Some Evening Humor: Are The Ornithologists OK?

I don’t know anything about this guy, Stu Royall, or his politics, nor do I care, this simply gave me a good laugh.

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So there it is, horde. Just remember, you can’t soar like an Eagle if you’re surrounded by Fluffy-Backed Tit-Babblers.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 08:30 PM

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1 Foist?!?

Posted by: Greyman27 at November 23, 2021 08:33 PM (TiMI9)

2 Foist

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:33 PM (mNhhD)

3 And second?

Posted by: Greyman27 at November 23, 2021 08:33 PM (TiMI9)

4 You will not like this thread if you were traumatized by watching The Birds.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:34 PM (mNhhD)

5 Or 4th.

Posted by: Greyman27 at November 23, 2021 08:34 PM (TiMI9)

6 OMG get me outta here.

Posted by: Tippi Hedren at November 23, 2021 08:34 PM (mNhhD)

7 Awaiting the wit and wisdom of the Ette's on this one. Can't imagine they are too fond of hubby coming home talking about the great pair of tits he saw that day.

Posted by: Rafal Gan Ganowicz at November 23, 2021 08:35 PM (DN0pc)

8 AOC = Common Loon. Discuss.

Posted by: Greyman27 at November 23, 2021 08:37 PM (TiMI9)

9 The "Baltimore Doof" would be a great name for a bird.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2021 08:37 PM (KAi1n)

10 I've seen a lot of Cooper's Hawks in the past few weeks here in the wilds of Chesco.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 23, 2021 08:38 PM (gryET)

11 Blue-footed boobies vs. Red-footed boobies.

Everything is political these days.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:38 PM (mNhhD)

12 Gross expectorations

Itchy mole

Sketchy sky demon

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:39 PM (x8Wzq)

13 Can this be real. Semi early to thread.

Posted by: From That Time at November 23, 2021 08:40 PM (4780s)

14 I say, my dear fellow, no Hudsonian godwit? No chuck-will's-widow?

Posted by: Paco at November 23, 2021 08:40 PM (njExo)

15 Are The Ornithologists OK?

Can you say Ornithologists in mixed company?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:40 PM (OCTRt)

16

Hugedong Titscreamers are the WORST...

Posted by: Brian Taterintheback at November 23, 2021 08:42 PM (dtDUH)

17 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:42 PM (OCTRt)

18 Saw a small hawk catch and skin a skwerl in about a minute, then fly the carcass to its nest, presumably to feed its fledglings. Birds are brutal, soulless creatures.

*side-eyes the crows in my neighborhood*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:43 PM (x8Wzq)

19 I must admit I am partial to the double-breasted American bed wrestler.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 08:45 PM (jZSOU)

20 When you're visiting Maine and hear a loon for the first time it gets your attention. They sound demented.

If you've never heard one, watch A Place in the Sun. When Monty and Liz hang out at the lake, The loons call out. The sound adds to the sense of impending doom.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:45 PM (mNhhD)

21 Tufted titmouse and junco's here

Posted by: mike at November 23, 2021 08:45 PM (pTuOa)

22 Aw, sad flycatcher. I love watching my little Chickadee catch flies and gnats. Or did.

The neighbor attracts/feeds feral cats and they've either eaten or scared off most of the birds. Nothing like living out in the country only to have some retard try to bring the urban living along.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (wAnMi)

23 Hugedong Titscreamers are the WORST...
Posted by: Brian Taterintheback

Is that an African or European Titscreamer?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (jZSOU)

24 I saw Perplexing Scrubwren open for ? and the Mysterians at the Hungry I in '66.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (2JVJo)

25
Phalarope, as known via Alan Paton's "Too Late the Phalarope".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (pNxlR)

26 Willowed from the cocktail thread...

I actually have a cocktail to offer. And it actually doesn't have bourbon!

Sweet Tart (tastes like the candy)
1 part Raspberry liqueur (pucker Raspberry schnapps works well)
1 part melon liqueur
1 part triple sec
Pour all of those into a pint sized glass filled with ice. Add OJ to fill. Stir.

Sometimes I add a little cranberry juice and/or club soda. Whatever works for you!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (mZUr4)

27 Sounds like they should just start giving the birds Monty Python names.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (L2ZTs)

28 Right! He's a somber tit, ain'ee?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (KZzsI)

29 Amateurs.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (1uOva)

30 Tufted titmouse!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (U2p+3)

31 Mrs. Bates ought to be weighing in at any moment.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (mNhhD)

32 When you're visiting Maine and hear a loon for the first time it gets your attention. They sound demented.

Peacock hen. Sounds like a woman being murdered.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (OCTRt)

33 Nightjars are kind of sinister looking and sounding, I can understand that name to be honest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (KZzsI)

34 Buffspangled cornholer.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2021 08:48 PM (0OP+5)

35 The buffleheads are here for winter.

So are the loons and the grebes.

