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I got a pair of mini binoculars - Leica 10x25 - and would really recommend minis if you get outside regularly and want to make looking at birds (and other cool things) part of your regular routine. I always used to have the feeling that I needed to be doing some kind of Official Outdoor Activity to take the regular binoculars along, so I didn't bring them with me all that often unless I was specifically going out to look for birds or going on a hike etc. They are tiny and light and fit in my pocket, so it's no big deal to carry them whenever I'm walking the dog or just pottering about. I've had a lot of fun even just being able to watch local birds going about their business in the area beyond what I see of them at backyard feeders.
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Ratjaculation posted:This behaviour can cause problems, including them moving cones out of a road during road works to the point that some infrastructure projects include kea playgrounds to distract them from causing mayhem 
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Is there an image in the post that isn't showing up anymore? Is it a ghost bird? 
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Swallows, such grumpy little puffs
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Ciaraioch/status/1301609077815074824
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my cat is norris posted:I spotted one of the city peregrines while driving into work yesterday. It reminded me that it's just about to be nesting season for a lot of raptors! Any cams that you guys love to watch? https://mobile.twitter.com/leedsbirder/status/1348227334525095936
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H110Hawk posted:Super laggy for me, but there is a 2 egg cam below it in my suggestions that's awesome. Except they keep moving the camera around. loving watching this right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knforhbo2AY e: yeah I do wish they'd quit moving the camera around so much Enfys fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jan 15, 2021 |
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As someone not living in the US, watching backyard birds from Ohio is pretty neat, very different to my own backyard bird buds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtGUTs_HgcE
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https://mobile.twitter.com/EmoBurd/status/876984351065481216 A very graceful bird
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Agrinja posted:On my commute home as soon as I pulled into my neighborhood a red tail hawk came down and landed nearby with a prey item. Some sort of small bird I couldn't identify it, but hawk! That was so cool, I wish I could have gotten photos. That's a nice way to end a work day
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Lead out in cuffs posted:
so many My local starlings haven't heard the news about not liking suet without seeds and will gobble up any and all suet without discrimination, but hopefully yours won't like it.
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dupersaurus posted:(one of) My quarantine projects has been setting up a raspberry pi-powered bird feeder cam. I've gotten it to the point where it's only taking empty pictures of the swinging feeder 50% of the time, and now I'm trying to get some machine learning going to reduce those false-positives. 
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El Burbo posted:Saw a group of swallow-tailed kites today. ooooh gorgeous
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Bloody posted:The neighborhood crow fledglings are starting to show themselves I love watching gangly crow fledglings beg their parents for food the same way and with the same body language as the tiny sparrow fledglings are, just much larger and louder. It always cracks me up that fledglings will stand on top of a feeding table and shriek wildly at their parents for food even though it's right there in front of them and would be less effort for them to get it themselves.
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YggiDee posted:All songbirds have the same amount of bastard in them so the smaller they are the more concentrated it is. It's also why wrens are so loud.  absolute terrors of the garden
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My PIN is 4826 posted:Quite unusually (for my garden) there was a single goldfinch hanging around all day, and it even let me get close enough for a photo. Hoping there's nothing wrong with it, as they're usually too skittish for humans to walk up to them... that's worrying  keep an eye on him and for any other finches acting off - it could be that nasty virus in which case you should take down your feeders for a couple weeks and disinfect them
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