tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post7870877982095241992..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: Bird Questionschristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-90340466852723880342010-02-14T18:36:18.969-08:002010-02-14T18:36:18.969-08:00This reminds me of being a teenager. We were all t...This reminds me of being a teenager. We were all that way then, like the bird.RachelWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225401230724459199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-4163865307901885232010-02-09T12:40:02.189-08:002010-02-09T12:40:02.189-08:00I like this. Reminds me of the rooms...xxxI like this. Reminds me of the rooms...xxxMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816138640432897870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-3472952312030847332010-02-09T09:18:05.575-08:002010-02-09T09:18:05.575-08:00The smaller winged ones are definitely very busy s...The smaller winged ones are definitely very busy scanning the world for threats and they do have a jerky quality to this activity. I think that means they are looking for movement more than for the identity of the threat, that their eyes are geared to that. I don't know how they do that precisely.<br /><br />I know about insects and the compound eyes they use. As soon as a movement reaches the boundary of one facet and signals on another facet, the whole facet of the compound eye fires. There is no such thing as a movement slow and gradual enough to not jerk large under that condition. That is how flies detect you and escape in time as you try to catch them. The only way to catch or kill them is to be too fast with hand or swatter. Sneaking up on them just can't work.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-56636432539939156852010-02-09T09:00:16.378-08:002010-02-09T09:00:16.378-08:00Mmmm, I too love to watch birds. Love their stacca...Mmmm, I too love to watch birds. Love their staccato movement on the ground that transcend to a graceful glide in the air.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-41309341463235177792010-02-09T04:41:57.100-08:002010-02-09T04:41:57.100-08:00Knowledge is an acquired taste brought on usually ...Knowledge is an acquired taste brought on usually by the confusions of pain and desperation. This is interspecies truth. The thing that changes is the subject matter and focus of the knowledge at hand. The complexity of the necessary knowledge does not change. :)christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-32186608268609755432010-02-08T21:50:48.461-08:002010-02-08T21:50:48.461-08:00I gave up fighting the squirrels and gave them the...I gave up fighting the squirrels and gave them their own dedicated feeder full of critter mix too big for the birds. Helps maybe 50%, but squirrels are still rodents at heart...<br /><br />A finch slammed into the back window last week and I went out to check on him. He was stunned but alive so I brought him inside for awhile. Once he woke up and realized where he was, he wanted right back out again. Desperately.<br /><br />Too much knowledge is scary, even for a bird brain.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-43280828654207318012010-02-08T20:03:26.871-08:002010-02-08T20:03:26.871-08:00It's beyond me why someone would think of bird...It's beyond me why someone would think of birds as "rats with wings" but my office's admin assistant does. I do pay a price of bird poop on my car though.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-44765550509729576382010-02-08T18:54:22.557-08:002010-02-08T18:54:22.557-08:00I like! We have a mockingbird that repeatedly bang...I like! We have a mockingbird that repeatedly bangs himself against the glass in the door to our deck. I don't know if he sees himself reflected, or if he just wants to come in and take a look around, but he comes almost daily. <br /><br />One of my saddest days was the day we cut down the huge oak tree that was host to many, many birds and was right outside our window.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com