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No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild
turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? -- aem sends.... |
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On 3/28/2010 7:04 PM, aemeijers wrote:
No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? Off hand, I don't think he could break the glass. His beak would be an order of magnitude softer than glass and there is probably not enough weight behind it. I'd set up a barrier to be on the safe side. We've got a squirrel trying to bust through our slider. Hard head makes a lot of noise when he hits the glass. |
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On 3/28/2010 7:04 PM, aemeijers wrote: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? Off hand, I don't think he could break the glass. His beak would be an order of magnitude softer than glass and there is probably not enough weight behind it. I'd set up a barrier to be on the safe side. We've got a squirrel trying to bust through our slider. Hard head makes a lot of noise when he hits the glass. Hi, I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. But then I have a wood pecker pecking at steel street lamp pole one in a while. |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:04:59 -0400, aemeijers
wrote: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? I don't think pecking from a turkey will break tempered sliding glass doors panes. Tempered glass is easier broken at the side edge. It just takes a scratch. I have seen where golf balls have broken them. Somewhere I have some pictures (cell phone quality) where an owl flew into a slider (Andersen). When the bird hit the glass, it KNOCKED all the desert dust off him. We could see the outline of it's feathers on the glass. Turkey season? |
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: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? the turkey is attacking his REFLECTION in the glass,it's a "rival" to him. turn on a light behind it or put up some paper to block the reflection,and he'll go away. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:37:22 -0800, Oren wrote:
pictures (cell phone quality) where an owl flew into a slider (Andersen). When the bird hit the glass, it KNOCKED all the desert dust off him. We could see the outline of it's feathers on the glass. I found the pictures. What you see is DUST on the glass, not the bird. Owl dust on glass: http://i41.tinypic.com/nbf69w.jpg http://i44.tinypic.com/258477s.jpg Best from the cell phone camera! http://i41.tinypic.com/23lguqh.jpg |
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Even without breaking the glass, that turkey gonna have a
sore pecker. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Frank" wrote in message ... Off hand, I don't think he could break the glass. His beak would be an order of magnitude softer than glass and there is probably not enough weight behind it. I'd set up a barrier to be on the safe side. We've got a squirrel trying to bust through our slider. Hard head makes a lot of noise when he hits the glass. |
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In article , Tony Hwang wrote:
I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. |
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"aemeijers" wrote in message ... No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? -- aem sends.... It all depends on the turkey. Some will grasp that it is not another turkey in the window quicker than others, but some will not and just keep going at it. Birds of the same species have very different reactions to reflections. And it may have something to do with the time of year related to whether or not it is mating season. During that time, their behavior changes drastically, something like pubertyhood in humans. If this bird makes a practice of this, try taping some newspaper or a towel to the outside so he/she does not get a reflection. They might just go away, or be replaced with another one. The birds are huge, and I do believe they could come through on a bird strike. We live in the country, and have had some pretty hard strikes by some large birds, and were just waiting for the sound of breaking glass. They do leave an amusing feather dust print on the windows. Sometimes it kills them. Steve |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:52:54 -0800, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. Drunk bird on cherries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgefm1ACchA They do like their cherries. ;-) |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:04:59 -0400, aemeijers wrote:
No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? Interesting question! I found a small cone-shaped (about 1.4" wide on the outside of the glass, 3/4" on the inside) chunk missing out of a large picture window last year. I always figured I'd just caught a stone that I'd missed before mowing - but you've got me wondering now. We've seen woodpeckers in the flower bed immediately in front of that window a few times, and the hole's at perfect "beak height" (although, of course, it's also a good height for a stone kicked up by the mower :-) cheers Jules |
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On 3/28/2010 6:04 PM, aemeijers wrote:
