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This is for the birds! (nsc)
Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:35pm

OK, so I'm watering some plants I've got hanging in the trees outside my place, and this bird I didn't see takes off from just a foot or so away from me, scared the piss out of me.
She then starts flying over me, thought I was going to get dumped on but I guess she just didn't have it in her, so to speak.
This is one very pissed off bird, flying around, screeching very loud.
Turns out the lazy bitch laid a couple of eggs in one of my plant baskets rather than building a nest higher up in the tree, only I didn't know this before dumping a half-gallon of cold water over the eggs.

Mama's returned to keep her eggs warm, but I wonder if that much cold water can do any damage to the eggs? :funny

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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:43pm Probably no damage. It rains by you, no?
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:48pm Yeah, but the water from the faucet was COLD, like the experience I get sometimes when I'm too close to the toilet.
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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:50pm Well, you'll know soon! Is the Mamma Bird still hanging around?
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #4 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:54pm Quote: Well, you'll know soon! Is the Mamma Bird still hanging around? Yeah, she's sitting on the eggs right now.
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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 2:00pm If she keeps sitting on them by, say, Tuesday you'll have a clear conscience.
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 2:08pm Congrats on your new "AP" status, glencar!
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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #7 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 2:09pm 3000 posts is good for SOMETHING!
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #9 - Mar 10^th, 2009 at 6:13pm Check out this bird. Best pool shot ever by a naked white chick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6U2h-LEbU
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platter

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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #10 - Mar 10^th, 2009 at 6:22pm

Edith Grove wrote on Mar 8^th, 2009 at 1:35pm:

OK, so I'm watering some plants I've got hanging in the trees outside my place, and this bird I didn't see takes off from just a foot or so away from me, scared the piss out of me.
She then starts flying over me, thought I was going to get dumped on but I guess she just didn't have it in her, so to speak.
This is one very pissed off bird, flying around, screeching very loud.
Turns out the lazy bitch laid a couple of eggs in one of my plant baskets rather than building a nest higher up in the tree, only I didn't know this before dumping a half-gallon of cold water over the eggs.

Mama's returned to keep her eggs warm, but I wonder if that much cold water can do any damage to the eggs? :funny

if you can climb up on a ladder and take some pictures of these eggs during incubation and post them i would love to see them. what kind of bird is it? she probably loves the nice soft dirt.

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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #11 - Mar 10^th, 2009 at 6:28pm Aaargh! I don't have a digital camera. I'll see if I can use a neighbor's. Don't know what kind of bird it is, except that it's brown in color. Two eggs are in the nest and are about the size of a pecan, maybe a bit bigger, white in color.
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #12 - Mar 10^th, 2009 at 6:31pm

Edith Grove wrote on Mar 10^th, 2009 at 6:28pm:

Aaargh! I don't have a digital camera. I'll see if I can use a neighbor's.

Don't know what kind of bird it is, except that it's brown in color. Two eggs are in the nest and are about the size of a pecan, maybe a bit bigger, white in color.

it sounds like you will have a few days to find a camera from somewhere. i would go for it because this is probably a once in a lifetime chance. congradulations.....enjoy them. maybe you could put up a birdfeeder for her too.

i had a friend a couple of years ago who had one of those oven gloves, for bbq'ing, hanging from her porch handrail and a bird laid eggs in it everytime i peeked in at them they would open their mouthes for food. it was the coolest thing....i named them the glove birds.

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Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #13 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 8:10am Quote: 3000 posts is good for SOMETHING! When you figure out what is ....let me know. Quality trumps Quanity.
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #14 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 11:30am Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Mar 11^th, 2009 at 8:10am: Quote: 3000 posts is good for SOMETHING! When you figure out what is ....let me know. Quality trumps Quanity. Finally,something we can agree on.
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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #15 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 1:17pm You also agreeing that sucking dick is a great way to spend your vacations!
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Joey I Have No Life! Offline Posts: 20,261 Omaha , NE Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #16 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 1:34pm " i had a friend a couple of years ago who had one of those oven gloves, for bbq'ing, hanging from her porch handrail and a bird laid eggs in it everytime i peeked in at them they would open their .......... ***** " !!!!!! Frig !!!
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #17 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 3:06pm Quote: You also agreeing that sucking dick is a great way to spend your vacations! I also agree that you can GO FUCK YOURSELF ASSHOLE.
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #18 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 3:50pm

Joey wrote on Mar 11^th, 2009 at 1:34pm:

" i had a friend a couple of years ago who had one of those oven gloves, for bbq'ing, hanging from her porch handrail and a bird laid eggs in it everytime i peeked in at them they would open their .......... ***** "

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Frig !!!

no, true story. i thought you would find it interesting AND exciting. guess not.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #19 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 4:09pm sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 11^th, 2009 at 3:06pm: Quote: You also agreeing that sucking dick is a great way to spend your vacations! I also agree that you can GO FUCK YOURSELF ASSHOLE. you started it, cuntface! I'm guessing even your ownself doesn't want to FUCK YOU.
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Joey I Have No Life! Offline Posts: 20,261 Omaha , NE Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #20 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 4:34pm " Finally,something we can agree on. " !!!!!!
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #21 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 4:51pm

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sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 11^th, 2009 at 3:06pm:

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You also agreeing that sucking dick is a great way to spend your vacations!

