The Bird Thread

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
in All Encompassing Trip
I've always loved birds.
I love the Australian Magpie. They sing so beautifully. I wish I could make one sit on me and be my friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9mB3YCXfc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2J81_4PXCKjmsePm7epwxSDYI9f3oji6VVUJY_rvp5uQ-6Tmaxa4csum4
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,360
    edited November 2019
    https://ostdrossel.com/  for all things bird.....

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ^ ^ Nice birdies 
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,887
    I love birds of prey. We have some  very common ones  now 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    edited November 2019
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ^ ^ Awesome.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,360
    edited November 2019
    birds shit on cars.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I scrolled through them the other day - very cool, and the images are crystal-clear.

    Some badass expressions on those blackbirds!
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    I love birds too.

      When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say "a bird."

    My mom would say, "maybe you want to be a nurse maybe " and I'd say, "fuck that. .you mean a bird maybe".  ...

    if I knew the fuck word back then I mean 
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I wish I was a bird too. Would love to be able to fly.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 
    Do we have any bird experts here?
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,887
    Is it some kind of swift?


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    lastexitlondon said:
    Is it some kind of swift?
    I don't think so but I really have no clue.  Belted kingfisher (female) is the closest thing I can find as far as looks, but the call was different than anything I've heard when I look up kingfisher calls.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    edited November 2019
    mickeyrat said:
    eeriepadave said:
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    her website I posted above. 
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    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,172
    I came across these dickheads a month or so ago....Turkey Vultures I believe


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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,216
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 
    Do we have any bird experts here?
    Any pictures?
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    markymark550 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 
    Do we have any bird experts here?
    Any pictures?
    Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    lastexitlondon said:
    I love birds of prey. We have some  very common ones  now 
    Ditto! Woke up to a Red Tailed Hawk on my neighbors Basketball Hoop which is almost level with my bedroom window.
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,216
    HesCalledDyer said:
    markymark550 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 
    Do we have any bird experts here?
    Any pictures?
    Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

    Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,887
    Kingfishers are so tiny. I watched one go back and forth for a while. The most vivid electric blue  and orange. Wonderful


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    markymark550 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    markymark550 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 
    Do we have any bird experts here?
    Any pictures?
    Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

    Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.
    This is why I hope Google burns to the fucking ground one day!!  It never once came up in my results.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25

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