Yes, I can go bananas.

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No, I am not infallible.

Yes, I have realized that I probably - in an earlier post I cannot now retract - said "starling" where I meant "cowbird"

I know the difference, I am capable of less shoddy work.

I goofed. I am humbled - which is harder on me than being sorry.

It's ok. We understand.

Cheer up.

I got a banana in my pants.

I don't understand. Remain depressed because I do not understand.

No, mon ami, your comprehension cannot elate me nor your incomprehension depress me.

I have erred - and I totally despise being wrong. The only thing worse is being wrong in public.

I alluded - hah! - to starlings taking over other birds' nests and kicking out the young of the rightful owners leaving only their own young.

That should have been cowbirds - I think cuckoos do it too.

But unless some ornithology focused planeteer can assure me starlings ALSO really do have the habit, I am stuck here in my misery and shame.

Huh?

Don't let it bother you. Years of trying to communicate with all kinds of minds say if you do not get it, you won't get it, and it is not important.

It is like someone - say my wife - being upset because of wearing brown shoes when the occasion demands black. That is one I don't get [I like brown shoes, hate black, occasion has nothing to do with it and I wish they would fit better.]

Cuckoos are notorious (if not infamous) for being "brood parasitic" (doing what you describe).
Never heard of cowbirds doing that. In fact im not sure ive ever heard of "cowbirds" at all!

Dont worry. We on WP forgive you.
But the Starling anti-defamation league may sue you.

Ok so I guess this is about what's socially appropriate. Wear black to what? A wedding? A funeral?

Oh, mon, how would I know?

People - usually but not always women - tell me:

Color A and Color B GO together, but Color B and Color C do NOT go together.

Both look fine to me.

They tell me:

The blue in that couch brings out your eyes.

The couch when I look at it has a VERY narrow blue stripe, but most of the pattern is red. My eyes are brownish grey So?

They tell me:

Because it is the springtime and this is a faculty get together but it is at the club, you should wear THESE shoes.

I look in vain for a pattern.

And these dame people think I am weird because I won;t eat cereal at midnight but will eat cold hot dogs for breakfast.

People are like that - I leave it at that.

naturalplastic:

Here you be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbird

Which I knew but brain glitches will happen.

Thanks.

Being insane is nothing to be ashamed of, but being insane and claiming sanity is truly insane.

I can assure you, having tried insanity four about three months one really bad year, whether or not it be shameful knowing you are insane is no picnic.

That said, I will presume that was not some sort of crack.

Smile when you say that, podner.

Sorry, I've been reading too much Douglas Adams recently. Just finished at the restaurant at the end of the universe and am now on to life, the universe, and everything. I have personally been put into a loony bin for about two weeks, at my stepdad's requirement. However at the cost of $10,000 a day to my stepdad's insurance, which ended after two weeks, he decided it wasn't a cost effective means of getting rid of me.

Ah -

I have heard and read and - long back - seen on TV and to a degree know the Hitchhiker, but NOT well enough to catch most references - someone here a bit back put in a ref to the Ultimate 42, and I did recognize that one.

Not a prob, at least half my refs are too obscure to fly, and given that much I can see how your post fits in.

Without it it seemed a little out of the blue.

Saw your keet pictures - they look to be fun. My mother had a couple budgies for a while, but not really a bird person - cats were more her style - and they did not stay long.