No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? Just the other night on the news they had a story about a turkey that flew through a second story office window. It apparently wasn't badly hurt. Somebody caught it and it was to be released in a wilderness area. This was not a patio door, this was a single pane glass window. Bill |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:42:12 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:04:59 -0400, aemeijers wrote: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? Interesting question! I found a small cone-shaped (about 1.4" wide on the outside of the glass, 3/4" on the inside) chunk missing out of a large picture window last year. I always figured I'd just caught a stone that I'd missed before mowing - but you've got me wondering now. Sounds like a strike from *inside* the house. I've never noticed a bigger chunk missing on the side towards the impact. Jim |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:32:03 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Interesting question! I found a small cone-shaped (about 1.4" wide on the outside of the glass, 3/4" on the inside) chunk missing out of a large picture window last year. I always figured I'd just caught a stone that I'd missed before mowing - but you've got me wondering now. Sounds like a strike from *inside* the house. I've never noticed a bigger chunk missing on the side towards the impact. Typo! I was a fumble-fingers this morning, and my 1/4" came out as 1.4"... :-) It was definitely an outside strike, and most likely a rock thrown up by the mower, but the thread's interesting as I'd not considered a bird/ reflection problem before (we found it in spring last year, presumably when it's mating season and male birds are most territorial). Whether a woodpecker could break glass, I don't know, but they must pack quite a punch. cheers Jules |
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"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:42:12 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:04:59 -0400, aemeijers wrote: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? Interesting question! I found a small cone-shaped (about 1.4" wide on the outside of the glass, 3/4" on the inside) chunk missing out of a large picture window last year. I always figured I'd just caught a stone that I'd missed before mowing - but you've got me wondering now. Sounds like a strike from *inside* the house. I've never noticed a bigger chunk missing on the side towards the impact. Jim The "Hertzian cone" happens in a piece of glass when it is struck by a BB. The small hole is the side the projectile came from, and the large hole is on the other side. This principle is used in percussion flaking to create arrowheads and other tools by indigenous peoples. As a former user of a Red Ryder BB gun, I know all about what BBs can do to glass, and how you get a nice cone out of a bottle base. A piece of gravel would have to be very small, and traveling at a high speed to do this, and may not have the mass. A larger piece would leave a round hole, like a bullet hole, unless it was safety glass, then it would shatter. Interesting to find out the real cause. Steve |
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"Bill Gill" wrote in message ... On 3/28/2010 6:04 PM, aemeijers wrote: No smartass remarks, please- a serious question. How hard can a wild turkey peck? Is it hard enough to break an insulated glass panel in a sliding door? I threw some birdseed out onto the deck, since I was too lazy to suit up just to fill the bird feeders in the rain, and the cardinals that were lined up on schedule looked so sad and wet. Half an hour later, sitting here in the other room at the computer, I hear a loud banging from the kitchen, and run to investigate. I find a young tom repeatedly and with increasing ferver, pecking/head butting his reflection in the very dirty glass. 3 or 4 of his buddies were raptly watching, so he wasn't backing off. I had to actually bang on the glass to spook them back down into the yard, when usually ANY movement on my side of the glass sends them scurrying. I don't wanna come home to find my kitchen open to the outdoors, and covered with glass. How long does turkey spring tough guy season last? Just the other night on the news they had a story about a turkey that flew through a second story office window. It apparently wasn't badly hurt. Somebody caught it and it was to be released in a wilderness area. This was not a patio door, this was a single pane glass window. Bill They definitely got the mass to do some damage. I watched some go up into a roosting tree of great height. They took off without much of a run, and shot up into the trees with a lot more ease than I thought they would have. I remember the WKRP in Cincinnati episode, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly". This after they tossed some domesticated turkeys out of a helicopter. Steve |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:22:55 -0400, Frank
wrote: Off hand, I don't think he could break the glass. His beak would be an order of magnitude softer than glass and there is probably not enough weight behind it. I'd set up a barrier to be on the safe side. Or can you just tape paper or cardboard to the window at turkey eye level so there is no reflection. Those illegal signs stuck with wires into the ground would be useful for this. I keep a supply of htem. We've got a squirrel trying to bust through our slider. Hard head makes a lot of noise when he hits the glass. I had a cardinal that would fly into the 2nd floor window 5 or 10 times, then go to the other side of hte house and do the same thing there for a while. Many days, for several consecutive years. I just realized that he hasn't done that this year. He's probabably in the hospital with multiple concussions. |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, "
wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. I don't think my cardinal was drunk, at least there were no berries nearby, none that I knew of for blocks. |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:52:54 -0800, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. Drunk bird on cherries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgefm1ACchA Very good. I wonder if they dislike being drunk, and if they ever associate it with what they ate, and if they try to stop. I saw drunk honeybees iirc, if not that, birds, at Patrick Henry's house near Richmond Va. Do honeybees ever get drunk? |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:32:06 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote: The birds are huge, and I do believe they could come through on a bird strike. We live in the country, and have had some pretty hard strikes by some large birds, and were just waiting for the sound of breaking glass. They do leave an amusing feather dust print on the windows. Sometimes it kills them. You'd think evolution would have weeded them out millions of years ago. Steve |
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:59:23 -0800, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:37:22 -0800, Oren wrote: pictures (cell phone quality) where an owl flew into a slider (Andersen). When the bird hit the glass, it KNOCKED all the desert dust off him. We could see the outline of it's feathers on the glass. I found the pictures. What you see is DUST on the glass, not the bird. Owl dust on glass: http://i41.tinypic.com/nbf69w.jpg http://i44.tinypic.com/258477s.jpg Best from the cell phone camera! http://i41.tinypic.com/23lguqh.jpg That's the dust from the wings! Pretty funny. |
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In article , mm wrote:
SNIP stuff on drunken and otherwise wayward birds to edit for space I saw drunk honeybees iirc, if not that, birds, at Patrick Henry's house near Richmond Va. Do honeybees ever get drunk? I do know for sure that insects in general can get intoxicated by alcohol, and yellow jackets can get outright noticeably drunk. Furthermore, insects can absorb alcohol and most other common organic solvents through their skin. One fine day sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's, a yellow jacket got into a discarded beer bottle that still had some beer in it. The poor thing was barely moving, apparently nearly unconscious. I poured the beer and the yellow jacket out. Apparently, the alcohol in the yellow jacket was able to escape through its skin and evaporate - or maybe there was some other reason why it was able to recover quite a bit in mere minutes. After just a minute or two, it was able to walk, at first stumbling in random directions. A few minutes later, it was able to walk fairly straight, and then it started flying. It flew somewhat erratically, and bumped into a house a couple times before flying out of sight. - Don Klipstein ) |
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Don Klipstein wrote:
In article , mm wrote: SNIP stuff on drunken and otherwise wayward birds to edit for space I saw drunk honeybees iirc, if not that, birds, at Patrick Henry's house near Richmond Va. Do honeybees ever get drunk? I do know for sure that insects in general can get intoxicated by alcohol, and yellow jackets can get outright noticeably drunk. Furthermore, insects can absorb alcohol and most other common organic solvents through their skin. One fine day sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's, a yellow jacket got into a discarded beer bottle that still had some beer in it. The poor thing was barely moving, apparently nearly unconscious. I poured the beer and the yellow jacket out. Apparently, the alcohol in the yellow jacket was able to escape through its skin and evaporate - or maybe there was some other reason why it was able to recover quite a bit in mere minutes. After just a minute or two, it was able to walk, at first stumbling in random directions. A few minutes later, it was able to walk fairly straight, and then it started flying. It flew somewhat erratically, and bumped into a house a couple times before flying out of sight. - Don Klipstein ) insects don't have skin, nor sweat pores. they have spiracles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiracle |
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mm wrote:
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. I don't think my cardinal was drunk, at least there were no berries nearby, none that I knew of for blocks. Be glad you don't live in Africa in or near a wildlife area. Drunk large animals and primates can be entertaining but a lot of trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQPwgV-WbQ TDD |
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On Mar 28, 9:06*pm, "
wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds *broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. *The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. Drunk or sober...they're a striking bird! http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/...14dbb032f8.jpg bob |
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message ... mm wrote: Be glad you don't live in Africa in or near a wildlife area. .. . . or worse, a casino in Las Vegas. -- Nonny Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.' -Mark Twain .. |
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:35:36 -0700 (PDT), Bob Villa
wrote: Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. *The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. Drunk or sober...they're a striking bird! http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/...14dbb032f8.jpg bob A beautiful bird. The first picture I've seen of one. |
