California Gardening: Backyard Birds (continued), 0 by Twincol

Twincol wrote:
Oh, KC, what a good idea to teach your talker his addie and tele#. I didn't know that they were the best talkers. Not that I know much about birds, BTW. But they are not as demanding, it seems to me, as parrots, for example, for attention, at least not the parakeets I had as a child. I understand that parrots can be very demanding, needy, and if not given sufficient attention, destructive or nasty. They must, I understand, have enuf attention to be pleasant to have around.

I learned something on Animal Planet this weekend which just blew my skirt up. I learned that the hollow skeleton of eagles weigh half as much as their feathers. Isn't that mind blowing? Amazing!! Absolutely amazing.

Speaking of birds, here's a pic of the little divots that the local finch population is leaving in the dust of my front yard. (Oops, should I post this to the front yard birds" forum? LOL). It is just a hoot to catch them rolling around, wings and feathers throwing dust about in a little flock, 5 or 6 or more at a time. So cute to watch. Can you imagine them in this picture?

Linda




This message was edited Jul 28, 2009 9:45 PM