I am coming out of the closet finally

I'm glad you've finally come out of the closet Eaglecap. Doesn't help anyone when you keep these things inside 

Originally posted by Suren Although I am shocked by You being ...  but I admire your courage!

ya'll make me laugh but no comments about bird watching!! Are there any other fans????

Although, I still love only women and will not change there, just to make that one clear-

We have turkey vultures which are neat to watch but also variety of hawks and golden eagles but I have not see the latter.

I remember learning about the Rufus sided towhee in biology - a very pretty bird (red sided towhee) I don't know why they can't just say red instead of rufus.

And yes, it is really fun and interesting to watch birds.

Edited by Carcharodon - 09-Jun-2009 at 00:06

It sounds nice with the bald eagles. Here in Sweden we have two indigenous kinds of eaagles the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). The latter one is closely related to the bald headed eagle. It is our largest bird of prey. But the golden eagle is considered more ferocious.

Edited by Carcharodon - 09-Jun-2009 at 00:35

Here in Sweden we have two kind of eagles the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). The latter one is closely related to the bald headed eagle. It is our largest bird of prey. But the golden eagle is considered more ferocious.

Edited by Carcharodon - 09-Jun-2009 at 01:41

This is a bird not many of you will be familiar with:

Meet Pontus.




Arg, picture won't show.
edit: now I now why. The censor filter actually destroys the adress.  Maybe it's time to remove "sl*g" from the filter? I would never have known that that was a bad word if the filter hadn't stepped...



edit2: found another picture.





Edited by Styrbiorn - 09-Jun-2009 at 11:32

Originally posted by Knights Where did you manage to get a photograph of one of 'those' Parnell?!

Flying disease monkeys are quite difficult to get a hold of, you know

Cool, Eaglecap, ever since I was 11, I also have enjoyed birdwatching. One time I saw a grackle and a crow fighting a turf war. Another time, I saw a blue jay completely being a jerk to some other birds.

Eaglecap, the red bird (with a black face) in your post that Carcharodon inquired about is actually a male Northern Cardinal (cardinalis cardinalis), found not only in Arizona but throughout eastern North America. Formerly it was more common in the southern part of North America, when I was growing up in the 1950's and 1960's, we rarely ever saw it in New England. It's now become a little more common up here, though, due to people putting out bird-feeders in the winter. ( I don't think it migrates, and it needs to have a supply of seeds to eat in the winter when the ground is covered with snow.) The male is bright red with a jet-black face. The female is more of a rufous (brownish  red) color and her face is more of a duller black. They're nice birds to have around.