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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:15 PM Original message |
I'm a bird nerd.... Ask me anything! |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. About birds you mean, or more generally? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Whichever you prefer. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Have you ever listened to Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I haven't |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. To my mind it's the best attempt to capture birdsong |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are you concerned about the avian flu epidemic? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm more concerned about West Nile |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. What is your favorite boobie? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I've only ever seen Brown Boobies and Gannets |
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SofaKingLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. How many feathers does the average bald eagle have? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Nice one, wiseass... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. You should say for them to look it up... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. So do you own these records? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I have that one on tape |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Do you have them loaded on an iPod? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. NERD! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We already knew that, babe... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had a Yellow and Black Gross Beak at the feeder yesterday... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You mean an Evening Grosbeak? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Probably... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's a helluva lot more than most people can say |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Would you please take my Quaker parrot? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I lived next door to a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Rats. n/t |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Hi Old Broad! |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Hello, my dear u4ic! |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. why aren't there more poisonous birds? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ah, the Hooded Pitohui... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. How are you? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm pretty good |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm okay |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Can you help me figure out what bird I saw? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Was the ring on the neck |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Definitely on the back |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Was it one of these? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. the bottom one |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The top one is a band-tailed pigeon |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thank you! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. that's what I was thinking, too |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Why does the Porridge Bird lay her eggs in the air? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I dunno... why? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Damn, I thought you knew. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. What's the little band above a bird's eye called? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The supercilium? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Lores? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The lores are between the eye and the bill |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. OK |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. Is the bird really |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. It's true |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow carrying a coconut... |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. African or European swallow? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. 1)These days, do you find it hard not to prejudge |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I gained a whole new respect for bushtits |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. Follow up on hawks. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I was thinking about this the other day |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. turkey vultures -- do they really have a fantastic sense of smell ... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. They've done studies on how vultures find food |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. I actually took part in one of those ... |
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RadiDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. Should all Mini Macaws be reclassified as Diopsittica, not Ara? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Of course |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. What kind of bird will subdue a skunk as prey? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Golden Eagle and Great Horned Owl are the only birds I'm aware of |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. YES!! You are correct!! I am humbled before you! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. Have you ever seen |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I saw two and heard a third on Tuesday night |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Nope |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
62. What's your take on Galloanserae? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Avian cladistics is a kaleidoscope of competing theories |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. Asian Corvids... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Hooded Crows don't get that far east |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Ooo, I think you're right... |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
68. Which species of bird has a penis? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. "Ostriches and other ratites, certain ducks, gallinaceous birds, |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
85. Don't forget the Greater Vasa Parrot, |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
71. Why do Mockingbirds mock? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I have no idea why any birds mimic other birds |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
72. I am a big bluebird fan |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Bluebirds eat insects, worms, and berries |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
74. If a cat brings a bird to you in its mouth, what should be done... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Aside from taking it to the emergency vet |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. Thanks for your reply. |
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Jazz2006 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
78. What kind of bird is this? |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. These birds are all over my backyard |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
80. Paging XemaSab..... |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
81. Today I saw a regular brown bird--I don't know what |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
83. I saw a pair of Ovenbirds. |
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intrepid_wanderer (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
88. ermmm |
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