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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:57 AM Original message |
Some birds are building a nest in my garage |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Barn Swallows build a nest in our garage every year |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's actually a full-grown bird. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have a mystery bird family that hatched under my stoop last year. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes, you find yourself really caring about them |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't get a look see of my nest. I just hear the little churps every time I walk |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Has a mockingbird ever swept down at you? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I've never seen a mockingbird. Must be an American bird. I'm up here in Canada. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. During the past 20 or so years, they've come up to NH. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Every year birds would nest in our chimney in my parents' old house. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That can get noisy! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Which was the other reason to make sure the flu was closed tightly. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. ok -- that officially makes you the best! |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Aw, thanks! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. lol -- then that makes you the best-est! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Looks like a Carolina Wren |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I was thinking a wren |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. If it's central Texas it's probably a Bewick's Wren... |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm sold |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I would be honored if birds built a nest in my garage.... |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I do feel honored |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Cool |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's supposed to get in the 90s here today. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It is actually mild today |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. If I were you, I'd consider that an incredibly good omen |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Good idea! |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Be neighbourly and invite them inside for cake and coffee. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. They (and you, Darth_Kitten) would be safer outside |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. We had a robin who nested in a shrub that had grown up over a window. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I totally understand that! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. When I clean hair out of my comb, |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. They're pretty resourceful, aren't they? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I love wrens! |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Awwww! That bird looks so cute sleeping there. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It does make me feel good! |
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littlebit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. That is so cool |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. There was a time when I knew all of the main birds and leaves. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. I love birds, but hate the fledgling season, simply because |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That's a tough position! |
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