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Title: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 08, 2020, 11:50:59 AM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on November 08, 2020, 11:26:39 PM
The junco is lost. Where am I? Ground or mid air? Why does that human go all that trouble? Why am I even thinking? I'm just a bird.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: TransAtlanticGoose on November 09, 2020, 03:25:42 AM
Well that's a rather clever solution.
Perhaps the in-the-wild equivalent would be to dig trenches... But that might indicate to our feathered friends that we wish to start an avian war...
Perhaps your method is safer.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 09, 2020, 07:25:25 AM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on November 09, 2020, 07:53:36 AM
Well that's a rather clever solution.
Perhaps the in-the-wild equivalent would be to dig trenches... But that might indicate to our feathered friends that we wish to start an avian war...
Perhaps your method is safer.
Hahahaha, I am picturing that
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Axeman on November 09, 2020, 09:29:24 AM
lol omg....the lengths we'll go to....a brilliant and elegant solution....but crazy nonetheless lol....reminds me of one of my favourite philosophers...Carl Spackler who famously said "In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And whenever possible, to look like one. I've gotta get inside this guy's pelt and crawl around for a few days."
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Dinusaur on November 11, 2020, 08:33:23 AM
Great idea, a clever way to get them at the eye level. My more conventional solution is to put flower pots that sit on my deck fence and make a heap of soil to conceal the bream of the pots. Works well until a squirrel comes along and takes a dust bath, disturbing the mound of soil.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 11, 2020, 11:10:49 AM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 12, 2020, 05:22:43 PM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 13, 2020, 06:06:36 PM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on November 13, 2020, 08:05:07 PM
All your birds appear to be deep in thinking.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on November 27, 2020, 04:57:56 PM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on November 27, 2020, 09:54:41 PM
The invitations finally arrived.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on January 15, 2021, 02:18:14 PM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on January 15, 2021, 02:49:17 PM
Which begged the question, where did you get the dirt?
Is that junco a boy or a girl? And whatever the gender, the eye seems sad.
Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Shortsighted on January 15, 2021, 03:10:08 PM
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Title: Re: The Ground Above My Feet
Post by: Ally on January 15, 2021, 05:34:51 PM
The junco is male (dark colour with greater contrast) and that look may be a disbelief regarding thenew grass. Dark-eyed junco might as well be sad-eyed Junco. Nothing much to be happy about now thatthe girls have departed. The junco might just be trying to keep a eye on me because I can't be trusted.They're not stupid, you know.
There is a hint of brown from his head to back, that's why I suspected.