So my bird feeding experiment has had the unintended consequence of pulling in what seems like it must be several square acres worth ob Blue Jays, at one time 10! That, as you might imagine, interferrs with the smaller birds feeding. Short of stinging them with my BB gun any thoughts?
Had a very rare sighting of a barred owl, and an even rarer opportunity to snap a couple of blurry cell phone pics. In fact, this is the very first barred owl I have ever sighted on this land in the 20+ years I've lived here. You hear them all the time, with their classic "who cooks for you" hoot, but I have never seen one until now. Pretty darn kewl.
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Cutesy Time is OVER
Cotton1 (10-23-2020),donttread (03-07-2020),Lummy (10-23-2020),US Conservative (10-27-2020)
It's illegal to eat the National Bird, CJ. Well, time to get to prayin'.
I have an owl in my yard every now and then. I don't think they fly off, but too hard to locate in the dark.
You guys are obsessed with birds.
My dad feeds some magpies that live in a tree near his house.
My old place, we had many many raptors. Most wild (Hawks-which named the town, eagles, and kestrals, and falcons in order of appearance).
They were in the snake, mice, rat, rabbit, and squirrel business-and business was booming, plus no doubt a smattering of small to medium dogs, I know coyotes didn't get them all.
A problem arose when they left their feathers around-technically I couldn't possess an eagle feather.
I was tying flies at the time.