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I thought I posted on passenger pigeons here a few days ago, and upon not finding it here thought I may have forgot to hit post.

But what then was this thread doing so far up in my post history?

Edit: its all good, didn't know there were 2 bird threads. I must have been further back in my history than I realised.

Talk about getting two birds stoned at once.

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I agree.






Both songs I can't find fault with.
Very Ape ...yeah. In Utero. Nirvana. I like the whole album.

I like some of Pearl Jam stuff too. That's a cover. Apparently this is the original. Mother Love bone.
( I think their lead singer died, before the grunge movement really took off, 1990, that's all I know about them.)


Oh and to stay on topic....

I seen Magpies, the other day, a pair...jumping around, one was on a satellite dish.
There are tons of birds, where I live. Can't help but spot them all the time.

Mother Love Bone included versions of this song on their EP and their Full length, but said dead guy, Andrew Wood - was performing it in his previous band, Malfunkshun, so it is a semi cover of a semi cover? [The bassist and a guitarist from Mother Love Bone formed Pearl Jam.]



Ill probably be posting more on that in the future, Andrew Wood related music, but for now Ill just say I found my post, in the other bird thread..

Very recently:

A younger butcherbird, which was all fluffed up perched on a branch. Not rare, but I think they're cool birds. Quite brutal actually.

Some fairy-wrens, which hang out near the river. They used to be near the house, but the noisy miners pushed them and many other smaller birds away.

Geez all I get around here are the Sparrows , and the odd , Robin.. but they actually do, in my opinion sound lovely when they sing .

There's a lot of birds around here. Some of my favorites:

White Cockatoos (yellow); groups usually fly over once a week or so; there's a really large one that hits the small bird bath here to drink on the way through, which looks quite funny when he's hanging on to the side and he flaps his wings for balance; some find the noises they make annoying
Black Cockatoos (yellow and red ones); they fly from inland when storms are coming; they make interesting noises that likely wouldn't be that unpleasant for many; they seem to enjoy pulling bark and branches off trees when they hang around
Wedge-tailed Eagles; you see them floating around on the air now and again; I've seen pairs of them before, but it's usually singles
King Parrots are quite striking due to the red
Crows; I like how they remember you and give you gifts if you do something for them (bread, for example)

People keep the White Cockatoos (Sulphur-crested/yellow) as pets here. They live for a long time and are friendly enough. My mother had one. They can be a handful apparently, likely for obvious reasons, like their size.

Love the songs of both the magpie and the butcher bird.
It's like they're playing around with slightly de-tuned flutes.

Just the usual bunch visiting the feeder.
Titmice, Nuthatch, Goldfinch,Juncos,Cardinals,Wrens,Jays,Pine Siskins, white throated sparrows ,Downy woodpecker and Chickadees.
I saw a Brown Thrasher using the bird bath.He lived up to his name.
Heard a few Bluebirds, hope they find the nest box acceptable for a home.

Lovely videos.. thank you !

my little bird is the tweetiest bird!

my little bird!

I've grown up with a family tree of Magpies for about 24 years now. It started on a rather hot and dry year and a male kept on coming up to me for water/food. From then on, he hung around with his "wife" and brought his children, which then went down the generations. They kinda kept on getting bigger and bigger, so I think the bread was forcing evolution. Likely just "better" nutrition. They greet me when I exit the house in the morning from the trees, and they'll come flying down if I call them.

Last year I had to bury a young female from the family that was bitten by a snake. That one kinda upset me because I'm funny like that. The sad calls from the trees got to me. The dad also hung around the "grave" for a bit.

Steve the Swan came round the office and he bought his parents with him.

I recently spent a few days on the Peace River: limpkins, kingfishers, ibis, white egrets. Great blue, little blue and tricolor herons. red-shouldered hawks, cardinals. Catbirds. Blue-grey gnatcatchers; how I love these little birds. Black vultures. Three bands of turkeys, including one group of three jakes with their beards jutting out.

Sounds absolutely lovely

Saw a Woodcock the other day in the garden.

The first male hummingbird this spring, trying to find something to eat in the few bromeliads I have blooming. Very close, good light, his red gorget clear and bright.