Spring has now officially arrived. Not because of meteorology, or the ecological reckoning of flowering plants, or the position of the sun over the Equator. But because yesterday I heard the unmistakable sound of| these guys | calling for the first time this year.
Ah, Spring.
HOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[perfect timing for Mick too ]
Thnx. Hat Tip to Dr. Dimento for the psycho chicken motif.
This |map says| the RWBB's year-round range includes all of California. But I've never seen one here. In southern Illinois you'd see them on roadside fence posts with clock-like regularity.
I have a very large and very dead maple tree in my front yard. I was going to take it down before spring but never got around to it and now it's full of bird's nest, goddammit.
Maybe take down all the branches that don't have nests in them (this will really upset the birds though). Or wait until next month just after everyone fledged and take it down (quick, before they lay a second clutch of eggs!). Or Rent-a-Raptor (jk)
Where are the people who steal stuff you leave in your front yard when you really need them?
We've got seagulls nesting in the chimney caps. Last year I thought they were just hanging around and turned the hose on them when they'd fly at me, then realized they were being aggressive to defend their nests. Our neighbors could see the young'uns and were complaining about the poop.
I heard a Chuck Will's Widow in St Louis last spring. According to the books they are not supposed to venture this far north. Had nobody told the bird that climate change was fake?
Spring has now officially arrived. Not because of meteorology, or the ecological reckoning of flowering plants, or the position of the sun over the Equator. But because yesterday I heard the unmistakable sound of| these guys | calling for the first time this year.
Ah, Spring.
Lovely song, but if you get too close to their nest, they can be | nasty little fuckers. |
Maybe they just can't stand joggers.
<img src="https://badbooksgoodtimes.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/thebirds.gif"/>
L-O-L, the voiced-over reporter suggested the birds' attacking joggers' ponytails as "top-knotched amusement"~
<img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/0bf5060cdb1da965796e044f5e1730ce/tumblr_nzg2cqQUkW1s08qivo1_500.gif" width="400" height="400">
WOW.
The only species we have out here is:
<img src="http://www.outdooralabama.com/sites/default/files//images/Image/Ruby-throated.jpg"/>
but they're way cool.
That's the one we don't get.
<img src="https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Untitled-12.jpg"/>
|Tom Waits, chickens, and fire|
“I was a firefighter when I was 19 or 20. I was trying to get out of the draft and I thought of it as a good place to hide.
There's a thing I did not know!
The captain says: ‘WAITS!!! Take that hose and start putting out some of these chickens.’
I love this sentence.
| Fried Chicken and Gasoline |
|Chicken call and response|
Considers posting video for "The Chicken Dance," comes to senses
Awww, go ahead
[reminds self not to click ]
Hmm. Nah, I think I'll wait and Chickroll you another day. Bwahahahaha, live in fear!
|It's ok. We have Mick, and Mick|
<img src="https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mick-tight-shir.gif?w=650"/>
| Psycho. |
HOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[perfect timing for Mick too ]
Thnx. Hat Tip to Dr. Dimento for the psycho chicken motif.
This |map says| the RWBB's year-round range includes all of California. But I've never seen one here. In southern Illinois you'd see them on roadside fence posts with clock-like regularity.
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/arGYzVr-MCzIBS3L1a1SbfZ1tV7xlfqV6B-j9FEMwQMasAcM5K4brLqGvVZuAVS3HFw=w720" width="202" height="214" />
<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/Freebird1/Hilarious/teh_trixter.gif"/>
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/8XiclZpADKoP6/giphy.gif" />
She doesn't look normal with dark hair.
I have a very large and very dead maple tree in my front yard. I was going to take it down before spring but never got around to it and now it's full of bird's nest, goddammit.
Freeloaders!
Maybe take down all the branches that don't have nests in them (this will really upset the birds though). Or wait until next month just after everyone fledged and take it down (quick, before they lay a second clutch of eggs!). Or Rent-a-Raptor (jk)
Where are the people who steal stuff you leave in your front yard when you really need them?
We've got seagulls nesting in the chimney caps. Last year I thought they were just hanging around and turned the hose on them when they'd fly at me, then realized they were being aggressive to defend their nests. Our neighbors could see the young'uns and were complaining about the poop.
So this spring I'm doing a controlled burn of the fireplaces every month or so in hopes of creating an inhospitable nesting environment, and hoping to avoid a Seoul Olympics pigeon roast. <img src="https://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/storymaker-olympic-opening-ceremony-moments-1207096-515×388.jpg" />
You could [leave it.]
Bird calls on teh youtubez I fear could become my new internet addiction. THANKS
OBAMACREECH. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsDQBAfKhD8|"You loons."|
I heard a Chuck Will's Widow in St Louis last spring. According to the books they are not supposed to venture this far north. Had nobody told the bird that climate change was fake?
Rog.
peri-grin: as close as I can get to a smile.