I love seeing most birds of prey, and my favorite is the peregrine falcon. but since I raise them the Saxony and Silver Appleyard ducks are my all time favorites.
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It's like potato chips, can't eat just one. I like to hear cardinals in the early morning. I watch a flock of turkeys comb through the field near my house, and the Canada geese on the pond. Every year the phoebes nest in my barn. Sad though, they'll all be leaving soon, except the turkeys.
Ptui bird. When you taste it you say "Ptui," it tastes so bad. The only way to eat one is to shoot it over a pot of boiling water and hope it falls in.
I like Lucy. Another favorite bird of mine is the Laysan Albatross. I spend 8 months on Midway Island when
I was in the Navy and the Navy had custody of Midway Island. Now it belongs to the Department of Interior
as a wildlife refuge. The albatross are sometimes called Gooney Birds by the ignorant, because they take
hard landings after days/weeks/months at sea, but they have a lot of dignity airborne, and an interesting
social and family life on land. They dance and do their "sky call," and many other interesting activities,
and seeing the chicks hatch and slowly accustom to eventual flight was a lifetime experience.
I was in the Navy and the Navy had custody of Midway Island. Now it belongs to the Department of Interior
as a wildlife refuge. The albatross are sometimes called Gooney Birds by the ignorant, because they take
hard landings after days/weeks/months at sea, but they have a lot of dignity airborne, and an interesting
social and family life on land. They dance and do their "sky call," and many other interesting activities,
and seeing the chicks hatch and slowly accustom to eventual flight was a lifetime experience.
Little Owls becuase they have the most character of any wild bird I've ever seen. To my mind, though, nothing beats the taste of duck.
I would say the Shit Bird, I have seen so many in my life that I have grown fond of the different kinds! :rofl:
I love to talk to the doves in the morning, pretty good at it, they love to see me on the deck with my pipe on the weekends. We also have a owl that visits us late at night quit often. His favorite perch rotted and finally broke, so I climbed up there and made him a new one.
I like all birds. Maybe I was one in a previous incarnation. (Bad karma -- comin' back as a human bean!) :lol:
Geese are good for me. Every day, I see many gaggles flying from the Chicago suburbs to the lakefront parks and back.
Geese are good for me. Every day, I see many gaggles flying from the Chicago suburbs to the lakefront parks and back.
My wife and I are avid duck hunters, but I must say that everyone we have ever harvested were given away to people that eat them. We do not like wild duck in anyway there cooked, we have tried everyway. All we keep is the jewelry on them if they have any. One might think how do wild ducks have jewelry? If you have to ask this question then your not a duck hunter.
'Really like Carolina Wrens, a gutsy little bird that zips right up and looks you in the eye, and
will almost nest in your hat. Fearless. Round little bodies, and long bills, but agile and quick.
Mockingbirds are another great avian. What songsters. They can do scores of different calls,
some imitative, but many improvisational. In the spring, a male will sit on the top of a pine
or flag pole singing his heart out (luring a girlfriend) and mid-song will do a back flip and
re-alight on its perch. They really do a thrilling music. If you walk past a bush where one is
singing, you realize what volume they generate. No amp required.
will almost nest in your hat. Fearless. Round little bodies, and long bills, but agile and quick.
Mockingbirds are another great avian. What songsters. They can do scores of different calls,
some imitative, but many improvisational. In the spring, a male will sit on the top of a pine
or flag pole singing his heart out (luring a girlfriend) and mid-song will do a back flip and
re-alight on its perch. They really do a thrilling music. If you walk past a bush where one is
singing, you realize what volume they generate. No amp required.
Well this one is hard to narrow down to one or even a few. I am a birder and photographing birds is one of my favorite hobbies. A few of my favorites are the American Kestrel, the Great Blue Heron and the almost tame Western Scrub Jays around my back yard that will come and take peanuts from my hand.
I love all birds, from canaries to owls... I have hooters outside the house sometimes, and mourning doves at work. But my favorite is the Tennessee Mockingbird. (+1 mso489!) Mockers will fight anything, including themselves if they see a mirror. A mocker chasing a crow out of his territory is a common sight round here.
Obscure reference, ten point bonus: "I don't like the gannet. They wet their nests."
Obscure reference, ten point bonus: "I don't like the gannet. They wet their nests."
Mine is the Ferruginous Hawk. I spent some time documenting a nest of them near where I lived for a 4-H project and that drew me to them as a bird. Many people mistake them for a Swainson's but the coloring on the underside of the wings is distinctive and cool.
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