1y ago

Please lmk if not allowed - but thought you would all appreciate

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12609613

Birds

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1y ago

Birds

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Spent my whole adult life saying I didn't give a shit about birds. Yeah.
When I lived in Chicago 20 years ago, and their bodies were littering the streets from West Nile virus, I noticed. I noticed the lack of birds in the sky. Seems no one else did.
I now have 3 different types of feeders and a birdhouse.
Got my childhood treasures back, uh, there's a lot of antique bird figurines. And I used to collect owls.
Saw a pileated woodpecker for the first time at camp in December. NEAT! Got a couple of feeders and started learning to make suet.
Been rolling my own hummingbird food for years.
But I'm not really into birds.
- What do you do for hummingbird food? I'm trying to attract them to my apartment's roof garden. I see them up there once or twice a year so I know they get this high up but I want more
  
  You can make hummingbird nectar at home. I think it’s 4:1 water to sugar, let it cool after boiling to dissolve and fill up a feeder. Double check the ratio but I used to get them at my 21st floor apartment. Good luck, they are my favorites!
- Those pileated woodpeckers are so big! Like the size of a chicken, they're so cool.
damn is that a yellow-rumped warbler
... yes
One day you notice a gray hair, the next you notice a gray jay.
I just turned old years old and one of my kids got me a t-shirt that simply reads "i like birds."
and it's true... i like em a lot... 🤓
seeing a group of cedar waxwings for the first time a couple weeks ago had me marveling like a child again...
and also saying... "i thought they'd be bigger" 😁
- I absolutely love ducks and own 10 of them. Any time I see ducks in the wild, I love identifying their breeds, or what breeds their parents were if they're hybrids. Muscovy ducks are my fave because they're just so happy. Totally act like dogs. I own three of them and they're a joy.
  
  We raised ducks and geese for a good long while. My partner adored them. 😊
"Look, Raymond,"
I'm a big fan of cardinals
Thanks for the chuckle on my work break!
I used to argue with guys about punk rock and politics, now I mostly try to parse sparrows. Got a lot of lookalikes here. Don't even get me started on the hawks

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