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Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2023, 05:38:55 AM »
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    • A female European Honey Buzzard Bird was fitted with a satellite tracking system in Finland recently and was of particular interest to locals because it spent the most recent austral summer around the town of Reitz in the Free State in South Africa. She left Reitz to start heading north on 20 April and on the 2nd of June, she finally reached Finland where she will probably spend the boreal summer before probably returning again next season for a visit in South Africa.
    Here is an image showing the data received from the tracker which plots out the route that she took to head north... so, in just 42 days, she covered over 10 000 km at an average of more than 230 km every single day! Isn’t that just amazing...?!"
    What is amazing is how she took a straight line north except for when she had to fly over water. (or Sudan)
    Apparently she turned right at the source of the Nile and followed it. It is still fascinating that after that deviation she returned to the same longitudinal line she started on and continued until she reached her destination. Mother nature at its most fascinating best.


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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #31 on: September 07, 2023, 05:48:27 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 06, 2023, 07:12:40 PM
    Another visitor to our garden is the Rainbow Lorikeet.




    How wonderful that you can see these birds in the "wild" where you live.  Here in the US, Lorikeets and Cockatoos are only found in pet stores.
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #32 on: September 07, 2023, 06:36:52 AM »
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    • Quote from: cassini on September 07, 2023, 05:38:55 AM
    Mother nature at its most fascinating best.
    :facepalm: Cassini no :fryingpan:
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #33 on: September 07, 2023, 06:34:56 PM »
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    • Quote from: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 06:36:52 AM
    :facepalm: Cassini no :fryingpan:
    Why are you beating Cassini, Anthony?
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #34 on: September 07, 2023, 06:42:41 PM »
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    • Quote from: 2Vermont on September 07, 2023, 05:48:27 AM
    How wonderful that you can see these birds in the "wild" where you live.  Here in the US, Lorikeets and Cockatoos are only found in pet stores.
    Yes, we are greatly blessed with squawkous raucous birds, like these fellows



    sulfur crested cockatoos, who fly overhead screeching enough to wake the dead.

    And this red tailed black cockatoo will break the branches of a tree with their ferocious beaks. Just as well they are not permanent but seasonal residents.

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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #35 on: September 07, 2023, 10:24:23 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 07, 2023, 06:34:56 PM
    Why are you beating Cassini, Anthony?
    "Mother nature" ---> God's Creatures/Providence


    As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute. 

    Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as Jєωels.
    Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #36 on: September 07, 2023, 11:09:41 PM »
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    • Quote from: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 10:24:23 PM
    "Mother nature" ---> God's Creatures/Providence


    As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute.

    Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as Jєωels.
    Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves
    I think it might have been a dove not a pigeon because it was on the small side.
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #37 on: September 08, 2023, 05:58:16 AM »
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    • Quote from: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 10:24:23 PM
    As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute.
    I wonder if it was a crested pigeon. His wings whistle as he takes off in flight.

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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #38 on: September 08, 2023, 07:02:10 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 07, 2023, 06:42:41 PM
    Yes, we are greatly blessed with squawkous raucous birds, like these fellows



    sulfur crested cockatoos, who fly overhead screeching enough to wake the dead.

    And this red tailed black cockatoo will break the branches of a tree with their ferocious beaks. Just as well they are not permanent but seasonal residents.


    Ha.  I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here.  I never thought of that.  Yes, these are some loud birds.  That's why you'll never find one in my home even if I think they are amazing.
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #39 on: September 08, 2023, 04:12:46 PM »
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    • Quote from: 2Vermont on September 08, 2023, 07:02:10 AM
    Ha.  I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here.  I never thought of that.  Yes, these are some loud birds.  That's why you'll never find one in my home even if I think they are amazing.
    Oh, no, 2V. I wasn't being sarcastic. It really is very noisy sometimes, but mostly a pleasant noisiness. The kookaburras sometimes join in and drown us out when we are saying our Rosary. I am fascinated by the sounds of the various birds. So much variety.

    I would never have even the quietest bird inside my home. It is nature of birds to be free, unless of course it is destined to provide food for us human. 
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #40 on: September 08, 2023, 05:28:13 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 04:12:46 PM
    Oh, no, 2V. I wasn't being sarcastic. It really is very noisy sometimes, but mostly a pleasant noisiness. The kookaburras sometimes join in and drown us out when we are saying our Rosary. I am fascinated by the sounds of the various birds. So much variety.

    I would never have even the quietest bird inside my home. It is nature of birds to be free, unless of course it is destined to provide food for us human.
    Oh OK.  Thanks for clarifying that!!

    I just discovered these adorable beach birds when we went to Maine this summer.  It's amazing how well camouflaged they are on the beach and how quickly they run across the sand:


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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #41 on: September 08, 2023, 06:59:39 PM »
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    • Quote from: 2Vermont on September 08, 2023, 05:28:13 PM
    Oh OK.  Thanks for clarifying that!!

    I just discovered these adorable beach birds when we went to Maine this summer.  It's amazing how well camouflaged they are on the beach and how quickly they run across the sand:


    How beautiful are they!!! Thanking you for sharing, 2V.
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    « Reply #42 on: September 08, 2023, 07:58:25 PM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 05:58:16 AM
    I wonder if it was a crested pigeon. His wings whistle as he takes off in flight.
    Is this the bird you saw, Anthony. They are very endearing.



    This shows their whistling wing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s
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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #43 on: September 08, 2023, 10:46:18 PM »
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    • Yeah, the government sure makes some great looking and cute spying devices don't they.  :laugh1:

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    Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
    « Reply #44 on: September 09, 2023, 02:30:18 AM »
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    • Quote from: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 07:58:25 PM
    Is this the bird you saw, Anthony. They are very endearing.



    This shows their whistling wing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s
    I think it was a rock dove.
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