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George, they're back!
« on: May 19th, 2008, 12:06pm » |
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Crappy pic cause I shot it through a screen window, but I'm stoked! They're SO beautiful!!!
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #1 on: May 19th, 2008, 12:13pm » |
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I wonder if they are a more Northern bird - I've only seen one or two in my lifetime (Indigo Buntings, right?).
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #2 on: May 19th, 2008, 12:22pm » |
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Yes Pat, an Indigo Bunting.  We used to get them frequently in spring/summer about 5-6 years ago, and then they just disappeared? So when this one came to the feeder this morning, I was shocked! Could be it is just passing through, but I sure hope not!
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #3 on: May 19th, 2008, 12:24pm » |
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omg, there it is again! Now eating amongst a gold finch and a cardinal. It's in the grass amongst the dandelions. So, so pretty!!
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #4 on: May 19th, 2008, 2:02pm » |
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beautiful blue bird, lucky you to see it
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #5 on: May 19th, 2008, 2:26pm » |
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on May 19th, 2008, 12:24pm, Melissa wrote:| eating amongst a gold finch and a cardinal. |
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That's how my last sighting was . . between a cardinal and a goldfinch. Gotta love three primary colored birds at once!
Add an Oriole and it's beautiful enough to make you cry!
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #6 on: May 19th, 2008, 2:32pm » |
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Beautiful shot of an indigo bunting, Mel. Haven't seen all that many out here--they're pretty uncommon, locally--but I used to see them in the midwest.
It's hard to do them justice in a photo--for those who haven't seen one, the deep blue has a subtle, shifting irridescence.
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #7 on: May 19th, 2008, 2:50pm » |
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Interesting article about are fine feathered friends.
The Silence of the Songbirds
http://tinyurl.com/48737b
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #8 on: May 19th, 2008, 6:42pm » |
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Mel, this is the western version that we see more often than indigo buntings:
A lazuli bunting. They're very closely related to indigo buntings, and the two occasionally hybridize.
Again--nice photo you got this morning, screened window or not.
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #9 on: May 19th, 2008, 6:52pm » |
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Are they good with BBQ sauce? 
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #10 on: May 19th, 2008, 7:14pm » |
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on May 19th, 2008, 6:52pm, fubar wrote:| Are they good with BBQ sauce? |
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http://www.ecis.com/~alizard/ortolan_recipe.html
Not much to them, though.
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
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It all comes to light in the sheer
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #11 on: May 20th, 2008, 1:35am » |
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Beautiful bird, wow!
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #12 on: May 20th, 2008, 10:44pm » |
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I've seen the Lazuli Bunting, but had no idea what it was other than pretty. Never saw an Indigo Bunting to my knowledge, but now I'll know what it is if I see it. (If I see it reaaly soon!  )
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #13 on: May 20th, 2008, 11:09pm » |
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George- that one is beautiful!!
Well, I have yet to see anymore indigo buntings. Seems like they (or it?) was here for that day and then moved on. Makes me sad!
Oh well, at least the hummingbirds fill the void! (Lily took this picture out the bay window...)
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #14 on: May 21st, 2008, 1:18am » |
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Loved seeing the picture of the rubythroat, Mel. The black-chins have been coming to our feeders the past couple weeks.
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George
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Re: George, they're back!
« Reply #15 on: May 21st, 2008, 6:40am » |
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Not such a variety of visitors here in the city that I've noticed but your picture captured a recognizable flock of spring and late summer nesting guests, the yellow crested dandylion, we seem to be on their migratory path also. Winds have been favorable for their fuzzy fledglings' first flight. They're back, so cute.
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