i used to bird watch when i lived at the farm. we had bird feeders and we feed them on a regular basis! :)
we had blue jays, cardinals, woodpeckers, wrens, humming birds and i even watched the chipmunks play at the pile of woods. and realized they can not swim, to my dismay when i found one of them died in a bucket half full of water.
We tried to feed them, but squirrels eat everything from the feeder, and we don't like to attract squirrels in our backyard, they try to get in the house chewing the holes in the vent grids:) But we have holly trees with berries, and bath with water for them, so birds are happy:) This picture, though, was made in the wild, not in backyard.
Yes, I know each and everyone from your list:) Hummingbirds are pretty rare guests here, I made a picture of it only once. And chipmunks... When we had hurricane Floyd years ago, we didn't see them around for several years, I guess most of them died in the flood, so I'm not surprised by your story. Fortunately it wasn't the case with hurricane Irene last year, we still see a lot of them.
We tried to feed them, but squirrels eat everything from the feeder, and we don't like to attract squirrels in our backyard, they try to get in the house chewing the holes in the vent grids:)
That was exactly what my friend told me when I was kinda upset the chipmunk died..
Ну да, воробьи у нас посерее будут, это ваши, может, такие красавцы:))) Видел бы ты самца летом, ярко желтый, аж светится, с черным контрастным рисунком на крыльях, засмотришься прямо. И потом, они маленькие, поменьше чем воробьи. Он же на цветке сидит:)
Ой, тут в Японии вообще воробьи - дохляки, смотреть жалко. А они их еще и ели в стародавние времена. Да там есть нечего! Я был в тематической деревне старых времен, там до сих пор в меню жареные воробьи. Я попробовал разок - бедолаги, за что их так, там действительно есть нечего. Нет чтобы ворон жарить, вот те крупные и мясистые. Но они священные. Один ворон был провожатым легендарного императора. Он до сих пор на футболках японской сборной по футболу.
Раз этот твой птиц маленький, значит, как раз с японского воробья будет. :))
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lj_photophile
2012-10-09 03:03 am (UTC)
i used to bird watch when i lived at the farm. we had bird feeders and we feed them on a regular basis! :)
we had blue jays, cardinals, woodpeckers, wrens, humming birds and i even watched the chipmunks play at the pile of woods. and realized they can not swim, to my dismay when i found one of them died in a bucket half full of water.
2012-10-09 02:22 pm (UTC)
We tried to feed them, but squirrels eat everything from the feeder, and we don't like to attract squirrels in our backyard, they try to get in the house chewing the holes in the vent grids:) But we have holly trees with berries, and bath with water for them, so birds are happy:) This picture, though, was made in the wild, not in backyard.
Yes, I know each and everyone from your list:) Hummingbirds are pretty rare guests here, I made a picture of it only once. And chipmunks... When we had hurricane Floyd years ago, we didn't see them around for several years, I guess most of them died in the flood, so I'm not surprised by your story. Fortunately it wasn't the case with hurricane Irene last year, we still see a lot of them.
~chipmunks/rodent/terrestrial squirrels~
2012-10-10 12:40 am (UTC)
That was exactly what my friend told me when I was kinda upset the chipmunk died..
You're welcome! :)
2012-10-09 08:47 am (UTC)
2012-10-09 02:08 pm (UTC)
2012-10-10 01:43 am (UTC)
Раз этот твой птиц маленький, значит, как раз с японского воробья будет. :))
2012-10-10 02:15 am (UTC)
У местных индейцев ворон тоже в большом почете, наряду с орлом. Но именно вОрон, не ворона.
2012-10-10 03:29 am (UTC)
2012-10-11 02:16 pm (UTC)
2012-10-11 03:42 pm (UTC)
Thank you!!