notlamprey Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 It's spring migration season in the americas, which means a bountiful harvest of fabulous birds for those of us who like spotting them. These aren't my pictures, but I feel compelled to share the joy of birb. What follows is a small collection of the best-looking species to grace my balcony feeder so far. Birb the First: Indigo Bunting Spoiler Birb the Second: Rose-breasted Grosbeak Spoiler Birb the Third: Blue Grosbeak Spoiler Birb the Fourth: American Goldfinch Spoiler Alabama may have voted for Trump, but at least we have birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMcGeek Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I see a lot of the rose-breasted grosbeaks in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfScrugging Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 don't really notice birds where i live ._. can't really add much to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeWielder65 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 *deep in the forests of earth* Rose-breasted Grosbeak : *cheep?* Zephyr:Rose? is that you? Rose: *chirp, chirp* Zephyr: omigosh! i've been looking for you forever! Rose:*cheep* Zephyr: it has been a long time,sister. you still dating that Goldfinch? Rose:*chirp,chirp,CHEEP* Zephyr: eesh. touchy subject i guess. c'mon let's catch up over some birdseed *both peck at a nearby grineer corspe* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty5 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) New Zealand birds are way cooler. We have RareParrot Edited April 16, 2016 by Sixty5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom_Bunny Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Spring = Territorial bastards Magpies. As for pretty birds we do get various lorikeets, parrots, rosellas, finches, and wrens. Eclectus Parrot: Spoiler Crimson Rosella: Spoiler Rainbow Lorikeet: Spoiler Painted Firetail: Spoiler Superb fairywren: Spoiler Then there is galahs, cockatoos, corellas, cockatiels, currawongs, and kookaburras. Blue winged Kookaburra: Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notlamprey Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Postal_pat said: Then there is galahs, cockatoos, corellas, cockatiels, currawongs, and kookaburras. Ah yes, the noble galah. There's a classic Australian recipe for galah, if I recall. The prettiest birds I saw were on the Gold Coast. (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom_Bunny Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 1 hour ago, notlamprey said: Ah yes, the noble galah. There's a classic Australian recipe for galah, if I recall. The prettiest birds I saw were on the Gold Coast. (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) Ingredients: 1 Galah plucked, 1 stone. Directions: Place galah and stone into billy and cover with water. Cook over fire for three days, topping up with water as needed. Once stone has softened, throw away galah and eat the stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecapitatingJim Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revel72 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Sparrows, Great tit (English WHY?!), Bullfinches, Magpies, Jackdaws, Ravens, Crows, might have heard singing of Nightingales, Blackbird, have had been hearing Mews screaming and some Great Spotted Woodpeckers. I might have seen some Hollow tit (again English WHY?!) also I have seen and heard Pigeons. Finland is really good country for bird scouting for whole year. Just set up a place where birds can eat in Winter and just watch the birds come. Although at last Autumn and Summer. Goldeneyes, Mallards, Buntings, Cranes (bird), Whooper (How is that a bird name?), Jays, Curlews, I have seen Loons, Red-throated divers, Barn Swallows, Lapwings and Wagtails (really fitting name). Much younger I have seen some Waxwings. Have heard singing of Pied flycatcher and Greenfinch also seen Greenfinch. Yeah I guess you guys must be thinking that I am pulling you on a rope but I have lived in areas and been in areas where you can see a lot of birds ranging from a bit everywhere. I might have heard singing of Pearl Owl. Have seen Black Woodpecker when I was younger. Right now when I am living in city I don't expect to see a lot of birds. When I was younger I used to live in really small villages and areas where human population wasn't so big. Edited April 15, 2016 by Revel72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)makrisbrik Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Plenty of these in my area. In fact a friend has 10 pigeons and every time he sets them to fly, the hawk would just pick them off. 3 are left and won't even leave the coop. Replaced the image, it was insensitive. Edited April 15, 2016 by (PS4)makrisbrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeWielder65 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 13 hours ago, (PS4)makrisbrik said: Plenty of these in my area. In fact a friend has 10 pigeons and every time he sets them to fly, the hawk would just pick them off. 3 are left and won't even leave the coop. Replaced the image, it was insensitive. aww that sucks, i really like pidgeons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Cwellann Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 None here where I live now, but when I lived in upstate NY... egrets all the time in the Upper Hudson, and one of the best parts about heading up into the High Peaks was the chance to see one of these: On 4/15/2016 at 9:29 PM, Sixty5 said: We have RareParrot Your image link is broken. I'm guessing it was a kea, the only parrot to miss the "Hey, screw these mountains, we're moving to the tropics" memo. Probably why it nibbles the fat off the backs of the sheep to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty5 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 13 minutes ago, (PS4)Cwellann said: Your image link is broken. I'm guessing it was a kea, the only parrot to miss the "Hey, screw these mountains, we're moving to the tropics" memo. Probably why it nibbles the fat off the backs of the sheep to this day. nah man, Keas are common I was talking about the Kakapo Its is a flightless parrot that likes to shag peoples heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Cwellann Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 20 minutes ago, Sixty5 said: -snip- I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thank you. And my wife is going to flip her %^& when I show this to her XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty5 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 15 minutes ago, (PS4)Cwellann said: I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thank you. And my wife is going to flip her %^& when I show this to her XD New Zealand has best Birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b_m0m0 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 In short-Edgy Chickens In a place near where I'm currently staying, there's this breed of chicken which the locals call kadaknath. most notable for being black to the bone (literally) even the eggs are black apparently they taste super good, so they're super expensive. next is the satyr tragopan, it's a local pheasant found in areas near my hometown, and finally, the state bird from my place,the blood pheasant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecapitatingJim Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 (edited) We have these things around where we live. They keep coming into our garden and pissing the dog off Young ones are pretty common around here too. Edited April 16, 2016 by DecapitatingJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMcGeek Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I did see this one in someones backyard about 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldnacpeek Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 The Spring influx of Robins is upon me. It was nice to encounter so many of them on my path today. They aren't as frantic as other birds, so in my situation I didn't encounter many who would fly away as I would walk by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notlamprey Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 9 hours ago, OverlordMcGeek said: I did see this one in someones backyard about 2 weeks ago. Aw yiss. Silkie chickens. Spoiler Fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freekiku Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I would show a picture of zephyr but aint nobody got time for that xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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