When my grandfather passed, I got his bird call clock. I thought it was an innocent item to remember my grandfather, but apparently it’s a time bomb.
As a kid I adored being indoctrinated by my bird fanatic grandmother. I’d spend so much time looking through her Audubon’s Guide to Eastern Birds (US), and she would help me identify anything that came to the feeder.
She died several years ago and that was the one thing of hers I asked for. Now my four-year-old daughter likes to look through it with me. I even bought her a brand new copy the book’s western counterpart, since I live in western Canada now. I’ve even converted my wife who was once so ignorant of bird-related lore that she asked me one time if birds have ears.
Wholesome.
Well don’t leave me hanging!
Do birds have ears?
Yes, they do have holes at the sides of their heads that are used to capture sounds. They usually skip the meat flaps we have around them though, in favour of some magnificent fluffy feathers
My cockatiel absolutely loved it when I scratched his ear feathers.
… Look Raymond, a yellow crested warbler.
I’ve always lived in high migration pathways, so I had a mild interest from that. Then I picked up Wingspan in Switch which has tons of interesting birds in it. I noticed even Target sells the original tabletop game, but the Switch version is a great way to learn the game.
Roseate Spoonbill. That’s the end of my bird knowledge
Don’t let Brennan know this one, he’ll become unstoppable
Neat birds. They’re pink because of their diet like flamingos, and iirc while they’re kinda monogamous, the ones I’m most familiar with had all kinds of soap opera style drama. They also don’t smell great.
Source - I worked next to the roseate spoonbill enclosure at Animal Kingdom for a few years.
The sandhill crane is probably my favorite bird though. There’s something extremely dinosaur like about them.
They eat flamingoes?
Sandhills are my favorite too. They have a super recognizable call and their courtship dances are neat to watch.
When I was a child my parents took me to a zoo and gave me a disposable camera. Most of the pictures were of birds.
The birds are going to be migrating in my area soon and I’m hopeful I’ll see some cool birds.
I feel attacked. I saw some birds cross the street while driving to visit my Dad and I spent like 8 hours looking up birds to try to figure out what they were and I’ve been into it ever since.
It was all over as soon as I bought a camera. I even live right next to some wetlands. Didn’t stand a chance.
identifying them by the sound when you’re walking through the woods or w/e is just as addictive… there’s a couple of falcons around here that have been making a bunch of noise, along with all the crows and cardinals and robins and everybody else…
Damn. I though i was just getting in to a nice new hobby, but apparently I’m just getting old.
When you like looking at animals, birds are one of the easiest choice. Birds and insects are the only two categories that you’ll encounter pretty much anywhere.
As expected birds are more popular.
Nice I just saw some yellow rumped warblers
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My interest in the different kinds of tits was present already from a very young age
110% it started with some light fun making about birds not being real. Looking at superbowl pics and researching different tits.
Now I regularly visit Greggs for a baguette then sit and feed my army of starlings in town while tempting other birds to me.
I plan on visiting the South of my city to see some wood parrots this weekend. 🐦