Heh

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:48 PM (U2p+3)

36 The "Baltimore Doof" would be a great name for a bird.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2021 08:37 PM (KAi1n)

How about "Chesapeake Doof" instead?

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 08:48 PM (mZUr4)

37 As someone who regularly associates with the common loon, I say, "fuck you stu." The rest are clearly ridiculous and Stu is on point.

Posted by: StickWiggler at November 23, 2021 08:48 PM (yAFZd)

38 This post is for the birds.

Posted by: Methos at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (kOpft)

39 Is that an African or European Titscreamer?
Posted by: Tonypete

South Asia; Always sound like they are getting Surprise Anal Ottered up the cloaca...

Posted by: Brian Taterintheback at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (dtDUH)

40 I see the plan , you get us drunk on the drinking thread and then hit us with funny bird names. You sir, are the worst kind of birdist! Good day sir!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (IDhUW)

41 my fav is the scratchcrotch zoomnit

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (us2H3)

42 Blue footed boobies live in Mexico. I've seen them. They are goofy birds.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (U2p+3)

43 The Golden Pheasant has a coiffure like President Trump.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (7F9te)

44 Pendulous tit.

Wobbling Sack o'Suet.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (x8Wzq)

45 Peacock hen. Sounds like a woman being murdered.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:47 PM (OCTRt)

Ah the old Peacock hen alibi. Probably given by your shifty-eyed neighbor when you caught him with a dirty shovel at 10 pm.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2021 08:50 PM (eoQWY)

46 The Rumbustious Cockwarbler

The Pantalooned Poof

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 23, 2021 08:50 PM (Dc2NZ)

47 I remember once working in a Canadian consular office in Washington, where part of my job was looking up, in a couple giant books, the duty rates of various imports to Canada. One time, flipping through the pages on my way to the "W"s to look up "wood carvings" for a phone inquiry, my eye fell directly on the entry "Tits (live)". You'll be relieved to know that they are duty-free.

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette at November 23, 2021 08:50 PM (nz3hB)

48 Oh! And loons are absolutely beautiful! Just saying!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:50 PM (IDhUW)

49 It's a wonder they didn't work the word "Satanic" into the turkey vulture's name.

Something like: the North American Flayed-head Satanic Carrion Fowl.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (sGnvY)

50 These names are hilarious!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (IDhUW)

51 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (Zz0t1)

52 Birdwatching is probably top tier as far as white supremacist hobbies are concerned.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (+WWsf)

53 The common loon is Minnesota's state bird.

I've no doubt that this knowledge will help to clear up some things like Al Franken and Minneapolis 2020.

Posted by: CppThis at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (UewuT)

54 Crud. I need to be getting ready for our road trip.

Stop being funny, you guys!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (x8Wzq)

55 My spirit bird is the Fluffy Backed Tit Babbler.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (Zz0t1)

56 Satanic nightjar is also called a goatsucker.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (ZrnmN)

57 Saw a small hawk catch and skin a skwerl in about a minute, then fly the carcass to its nest, presumably to feed its fledglings. Birds are brutal, soulless creatures.

*side-eyes the crows in my neighborhood*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:43 PM (x8Wzq)

Yep, they are all just variations of raptors. My mother was traumatized by a shrike as a little girl. Guess she wandered into its little Vlad the Impaler recreation, and there were some still alive baby birds skewered and chirping. But mostly skewered.

We have a variety of owls, falcons and hawks here, I'm amazed at how small some of the falcons are. They look like a regular bird until they dive and grab something. I'm big into photographing birds and birds in flight, yet never have once caught one of them hanging out in my own backyard. I root for them though - they're more interested in the mice and squirrels - as well as the roosting pigeons which are a huge problem.

My

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (wAnMi)

58 Nurse! Here's one for ya. Maybe a bit obscure??

https://youtu.be/EfmGajfyv5A

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (mZUr4)

59 THANK YOU! Laughing at every name.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (IDhUW)

60 My? Copy paste needs fine tuning.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (wAnMi)

61 How about the Andean Cock of the Rock, the Dickcissel or the Great Tit.

The Himalayan Snowcock and the Go-Away-Bird.

