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Nov 11th, 2008 at 02:34 PM
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![[Linked Image]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/dodge.gif) ![[Linked Image]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/gardenhelper.jpg) PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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The Bird Man
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![[Linked Image]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/thorny.gif) Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Hot Rod
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They don't stand still too long do they? This fellow didnt .
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Wonder why they've decided to visit you after all this time.
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Hot Rod
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They know where the food is , in the winter.. On the farm..LOL 
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I thought you said once you didn't usually see cardinals. I might have made that up.
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Hot Rod
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Yes I did.
Actually I seen it by mistake this morning when I was chasing something else..LOL
I seen the blue j too.But they move so fast, by time I focus its gone.
They dont sit like my ole finches..
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Seriously? I thought everyone had cardinals all year round. We do.. Mine are practically tame. they holler at me if the feeders are empty. LOL 
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I cant speak for everyone..........
But this is my very first year of bird watching.. Thanks to Thorn and Loz.
NOw I seen it this summer but we had leaves on the trees. Now it is easier to spot ........But be quick.
My birds arent tame..
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my cardinals were almost tame. their feeder table is close to the bbq pit. they would give me a good bird scolding when I was still grilling at feeding time in the evening. I'd just yell right back, then go sit on the porch. they'd come to their table with the pit a smoken and eat up! once they were done I'd go back to the pit. I sure miss my little guys. I'm told they'll come back soon. they are eating berries and such that are in bloom now.
great shots dodge!
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Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
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Thanks ......
Do they make loud noise?
Blue j does , like a crow almost.
Was right over my head one day, When I had no camera.
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Digger
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They have very distinct calls.. Not loud or obnoxious like Blue jays. And in the spring the male has an interesting courtship song. Curious dodge, what state are you in.?
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Hot Rod
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Pennsylvania..
Wont say were polluted with those.
Never paid attention.........Lot of crows here junk.
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Cardinals sing rather than making a bad sound. I like them.
My cardinals never leave.
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Both male AND female Cardinals sing the same song in spring. It sounds something like, "CHI-Poooo, CHI-Poooo, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!" They are one of the few species where both males and females sing, and they both sing the same song. In Winter their call is a loud, "CHIP!, CHIP!".
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Guess I will have to talk bird language .....Or learn it I mean..LOL
cleaver .Must be a man thing.
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I did hear my cardinals this morning right before sun up. they were doing the cheep, cheep, cheep. that is what I mostly hear them doing around here. it was good to hear them again, it's been weeks!
Cricket
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
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Smarty.......
LOL
Do they look the same as my red cardinal?
I never paid any attention to birds till this summer.. My new camera and ole thorn and loz got me going on them.........My sister too.
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Fencer
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actually dodge, your cardinals look fatter than mine. as far as color and whatever else it is bird watchers look for, it looks the same to me?
Cricket
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
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Everyone tells me my birds are fat......Well farm here and gardens and flowers. It is free for all ......They dont starve. Last week some fellow said our cows were plump.. LOL see what I meam.
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The Bird Man
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Cardinals are pretty much Identical to all other Cardinals wherever they are found.
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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maybe dodges cardinals weren't 'fatter', maybe they were just fluffing themselves cause they were cold... like my parakeet, lucy does????
Cricket
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
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Same thing .........
Thorn they remind me of the Lone Ranger wearing a mask.
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maybe dodges cardinals weren't 'fatter', maybe they were just fluffing themselves cause they were cold... like my parakeet, lucy does???? 
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The Bird Man
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There are many, "Masked" birds. Cedar Waxwings, Common Yellow-Throated Warbler, Hooded Warbler,and Loggerhead Shrike to name a few. Many Vireos wear, "Spectacles".
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Hot Rod
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Isnt that funny?
No bird fun today, rain here . Have to go help my sick sister, she is 77.
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Both male AND female Cardinals sing the same song in Spring. It sounds something like, "CHI-Poooo, CHI-Poooo, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!" They are one of the few species where both males and females sing, and they both sing the same song. In Winter their call is a loud, "CHIP!, CHIP!". Thornius, I would never have been able to put that in English!! But that does sound just like a cardinal!!!
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Our Thorny is a Good Birder...we are all lucky to have him here. 
________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
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I agree dodge. Thornius, would you consider having a forum 101 bird class if Bill would let us?
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Hot Rod
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Cool...... We have Big guy Bill Computer Mogul Bird Thorn.........he is a class of his own.
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The Bird Man
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Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Fencer
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blue jays too, have a mask!?!
Cricket
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
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The Bird Man
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Of a sort......SEE? ![[Linked Image]](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/Thornius/BlueJay04-2.jpg)
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Black Cardinal or......? ![[Linked Image]](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/Thornius/Phainopepla-maleMojoe.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/Thornius/Phainopepla-female2mOJOE.jpg) Actually these are a West Coast bird called a Phainopepla. The black one is the male, the gray, the female. These are one of my favorite birds that no one has seen or heard of. My friend Joe Devine in Modesto, California (home of Boone's Farm Wines) took these pictures and posted them this week. He uses the clever online name, "mojoedevine", that stands for, "Modesto Joe".
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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You post some of the most perfect photos Thorny----
________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
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Hot Rod
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I am thinking Thorn is perfect.
He needs more space here.
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I am thinking Thorn is perfect.
He needs more space here.
No one is perfect--but he IS close....
________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
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"I'm PERFECT", Thorn says as he removes his glass eye, wooden leg, and takes his anti-Psychotic medication.
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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well finally. The female is prettier than the male.
and thank goodness for anti-psychotic meds.
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