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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:07 PM Original message |
"Where do the birdies go when it rains and when it's cold?".... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. They hide under stuff if it gets too rainy |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks so much for your post! We love the birds in our backyard. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Someone has! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Patriotic poop catchers! I think I saw these on CNN one day --- |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. A pair of wrens turned an old sparrow nest into a roost... |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. thanks for asking -- I wonder this, too. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Oh, western North Carolina! I lived in Flat Rock, NC, near Hendersonville, |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. wow -- sounds like a harrowing time |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I did some interviews for WHKP-AM radio in Hendersonville, NC, run by a man whose first name was |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Birds in winter |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. We observed cardinals in pairs each winter in New England. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. A lot of them stay in my back yard. They're not stupid.... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thanks, Robeson. We feed them, too! Interestingly, we get hungry cats looking for their |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Not Nature's way when the predator is an alien. Here's a link... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thanks for the great link. Do you mean that cats are aliens? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. yes, of course, cats are an introduced alien predator species to north america |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thank you, you explained that better that I could have. :-) |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Pitohui, I never discussed this on the DU and honestly don't recall talking with anyone about it |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Everyone has their own specialties. I'm sure... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yes'm, our birds evolved to evade our specific predators... |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Cats eat them. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. you're kidding right? they fly south for the winter if it bothers them |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, I just posted a picture of birds. I didn't expect them to match anything. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. They huddle deep in the bushes |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Never thought about the feathers' ability to conserve heat and keep out the cold. |
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