jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 6:24:25 GMT -5
Morning and evenings only Mark. It is aware of the door being open. They work my wetland pastures. Flee when I enter the area. gone and fast Will be looking up the W. Lazuli, is it super shy ? Not particularly shy, but we also have them in larger numbers, say 4 to 10 are always nearby the feeding area. Thanks for sharing Mark. Lazuli Bunting that visits Mark in Montana, from images:  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 6:29:23 GMT -5
James shy and elusive? Maybe used to be... I think he's already gone Hollywood on us, Pat. The blue jays here are loud and sassy too, Pat. They are most raucous. My dad used to leave shelled peanuts in the yard for them, which they'd snap up in a heartbeat. So he always called them "peanut birds," lol. Western scrub-jay  oh yes, Blue Jays dang sure have attitude. Here in the east too. Get close to their chicks and be prepared for direct attack. Eastern Blue Jay from images :  |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 15, 2015 7:29:31 GMT -5
The blue jays here drive the cardinals away... aggressive devils. They can spot a peanut left for them from afar, hawk eyed little pointy-heads! I left peanuts for the back yard chipmunk here when we first came to this area, then I saw who was really picking them up, almost as fast as I could put them out there. I think they are prehistoric looking, with those crests, and their calls. Birds being descendants of dinosaurs, I guess that is likely.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2015 10:54:27 GMT -5
The blue jays here drive the cardinals away... aggressive devils. They can spot a peanut left for them from afar, hawk eyed little pointy-heads! I left peanuts for the back yard chipmunk here when we first came to this area, then I saw who was really picking them up, almost as fast as I could put them out there. I think they are prehistoric looking, with those crests, and their calls. Birds being descendants of dinosaurs, I guess that is likely. They drive cats away too. Probably bobcats and mountain lions. Nothing funnier than a cat hunkered down with his ears low and switching his tail Whilst the jays swoop down on him punishing him for his transgressions against the jays's nest. |
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Post by panamark on Jun 15, 2015 11:36:12 GMT -5
Okay, James is this a scene that got cut from your new thriller?
The Hellcat meets Jaywalker
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 15, 2015 16:47:28 GMT -5
In a previous life, I had several cats (or did they have me?) and lived in a mobile home park. One of our cats, Sneaky (named after the Kliban "Sneakycat" that she resembled), was always getting nailed by a mockingbird. It was always dive bombing on her, actually plucking fur out of her backside. Bob got tired of it (imagine the cat did as well!), so one day he used a pellet gun and plinked the annoying thing off a phone wire across the drive from us. One shot, and the bird dropped from the wire, hit the hood of the old Chevy truck the neighbor owned, took one bounce and dropped dead towards the ground. Before it could hit the ground, the cat snatched it up and raced home with it. No evidence!
We were laughing hysterically over that incident, lol. I wouldn't normally do something like this to a bird, or any other wild animal, but this one just really pushed it too far.
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Post by panamark on Jun 15, 2015 17:22:20 GMT -5
LOL Jean, you gotta wonder what the cat did with the body of that devil!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 9:00:33 GMT -5
You know that cat had to throw down on that bird's carcass rockpickerforever. Common behavior for jays/mockingbirds around here panamark. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 16, 2015 10:41:42 GMT -5
jamesp, what was so funny was that she just DID it, we were totally not expecting her to do anything of the kind. Perhaps she picked up on our vibes, that we didn't want anybody to know what had just happened. We stood there, watching in fascination, our jaws dropped, mouths wide open. She scooped up that lil' bugger, raced back across the drive and dropped it at our feet. Good cat!!! The cat was a great mouser as well. She was also in harmony with the local wildlife, practiced "catch and release." Caught gophers and such, brought them into the trailer and released them, that is. More than once I found live ones scurrying (actually, shuffling is probably more like it - they are not that fast) down the hallway. One time she placed a dead one underneath a throw rug. I had to sniff that one out after it had been dead and getting stepped on for awhile. Yuk... But it was just one bird, I'm sure there were others over the years. This particular event just kind of sticks in the mind, lol!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 11:08:12 GMT -5
Parents had cats all my youth. Seen some funny things happen with the cats. However, this stunt takes the show.
Common for the cats to bring their 'prize' in the house. Mom tripping out yelling for me or my brother to get rid of the critter.
Cool cat. In great need of a mouser since Lenny the stud killed our cat.
bet that cat caught his share of other birds.
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