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wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. Sounds like good, cheap (HA!) entertainment. For both parties. |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:24:23 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote: mm wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. I don't think my cardinal was drunk, at least there were no berries nearby, none that I knew of for blocks. Be glad you don't live in Africa in or near a wildlife area. Drunk large animals and primates can be entertaining but a lot of trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQPwgV-WbQ TDD That looked like a drunk meerkat at :59. I never saw that on Meerkat Manor. |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:24:23 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote: mm wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. I don't think my cardinal was drunk, at least there were no berries nearby, none that I knew of for blocks. Be glad you don't live in Africa in or near a wildlife area. Drunk large animals and primates can be entertaining but a lot of trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQPwgV-WbQ TDD That looked like a drunk meerkat at :59. I never saw that on Meerkat Manor. I wonder when some of my ancient ancestors the Cavebillies first discovered alcohol? I'll bet my Cavewop ancestors discovered fermented drink first, they had to have something to go with the pasta. TDD |
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:22:07 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote: dgk wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:24:23 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote: mm wrote: On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:06:15 -0500, " wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:36:55 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , Tony Hwang wrote: I live near a provincial wilderness park and have to deal with wildlife year round. I know deer can crash through patio glass door but never heard birds broke a glass pane. They will learn quick and won't waste their energy. Bull****. Last year, some little bird in the wren family showed up in our front yard around the beginning of April, and began pecking at his reflection in our bay window. PECK! PECK! ... .PECK! PECK! every minute or two, all day long, from April to September. Every April we'd have Cedar Waxwings pick all the cherries off our ornamental cherry, get drunk, and repeatedly fly into our living room windows. The stupid birds would keep it up until the cherries were gone and then fly off until the next April. I don't think my cardinal was drunk, at least there were no berries nearby, none that I knew of for blocks. Be glad you don't live in Africa in or near a wildlife area. Drunk large animals and primates can be entertaining but a lot of trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQPwgV-WbQ TDD That looked like a drunk meerkat at :59. I never saw that on Meerkat Manor. I wonder when some of my ancient ancestors the Cavebillies first discovered alcohol? I'll bet my Cavewop ancestors discovered fermented drink first, they had to have something to go with the pasta. TDD There was an article in the Onion a few months back that was thanking the millions of people who died chewing different types of bark until they found the one that contained some drug (I forget which one). .. |
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There was an article in the Onion a few months back that was thanking the millions of people who died chewing different types of bark until they found the one that contained some drug (I forget which one). . a precursor for asprin. from willow bark. |
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:34:43 -0700, "chaniarts"
wrote: dgk wrote: There was an article in the Onion a few months back that was thanking the millions of people who died chewing different types of bark until they found the one that contained some drug (I forget which one). . a precursor for asprin. from willow bark. Right, thanks. Very funny article but it really makes you wonder how folks figured out that chewing willow bark makes you feel better. There was a beer commercial with a guy looking at a lobster saying something like "now who's the first person who looked at that and thought it might taste good". |
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:34:43 -0700, "chaniarts" wrote: dgk wrote: There was an article in the Onion a few months back that was thanking the millions of people who died chewing different types of bark until they found the one that contained some drug (I forget which one). . a precursor for asprin. from willow bark. Someone who was in pain and willing to try anything to find relief. Right, thanks. Very funny article but it really makes you wonder how folks figured out that chewing willow bark makes you feel better. There was a beer commercial with a guy looking at a lobster saying something like "now who's the first person who looked at that and thought it might taste good". Someone who was hungry. |
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There was an article in the Onion a few months back that was thanking the millions of people who died chewing different types of bark until they found the one that contained some drug (I forget which one). . a precursor for asprin. from willow bark. Hmm. Records and statistics were kept chronicling the millions of people who died from ingesting tree bark, yet at the same time in history they did not know about acetylsalicylic acid? It smells of Snopes to me. But then, with the liberal mentality of today, it is easily believable for one to conclude that statistics were discovered far before herbal remedies. Steve |
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