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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:51 AM Aug 2014

Silly little birds!

The birdbath is full but they insist on holding onto the pond liner to sip water. It seems as if they are daredevils, challenging one another to climb down anything (aerator hose, electric cord, plastic flower pot hanger holding the waterlily, leaves) to get closer to the pond surface.


One of the koi came up to investigate.

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Silly little birds! (Original Post) In_The_Wind Aug 2014 OP
We need a birdbath cam! antiquie Aug 2014 #1
D'oh. It would be great but I don't have the knowledge (or funds) to do that this year. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #3
I can't stop watching. antiquie Aug 2014 #5
Simple things amuse me. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #6
"Ooh! Hey! Look everybody! Stan and Phil are fighting!" Aristus Aug 2014 #7
It gets brutal out there! In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #8
They are creatures of habit. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #2
They'll be back. I couldn't find the red food coloring for the hummingbird sugar mix. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
3. D'oh. It would be great but I don't have the knowledge (or funds) to do that this year.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:29 AM
Aug 2014

Maybe next year.

I get a lot of exercise walking in to look out the window to laugh (and stop myself from worrying if one has fallen in).



This gif always cracks me up.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
6. Simple things amuse me.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:42 AM
Aug 2014
Like the way my body was still vibrating (3 hours after I got home) from driving between trucks all day. It took hours to fall asleep last night.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
7. "Ooh! Hey! Look everybody! Stan and Phil are fighting!"
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:57 AM
Aug 2014

"FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"


..."Oh, hey! Are you guys okay?..."

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
2. They are creatures of habit.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:24 AM
Aug 2014

The bird feeder that I typically use to feed the birds is so filthy that I used a second feeder while I figure out how to pull the dirty one down to clean it. It's been 24 hours and the bird chorus that I usually hear in the morning is gone because the birds don't like the second feeder. They're gone.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
4. They'll be back. I couldn't find the red food coloring for the hummingbird sugar mix.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:35 AM
Aug 2014

The hummers came to the feeder anyway.

Your birds know the food source. Maybe the feeder just needs a bit of bird poo on it so it won't smell so new. If you have the room, hang both feeders when you've cleaned the first one.

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