The 43rd TPBM "Waiting (impatiently) for Noir" Random Chat

Permagrin wrote in post #11899887
thanks Terri. I'm cautiously optimistic that my fever may have broken. I've taken two doses of the antibiotics now.

Holy *($#!. I just had a flock of starlings move all the other birds out of my yard. I've never had starlings here. They came like the locust. I put out two cups of seed and it's nearly gone. Just in minutes.

Trash birds. Every so often they'll descend on our feeders; they usually head elsewhere after I've gone out to chase them off a couple of times,after which we're good for a few days. The other trash birds are English Sparrows. Except they mix in with the other small birds so there's less you can do.

Harm wrote in post #11899913
and you didn't get any photos either?!?!

Why? You've seen starlings. They come from England. Dark coloured, speckled all over seasonally and a yellow bill. Size of a Robin. Travel in hordes.

short5 wrote in post #11901437
This is mine Lisa, I really like it and have owned a few of them with no problems.

That's it! Mine is just red.
As long as there's something bright to attract them to the spout, you don't need to colour the syrup either.

That^ Invasive exotic spicies, kill them at will.

That.

and for the record, I have no idea what a starling is.

Permi, at the moment a little challah bread seems to have settled my tummy.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901709
and for the record, I have no idea what a starling is.

Black speckled birds about the size of a scrub jay that are an introduced species. They take over native bird nesting habitats and force them away from food sources and since they are more aggressive by nature, the native birds don't stand a chance. They are everywhere in hoards.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901715
Permi, at the moment a little challah bread seems to have settled my tummy.

I like challah & love bread in general . Unfortunately I can only eat little bits of bread otherwise it makes me sick. These last couple of weeks I've been living like a pregnant woman. Keeping down what I crave. Taking all the vitamins necc to keep my system going and not stressing the rest. I've not lost an ounce of weight either. Figures.

a little of anything seems to be the rub. I've heard a gluten free diet is good for Lupus and RA, tho I am only in my preliminary research phase at the moment, lol. I love bread.

Crissa, if you want to see how starlings travel...click...it IS like locust


and here's a closeup photo

aah, OK I have seen them, they look like a grackle without the nice eyes and some more spots.

I am NO birder, LOL!!

I can't wait to have a larger easier to cook in kitchen!

the sad part about the starlings is that they were NOT introduced to North America for a good reason.

I mean, we got the cane toad because they were trying to eradicate the cane beetle. We got the mongoose (who has nearly wiped out the the entire bird population of Hawaii, except on one island I believe) because they were trying to wipe out the rat that was destroying the sugar cane.

But the reason we have starlings...because, in 1890, a small group of people thought that North America should be exposed to all the animals in Shakespeare. So they let loose 60 starlings in Central Park. Now there are over 150 million in NA and heading to South.

friggin new yorker's...

Permagrin wrote in post #11901536
Z, the only other Zoe video I have is when she and Kona are wrestling and we are all in the house. The sound is a killer...it's painful to listen to it's so loud.

LOL, forward it if it's on your phone.

Jon wrote in post #11901707
Trash birds. Every so often they'll descend on our feeders; they usually head elsewhere after I've gone out to chase them off a couple of times,after which we're good for a few days. The other trash birds are English Sparrows. Except they mix in with the other small birds so there's less you can do.


Why? You've seen starlings. They come from England. Dark coloured, speckled all over seasonally and a yellow bill. Size of a Robin. Travel in hordes.
That.

A scoped precision pellet gone does well to cull the males which are the nest builders and easy to 100% identify.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901709
and for the record, I have no idea what a starling is.

Oh yes you do you just don't realize it.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901715
Permi, at the moment a little challah bread seems to have settled my tummy.

Yay!

Permagrin wrote in post #11901743
Black speckled birds about the size of a scrub jay that are an introduced species. They take over native bird nesting habitats and force them away from food sources and since they are more aggressive by nature, the native birds don't stand a chance. They are everywhere in hoards.

That^

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901780
aah, OK I have seen them, they look like a grackle without the nice eyes and some more spots.

Yup.

Permagrin wrote in post #11901847
the sad part about the starlings is that they were NOT introduced to North America for a good reason.

I mean, we got the cane toad because they were trying to eradicate the cane beetle. We got the mongoose (who has nearly wiped out the the entire bird population of Hawaii, except on one island I believe) because they were trying to wipe out the rat that was destroying the sugar cane.

But the reason we have starlings...because, in 1890, a small group of people thought that North America should be exposed to all the animals in Shakespeare. So they let loose 60 starlings in Central Park. Now there are over 150 million in NA and heading to South.

This is the case for English sparrows as well I believe.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901861
friggin new yorker's...

short5 wrote in post #11901876
This is the case for English sparrows as well I believe.

it's true. And both those species can be killed at will here, afaik.

okay Z, I sent that other vid to you.