disgusting messes below their trees, so they're easy to find that way when inactive.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    dankind said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Loujoe said:
    Really into birds.
    Owls I've seen:
    Hawk Owl, Alaska
    Great Horned, NJ, CO
    Screech, CO, NJ
    Snowy Owl, NJ
    Short Eared Owl, NJ
    Long Eared Owl, NJ
    Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)

    It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls.
    To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me.
    Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
    Cool you got to see a Snowy Owl!  I have been missing that one here.

    I have seen a Barn Owl fly over my head when I was going in a mine shaft.  A few Ground owls(borrowing) in AZ, those are cool as hell.  They pair up w prairie dogs.  

    Also got to see a Gray owl in Cali.  Those 3 I remember.


    We have a seasonal family of screech owls in the area. They are fun to watch/listen to when they hatch and fledge in the spring. They do tend to leave disgusting messes below their trees, so they're easy to find that way when inactive.
    I know the screech you speak of!
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,216
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    You people that let these vicious raptors live in your homes are nuts!
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,216
    dankind said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    You people that let these vicious raptors live in your homes are nuts!
    You don't know the half of it!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,175
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!
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  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,175
    elwayvedder said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!

    www.operationyellowribbon.org
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,069
    elwayvedder said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!
    Video?
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,175
    GlowGirl said:
    elwayvedder said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!
    Video?
    It will take me a while to find it because I have hundreds of videos of him singing but he knows when the camera is on so he stops lol 
    www.operationyellowribbon.org
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,216
    edited March 2021
    elwayvedder said:
    GlowGirl said:
    elwayvedder said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!
    Video?
    It will take me a while to find it because I have hundreds of videos of him singing but he knows when the camera is on so he stops lol 
    Mine does that too when the camera is on lol. Although, he doesn't whistle any fun songs. He does what I call the sexy whistle. Imagine the cliche of construction workers whistling at women. So, any ladies out there that need to feel pretty, Rocky will let you know lol.

    Beautiful bird you have, @elwayvedder. How did you get Boo to be ok with the sink? I've tried that with Rocky, but anytime we get close to a sink, he freaks out. Faucet on or off, it doesn't matter. It's weird though because he absolutely loves it when we get the little spray bottle and spray him down with water.
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,699
    tempo_n_groove said:
    So for cool birds I have seen, noticed since I took up birding is this one.  It's called a Hooded Merganser.
    Hooded Merganser Identification All About Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    Very cool.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,699
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Loujoe said:
    Really into birds.
    Owls I've seen:
    Hawk Owl, Alaska
    Great Horned, NJ, CO
    Screech, CO, NJ
    Snowy Owl, NJ
    Short Eared Owl, NJ
    Long Eared Owl, NJ
    Barred Owl, NJ (spotted by river while fishing it landed in a tree above me)

    It's great and more likely to just to hear owls and you can identify from the types of calls.
    To see an owl you could get lucky, know what to look for (pellets, white wash), go with birding groups to known location. I find patience and being observant helped me.
    Bird watching brings me peace, fun once you start identifying them and checking them off your list.
    Cool you got to see a Snowy Owl!  I have been missing that one here.

    I have seen a Barn Owl fly over my head when I was going in a mine shaft.  A few Ground owls(borrowing) in AZ, those are cool as hell.  They pair up w prairie dogs.  

    Also got to see a Gray owl in Cali.  Those 3 I remember.


    I'd like to check them off my list before I check out. Great sightings. 
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,884
    I love birds too.  Prey mainly. I was riding  my bike on a farm track yesterday and a buzzard was perched on a fence i stopped and it took off about 2 feet off the ground  past me.  Just its wing span blew me away. 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,880
    edited March 2021
    markymark550 said:
    elwayvedder said:
    GlowGirl said:
    elwayvedder said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    markymark550 said:
    Rocky decided he wanted to say hello...well, more like scream hello, in his case.


    @elwayvedder has a boo bird that whistles the Darth Vader song.
    holy cow there's a bird thread?  Yes @Te@tempo_n_groove
     Boo sings the Imperial March but also whistles the hook to Pearl Jam's "BLACK"...DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!!
    Video?
    It will take me a while to find it because I have hundreds of videos of him singing but he knows when the camera is on so he stops lol 
    Mine does that too when the camera is on lol. Although, he doesn't whistle any fun songs. He does what I call the sexy whistle. Imagine the cliche of construction workers whistling at women. So, any ladies out there that need to feel pretty, Rocky will let you know lol.


    The "wolf whistle".
    Our parakeet does that. Also will ask the dog "Where's your beak?" amongst many phrases.
    Wife is trying to get him to sing something, hasn't taken yet
    Had some success with 2 previous keets, the one in my avatar photo could sing the first line of the Oscar Mayer weiner song. And the one we had before our current one I taught to sing the last chorus of the Spongebob theme song including the whistle at the end since the TV in the room would often have Spongebob on, wanted to fool the wife into thinking he picked it up from the TV.
    Post edited by Poncier on
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