Comments on: Yard birds from a blind http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm Bird, wildlife and nature photography from Maine and beyond. Read about our Maine bird watching adventures and view our beautiful photos and videos of nature at her finest. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lynn http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28600 Lynn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:52:20 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=1198#comment-28600 Please leave comment if you like at my email address Please leave comment if you like at my email address

]]> By: Lynn http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28599 Lynn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:45:09 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=1198#comment-28599 Found a blinded house finch fledgling last week that had been blown out of its nest by the strong spring winds here in S CA high desert. Its eyes had been pecked out by my free range chickens. I've been feeding it cooked egg yolk mixed with soy milk, rice flour and crushed seeds with an eye dropper. I'm 70 years old and my hands are a bit shaky, so its hard to satisfy the birds appetite as quickly as is needed. So the bird refuses to open its mouth if I keep missing and splatter the mixture all over it. Then after a few hours, after its ready to eat again, I try again and finally it opens its mouth. Praise the Lord. It flies very well. I have a few acres and have set it free to practice flying several times. It flies high and far and eventually I find it lying somewhere on the sand. It doesn't aim for the ground when it's tired of flying-it just flutters down as I pray it doesn't land on a Joshua Tree or a Yucca or a cactus. So far its been lucky. PS I found your site searching for blind bird. Thank you for your patience and your bird blind photos of "common" birds. Any suggestions for weaning this little bird onto seeds and water will be gratefully appreciated. Found a blinded house finch fledgling last week that had been blown out of its nest by the strong spring winds here in S CA high desert. Its eyes had been pecked out by my free range chickens. I’ve been feeding it cooked egg yolk mixed with soy milk, rice flour and crushed seeds with an eye dropper. I’m 70 years old and my hands are a bit shaky, so its hard to satisfy the birds appetite as quickly as is needed. So the bird refuses to open its mouth if I keep missing and splatter the mixture all over it. Then after a few hours, after its ready to eat again, I try again and finally it opens its mouth. Praise the Lord. It flies very well. I have a few acres and have set it free to practice flying several times. It flies high and far and eventually I find it lying somewhere on the sand. It doesn’t aim for the ground when it’s tired of flying-it just flutters down as I pray it doesn’t land on a Joshua Tree or a Yucca or a cactus. So far its been lucky. PS I found your site searching for blind bird. Thank you for your patience and your bird blind photos of “common” birds. Any suggestions for weaning this little bird onto seeds and water will be gratefully appreciated.

]]> By: John Briggs http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28018 John Briggs Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=1198#comment-28018 Thank you Zen! I started this blog in early 2006 and since then it's the same characters who come by and try to get under my skin. I don't let them get to me, I just hit the delete button. I really got lambasted a while back when I did an article on owl baiting. Mostly from photographers who are after the money shot. I am not in this for the money, and what else is a blog for but to speak your mind and showcase what you love to do. If birders, bird watchers, twitchers and bird feeders would unite instead of attacking each other, we could make some progress in conservation, protections and habitat restorations. Not every birder gets attacked by other birders, but I hear about it often enough from others to know that it's a growing problem. Especially with beginners. How in the world is someone going to learn if they get attacked when asking questions? Or if they don't know something? All that will do is turn these individuals against birding related activities. You are right, it's about the birds! Thank you Zen!

I started this blog in early 2006 and since then it’s the same characters who come by and try to get under my skin. I don’t let them get to me, I just hit the delete button.

I really got lambasted a while back when I did an article on owl baiting. Mostly from photographers who are after the money shot.

I am not in this for the money, and what else is a blog for but to speak your mind and showcase what you love to do. If birders, bird watchers, twitchers and bird feeders would unite instead of attacking each other, we could make some progress in conservation, protections and habitat restorations.

Not every birder gets attacked by other birders, but I hear about it often enough from others to know that it’s a growing problem. Especially with beginners. How in the world is someone going to learn if they get attacked when asking questions? Or if they don’t know something? All that will do is turn these individuals against birding related activities.

You are right, it’s about the birds!

]]> By: The Zen Birdfeeder http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28008 The Zen Birdfeeder Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:41:47 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=1198#comment-28008 Re-reading your comment about being ridiculed for posting so many yard birds really stuck in my craw. So I'm back to add another comment. Birders, bird watchers, bird feeders, should be in this FOR THE BIRDS, not for themselves. When 'birders' turn their nose at 'bird watchers', they are snubbing literally MILLIONS of people who <b>just like them</b> love seeing birds, want birds in their lives, and who work to protect birds and their habitats. It's not about the list, it's not about the picture, it's about the birds. Too bad too many people who call themselves 'birders' don't recognize that. Re-reading your comment about being ridiculed for posting so many yard birds really stuck in my craw. So I’m back to add another comment.
Birders, bird watchers, bird feeders, should be in this FOR THE BIRDS, not for themselves. When ‘birders’ turn their nose at ‘bird watchers’, they are snubbing literally MILLIONS of people who just like them love seeing birds, want birds in their lives, and who work to protect birds and their habitats. It’s not about the list, it’s not about the picture, it’s about the birds. Too bad too many people who call themselves ‘birders’ don’t recognize that.

]]> By: The Zen Birdfeeder http://www.birdingmaine.com/yard-birds-from-a-blind.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28005 The Zen Birdfeeder Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:18:16 +0000 http://www.birdingmaine.com/?p=1198#comment-28005 Hurray for the common bird! Just think how dull our lives would be without those common birds. Thanks for taking a stand and keep having fun with your blind. Hurray for the common bird! Just think how dull our lives would be without those common birds. Thanks for taking a stand and keep having fun with your blind.

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