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07/24/2006 04:43:14 PM · #1 |
I think something is up around here = the birds have gone nuts.
There is a hummingbird visiting lately, first one i've seen in my lifetime and now i see him 2 or 3 times a week. (no feeder).
Then last week a friend is over, and when he goes to leave there is a dead bird (robin i think) on the front seat of his car. apparently it went in the open window and committed suicide.
i see a birds nest in the back of hte house and go to pick it up, it's mroe like a nest ball - and it chirps at me, several baby birds in there! i drop it, quite startled, and leave it.
today I go to sweep up by the studio door and more the flower pot and there is a dead bird there (robin maybe?). No clue on this one folks.
It's beginning to creep me out!
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07/24/2006 04:44:49 PM · #2 |
Do you have something red on your porch? Red flowers? Hummingbirds like red things.
Is your studio door glass? Birds sometimes fly into them and break their necks. :/ |
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07/24/2006 04:50:39 PM · #3 |
no glass door, a screen door over a regular door with closed blinds on it...shodl not be getting the birds attention.
the HB is visiting yellow/orange day lillies.
the car was a white acura.
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07/24/2006 04:57:41 PM · #4 |
I would recommend getting a hummingbird feeder, they can be quite fun to play with and photograph.
This was taken in Arizona at my parents house.
While growing up in the Colorado Rockies we always had two feeders and more birds than you could usually count eating from them. My brother and sister would stand out there for long periods and the birds would finally get used to them and would actually rest on their fingers when eating/drinking.
One year we had a bully hummingbird that would hang in hiding and if another came by to drink it would swoop out and chase them off. It was funny watching how one would come in and as he got chased off a couple more would come drink lol. I think he learned his lesson the day someone left the screen door open and he flew right into it. Stuck straight in to it. My dad was laughing so hard he could barely get a hold on him to pull him out of it.
As for your robin problem, sorry to hear that, they have such a pretty song. If you do have a sliding glass door, I would recommend this site.
Good luck
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07/24/2006 05:01:43 PM · #5 |
| hmm, I hope you haven't started using some kind of new chemical or something around your house, sorry 'bout all the dead birds, weird |
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07/24/2006 05:01:55 PM · #6 |
How about a cat? It wouldn't make sense that a bird would fly into your friend's car and die on the seat. What would make sense is if a cat jumped in the window with the dead bird and left it there.
I know my cats used to just play with dead birds and carry them around without ever actually having the intention of eating them. I actually even have video of one of them flipping a dead bird all over the yard. He did it for hours! |
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07/24/2006 05:24:30 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by sabphoto:
One year we had a bully hummingbird that would hang in hiding and if another came by to drink it would swoop out and chase them off. It was funny watching how one would come in and as he got chased off a couple more would come drink lol. I think he learned his lesson the day someone left the screen door open and he flew right into it. Stuck straight in to it. My dad was laughing so hard he could barely get a hold on him to pull him out of it.
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That is one hilarious bird story! |
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07/24/2006 06:01:51 PM · #8 |
| A concern these days with dead birds is also West Nile Virus. Check out this site for more information |
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07/24/2006 06:28:17 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Prism:
A concern these days with dead birds is also West Nile Virus. Check out this site for more information |
Exactly what I was going to tell you about dead birds.... West Nile. We got it in our area 3 summers ago and all the crows, magpies and jay literally dissapeared. It hits the corvid family particularly hard. They started to make a comeback last summer.
A friend of mine in Colorado said when it hit there the birds would just fall out of the sky mid flight. She found dead birds everywhere.... even in the horse water trough. |
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07/25/2006 03:42:40 AM · #10 |
| It's two dead birds. I don't really think that should lead anyone to think there's some kind of deadly bird plague. Cats I tell you.. cats! |
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07/25/2006 03:52:46 AM · #11 |
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07/25/2006 03:55:55 AM · #12 |
| maybe its the avian flu ..i wouldnt touch the dead bird and maybe call the health and epidemic department to check it out....this might be serious |
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07/25/2006 03:57:30 AM · #13 |
report
Good info here on what to look for and where to report the finds.
Kremer said the Westmoreland County office has received numerous calls reporting dead birds. He said the kinds of birds they are most interested in testing are the American black crow, blue jay, cardinal, red-tailed hawk and owl. He said birds must meet the following criteria before being reported: no signs of sunken eyes or maggots, no blood, no ruffled feathers from cat attacks, and must have died within the past 24 hours. He urged residents to report dead birds through the Web site (www.westnile.state.pa.us) before calling. He said they do not collect water foul or pigeons
Message edited by author 2006-07-25 03:59:06. |
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