ahahahha ROBBED
― warmsherry, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
There’s a scrub jay in the nearby park that has started clipping my head when I walk my spaniel there. Like, it will follow us around hopping from tree to tree but swiping my head on the way. It’s probably just being a menace but I think it’s kinda cute.
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:25 (four months ago) link
A robin has started relentlessly kamikaze-diving our basement (and car) window. Apparently they see their reflection and get mad at that other male bird.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:38 (four months ago) link
maybe it has a nest with babies nearby!!! maybe it covets some spaniel fur to line its nest? have you tried balancing a platform feeder on your head during your walks, one strewn with dog fur and peanuts in the shell
birds are such weird wondrous little guys!!
― senseless Icelandic salsa slander (cat), Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:47 (four months ago) link
xpost, that was meant for brimstead but should apply to Jordan as well, why not
― senseless Icelandic salsa slander (cat), Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:49 (four months ago) link
Oh there's definitely a nest in my case. Stupid, stupid bird.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:54 (four months ago) link
yeah that makes sense, cat, it’s probably trying to shoo us away
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 May 2024 21:09 (four months ago) link
One year my parents had a male robin attacking their picture window so vehemently he was leaving blood streaks on the glass
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 2 May 2024 21:24 (four months ago) link
metal robin! \m/
ay brimstead i don't mean to discount the possibility that this is the beginning of your disney princess arc. have you noticed an uptick in magical phenomena? break into any good song-and-dance numbers lately? how alive are your parents right now?
― senseless Icelandic salsa slander (cat), Friday, 3 May 2024 02:15 (four months ago) link
(sorry, that last might be kind of horribly flippant, i hope all of your parents are as well as you'd like them to be, and if they aren't i'm so so so so sorry)
― senseless Icelandic salsa slander (cat), Friday, 3 May 2024 02:16 (four months ago) link
no worries, my family is doing relatively well at the moment. say, are you that black cat with the puffy tail that just stands in the playground at night? we think you’re really cool!
― brimstead, Friday, 3 May 2024 15:57 (four months ago) link
Baby peregrine falcon cam from Alcatraz Island
https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/watch-peregrine-falcon-nest-webcam-alcatraz-island
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 3 May 2024 20:38 (four months ago) link
Yeah, the entire top half of the window is opaque with bird grease (not blood, I don't think).
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 3 May 2024 20:45 (four months ago) link