I also agree that you can GO FUCK YOURSELF ASSHOLE.

you started it, cuntface! I'm guessing even your ownself doesn't want to FUCK YOU.

Why don't you go wipe your pussy and shut the fuck up you little bitch.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #22 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 5:03pm Is that how you talk to women too? No wonder they bristle at the mention of your name. Go get tanked (it's already 3PM!) and pass out like usual, you asswipe.
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Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #23 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 5:13pm Quote: You also agreeing that sucking dick is a great way to spend your vacations! NOT my vacaions, but to each his own. LOL.
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Edith Grove

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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #24 - Mar 15^th, 2009 at 11:00am

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if you can climb up on a ladder and take some pictures of these eggs during incubation and post them i would love to see them. what kind of bird is it? she probably loves the nice soft dirt.

Well, I broke down and ordered my own camera from J&R, been wanting one anyway but it's not due to arrive until tomorrow.

In the meantime, the eggs hatched this morning.
Took a pic with my ancient cell phone. Here it is:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/leepullen/Pic202312-1.jpgt=1237132817

It's hard to make out, but the fuzzy spot in the center of the twigs are two young hatchlings.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #25 - Mar 15^th, 2009 at 4:06pm All's well ends well...
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #26 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 7:57pm

My brand new camera arrived today, and I was anxious to get some good pics of mama & the youngins.
After getting home from work, I set up a ladder and saw mama staring back at me from a nearby branch.
When I was high enough to see down in the nest, I found nothing there.
Later, my neighbor from across the courtyard told me she was watching the nest from her balcony this afternoon.
While mama was out, presumably getting food, a couple of crows swooped in and snatched the young birds. you made a grown man cry

It was a good Monday until now.

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“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef

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platter Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #27 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:02pm fucking shit. damn those crows.
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #28 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:02pm Bummer. Maybe some new birds will show up.
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Some Guy Resident Cretin Offline Posts: 15,828 Atlanta Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #29 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:08pm How well do we know this neighbor?
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #30 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:12pm Some Guy wrote on Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:08pm: How well do we know this neighbor? She's an artist, an animal lover, and she wanted me to help her rig an umbrella over the nest the other day when it was raining. It took some convincing that the umbrella wasn't really necessary. :smile
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #31 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:14pm

Edith Grove wrote on Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:12pm:

Some Guy wrote on Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:08pm:

How well do we know this neighbor?

She's an artist, an animal lover, and she wanted me to help her rig an umbrella over the nest the other day when it was raining.
It took some convincing that the umbrella wasn't really necessary. :smile

if and when you get a chance...take some photos of the nest site and the mother bird. you did your best. thank you for posting this thread.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #32 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:14pm Wait till next year!
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #33 - Mar 16^th, 2009 at 8:39pm

Thanks for the good words guys.

It may seem silly to some, but I watched mama take care of that nest, right outside my front door, every day for a week. Who knows exactly how long she'd been there.
I obviously knew something was wrong when I realized mama was standing over an empty nest, and it made me sick when I learned what happened. Cry

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Some Guy Resident Cretin Offline Posts: 15,828 Atlanta Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #34 - Mar 17^th, 2009 at 7:09am It's ok, you'll get a nest of Eagles next time.
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platter Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #35 - Mar 17^th, 2009 at 4:00pm crows can be bothersome to a lot of incubating birds. they annoy the heck out of the nesting bald eagles in the channel islands.
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Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #36 - Mar 18^th, 2009 at 3:44am Quote: fucking shit. damn those crows. WTF?....crows gotta eat too..... ....its the The Law of the Jungle...
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #37 - Mar 18^th, 2009 at 9:13am Quote: crows can be bothersome to a lot of incubating birds. they annoy the heck out of the nesting bald eagles in the channel islands. Yeah those Crowes. They can be Hard to Handle.
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Re: This is for the birds! (nsc)
Reply #38 - Mar 29^th, 2009 at 3:35pm

As per Platter's request, pictures of the scene of the crime:

I used a website that helps identify species by narrowing down specific features and came up with this: http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/682/_/Eastern_Phoebe.aspx
The bird in the drawing looks very similar to mine, except mine had more light-brown coloring.
I last saw mama bird on the evening of the snatching. She hasn't been around since.

My courtyard in the French Quarter, New Orleans:
The hanging basket in the upper-left of the trees is where mama built her nest.
I never saw a daddy bird. Perhaps he's a crackhead on welfare.
My neighbor's balcony, where she witnessed the bird-snatching from, is hidden by the trees on the right.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/leepullen/IMG_0001.jpgt=1238357968

Here's the nest. Two weeks after the snatching the twigs mama placed are still there.
I'm going to clear out those twigs after posting this and water that plant for the first time in nearly a month.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/leepullen/IMG_0002.jpgt=1238358846

Like someone said: "Maybe next year!"

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platter Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #39 - Mar 29^th, 2009 at 6:34pm nice pictures. your lillies are up ALREADY? that is a lilly isn't it?
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #40 - Mar 29^th, 2009 at 6:39pm Quote: that is a lilly isn't it? Honestly, I don't know. I share the courtyard with my neighbor, and it's hers. Only the hanging plants are mine, and an old girlfriend of mine started those. I know about as much of plants as I do birds. :smile
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platter Ex Member	Re: This is for the birds! (nsc) Reply #41 - Mar 29^th, 2009 at 6:48pm i am pretty sure it's a lilly. there are different types of them. they do not flower here in ny until july/aug.
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