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Rookery Birds
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| May 27,2009
| swampsniper
Posted on 05/27/2009 5:39:10 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
These are a few weeks old, the rains have kept me pretty much grounded. The rains also killed a bunch of the newly hatched chicks. Some of the birds will try again, but they'll have to beat hurricans season to pull it off.
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis and Wood Stork, Mycteria americana.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bird; nest; photo; rookery
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:48:41 AM PDT
by
pnut22
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Aww. Aren’t they cute? Thanks Swampsniper
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:55:52 AM PDT
by
Dinah Lord
(fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The woodstork looks like somebody transplanted the head of a vulture on it.
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posted on
05/27/2009 6:04:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: cripplecreek
They are closely related on the bird family tree.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
05/27/2009 6:08:16 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
05/27/2009 6:09:25 AM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Liberalism is a psychological disorder and a dangerous mental illness.)
To: Charles Martel
They’ve got an abundance of insects somewhere, they’d do well to leave the egrets be. They will move on when the food source is gone. A flock of cattle egrets can eat a lot of crickets, grasshoppers and grubs. As to a health hazard, that just isn’t likely. I spend a lot of time around wading birds, it sure hasn’t hurt me.
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I've had goldfinches hanging around a lot. This little guy was nice and relaxed....
...Till the female arrived.
I think he was interested.
I've got a lot of Orioles around this summer too but they're hard to attract.
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posted on
05/27/2009 6:28:01 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: cripplecreek
Put out cut oranges to attract the Orioles. They love them at my place!
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posted on
05/27/2009 6:30:16 AM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
To: cripplecreek
They are pretty little guys. They are never here for long, they just pass through.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I also like rookery areas, but a residential neighborhood is no place for one. The stench is something else, for one thing.
The reasons they were there:
1. Substrate - something on which to build a nest.
2. Freedom from predators - not too many predators in a residential area.
3. Food within a reasonable flight radius Texas has lots for a bird to eat.
Nice tall trees were the first attraction, IMHO.
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posted on
05/27/2009 8:30:03 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:48:36 AM PDT
by
Grammy
(It amazes me how much someone with character and integrity offends someone without.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Not far from where I live here in S.E. Michigan there are 2 Blue Heron rookeries. I never knew they nested in trees until one day I was driving into work and spotted a bunch of nests high up in the tops of dead trees on the edge of a small swamp........pretty cool.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:52:42 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: rintense
Put out cut oranges to attract the Orioles
I haven't seen an oriole on my side of the state in a few years.
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posted on
05/27/2009 10:55:12 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
05/27/2009 12:08:06 PM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
To: rintense
I've been seeing more and more white egrets around here as the years go on. In the early morning I see them fly over my house in small flocks of maybe 5 to 8 on their way to their favorite ponds. There is now one that has taken up residence in the pond at the entrance to my subdivision along with a blue heron.........
As a side note, my sister and bro-in-law have a small pond with koi tucked into a corner of their yard next to their shed. The last couple of years the fish were mysteriously disappearing. Then one morning they were looking out the kitchen window and saw what was taking the fish. It was a blue heron that at the time was perched on the roof of the shed looking down at the free sushi bar deciding what he was going to have for lunch.........LOL!
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posted on
05/27/2009 12:49:57 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Loved it...needed a new desktop background!
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posted on
05/27/2009 1:46:00 PM PDT
by
3D-JOY
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