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Useful products thread
This thing is about the best $10 I've spent in awhile. It sticks on my fridge until I need it to break down the millions of boxes we have to recycle. -
Bird Migration
Yes, this one was easier with the big bill. Lighting made it tougher to see the vest at first. And, you're right...it perched high in a dead tree and repeatedly circled out and back getting bugs out of the air. -
Bird Migration
ID'ing Empids (Flycatchers) is near impossible. I was lucky enough today to get a good look at one that ended up being a lifer for me...Olive-sided flycatcher. Yard bird #79. -
Bird Migration
Yeah, nature can be a *****. This weekend I watched a crow steal a Robin's egg from her nest as she helplessly stood by calling out a futile alarm. I watched this guy tear up a vole in my yard once, too. -
Bird Migration
Yard bird species #78 showed up tonight...gray-cheeked thrush. Along with a number of rose-breasted grosbeaks, Tennessee warbler, and Swainson's thrushes, and an oriole. Oh, and our resident merlin. -
Bird Migration
Very active day here migration-wise. Orange-crowned warbler, blue-headed vireo, yellow warbler, indigo bunting, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, along with the regulars. -
Bird Migration
What's not shown is a waterfall and 30 foot stream that circulates back to the pond. The whole setup is a lot of work, but we love it. -
Bird Migration
It's about 3 feet deep. If it wouldn't freeze solid, it would just need to be aerated to leave a hole for outgassing and they would be able to stay in unheated. I'm trying to decide if I want to rely on a heater that could stop in a power outage, or just continue bringing them in each winter... -
Bird Migration
Yes, I'm in the Twin Cities (usually very cold winters) so they come inside and live in a large stock tank in my basement. I'm considering leaving them out next winter with a heater and aerator, but we'll see. Supposedly they would do just fine. -
Bird Migration
We moved into a house last year that has a water feature, and it is irresistible for birds. I've had 70 different bird species in the backyard in the last year, and I'm in the city. -
Friday OT - Weird Interests
Fellow Minnesota bird nerd here. It makes you do strange things like contemplate a drive to southern Minnesota to maybe catch a glimpse of a Garganey. -
Hundreds of Beavers
Beavers are incredible creatures, and are considered keystone species for all of the great habitat they create for other animals with their engineering (damming). Another fun fact: They go absolutely crazy with the sound of running water. Researchers have placed radios playing the sound of... -
Hundreds of Beavers
It is definitely true, but companies aren't using the natural flavoring, castoreum, as much as they used to. -
Hundreds of Beavers
Fun fact: Secretions from beavers' anal glands are used to flavor foods like ice cream, candy, sodas, and more. Yum!