What is your favorite bird??
There are so many possibilities. Robins, cardinals, blue birds, goldfinches, doves the list of birds I like a lot is a long list but after a lot of thought I have decided the Carolina Wren is my favorite.
They aren't as flashy as many of the others but they are very pretty. They EAT BUGS!!! That alone makes me like them but there are many other reasons. They don't seem to be afraid of humans and will often nest very close to our front door seemingly unbothered by our constant walking by 2 to 3 feet from their nest. They even tolerate bending over and shining a flashlight into their nest to check on eggs and/or babies. They nest on our porch and don't make a mess like the robins do when they nest on our porch. When one of the adults leaves the nest to go get another bug for the babies they take a bill full of poop with them and you can see them drop it on the yard. They also make really cool nests. The entrance is on the side and the nest usually has a "roof". I'm going to try a do a link to a typical nest.
So which birds are your favorites and why??
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Chicken, preferably fried. But to watch, we have a family of Road runners around the property every year that i will watch and the occasional red bird that I guess are males (I'm not real knowledgeable about type of birds). I did have a wounded vulture that I believe got hit by a car and his/her wing was broken, I feed it everyday for about 5 months, then it just never showed up any more. I called him Vinny and I enjoyed it hanging around even though it was ugly as sin...
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We live on a lake just west of Minneapolis and a variety of birds are in the neighborhood - I couldn't say just one is a favorite. Eagles sometimes perch in an oak tree out back and eat a pike they grabbed up. Loons are out there occasionally & we enjoy their call (they really keep their distance from people). Wild turkeys wander through and cardinals can be heard often, they nest close by. Large numbers of ducks & geese stop here when migrating, some nest on this lake as there are cattails surrounding this bay - had to build a 220 ft. dock to get through them (red winged blackbirds nest there too). Had a wood duck nest up for a few years, fun to watch them fly into it at speed and the little ones jumping out from 15 ft. up - a little screech owl liked to roost in the doorway in the off season. We hear great horned owls hooting at night in the back yard in winter mating season. Mallards nested in the fenced garden one year, they hadn't figured on how the ducklings would get out - had to open the gate for 'em. Lots of other species around also - nope, can't pick just one.
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Golden eagle. Followed by the red tail hawk.
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If I had to pick a favorite............it would be the CARDINAL..............because my grandmother and mother LOVE them. We always had Cardinal ornaments on the Christmas tree made by my grandmother...........hand sewn. So the CARDINAL represents my family from Missouri.
I also like Turkey vultures here in Texas because they take care of road kill. They are big and majestic.
I also love the mourning dove..............for hunting and eating........
THE BIRDS THAT I HATE ARE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE KEEP AS PETS................they are loud and obnoxious and I have no idea why anyone would want to keep a bird as a pet. Clip the wings and cage it.............just seems kinda stooopid to me.
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After hunting them for years,I give a lot of respect to old Mr. Crow.Probably one of the smartest critters around.
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After hunting them for years,I give a lot of respect to old Mr. Crow.Probably one of the smartest critters around.
I can't remember ever seeing one dead on the road. Smart they are.
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