Why yes. I do have a David Attenborough coffee table book.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:53 PM (U2p+3)

62 My? Copy paste needs fine tuning.
Posted by: clutch cargo

Tell me about it!
-- Prez Pantshitter

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 08:53 PM (jZSOU)

63 They're coming to Texas from everywhere.

I actually saw a license plate from Maine today.......

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (Zz0t1)

64 Throat Warbler Mangrove.

Just in case nobody else has offered up this one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (x8Wzq)

65

The Longwristed Disimpactor is pretty fowl too...

Posted by: Brian Taterintheback at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (dtDUH)

66 52 Birdwatching is probably top tier as far as white supremacist hobbies are concerned.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM
Mrs. E is a birdwatcher, sirrah.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (0OP+5)

67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_dick

Don't let the ichthyologists off the hook.

Posted by: Mark1971 at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (xPl2J)

68 THANK YOU! Laughing at every name.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

I volunteered at a raptor center for two years before I got into wildlife rehab. I have held kestrels. Cool little birds.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (OCTRt)

69
Lesser Potomac Rump Sniffer

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (pNxlR)

70 How about "Chesapeake Doof" instead?
Posted by: Doof

You're already a Moron, so..., gotta go with Balmer.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (KAi1n)

71 >>Satanic nightjar is also called a goatsucker.

What the hell does this bird do?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (ZLI7S)

72 Yellow bellied sap sucker. For real.

Posted by: Javems at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (OSAc7)

73 The Golden Pheasant has a coiffure like President Trump.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2021 08:49 PM (7F9te)

Yes it does. The rest home my mother was at had several cages enormous aviaries with a variety of birds, parakeets, finches and then bigger birds - one was a golden pheasant. Too bad I could never get mom to walk outside into the beautiful courtyard to look at any - but at least the other residents enjoyed them.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (wAnMi)

74 The buffleheads are here for winter.

So are the loons and the grebes.
~~~
All beautiful birds.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (IDhUW)

75 I have become convinced that the period in "Karen" punctuation is "OK"

but wutz the comma

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (us2H3)

76 Somewhere in the multitude of bird names is a name that Ace can use to describe Jonah Goldberg in one of his rants.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (AiZBA)

77 Throat Warbler Mangrove.

Just in case nobody else has offered up this one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:54 PM (x8Wzq)

But pronounced "Luxury Yacht".

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 23, 2021 08:56 PM (wAnMi)

78 The Western Longnecked Turd Picker is not to be trifled with.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2021 08:56 PM (BFigT)

79 Bushtit or a Horned Screamer.

I may have been married to that last one for a time.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 08:56 PM (jZSOU)

80 That is just funny.

Turns a Sombre Tit into a Happy Tit.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (ufFY8)

81 A tits and boobies thread. Surprise!

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (mNhhD)

82 I like the golden scalpweasel

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (Pw26M)

83
Woke and useless NASA is pretending they will "move" an asteroid to change the space rock's trajectory.

It's probably a 90% fake event, but it would be funny and unexpected if the idiots at NASA cause the asteroid to travel directly to Earth.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (f9z5j)

84 Oh, and orthinologists are perfectly ok, thank you very much!

Just give us a little personal space, pretty please.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (IDhUW)

85 Doof!

I was on Barenaked Ladies binge earlier today.

Here
https://youtu.be/x7JbuuIqhdU

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (U2p+3)

86 After a long day of cooking, with more tomorrow, I could use one of those drinks from the last thread. Any one of them will do. Hell, just give me the bottles...and a straw.

Posted by: Tami at November 23, 2021 08:58 PM (cF8AT)

87 My you are a perplexing scrubwren, aren't you?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 23, 2021 08:58 PM (Pw26M)

88 Willowed-

*attempts uptwinkles, catches hand on table, ends up under table, contemplating the artistry of the table legs*
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Now see, that's how Dorothy Parker got started

Posted by: Miklos, at the AoS Algonquin Roundtable at November 23, 2021 08:58 PM (QzkSJ)

89 How about "Chesapeake Doof" instead?
Posted by: Doof

You're already a Moron, so..., gotta go with Balmer.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (KAi1n)

OK, Hon! I'll watch the birds through the winder. While listening to the Or-yul game

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 08:58 PM (mZUr4)

90 The Moustached Flowerpiercer.

For reals! This would have been my pron movie stage name.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 08:58 PM (jZSOU)

91 Washington Post; June 3, 2021: "The racist legacy many birds carry -- The birding community faces a difficult debate about the names of species connected to enslavers, supremacists and grave robbers."

So, yeah, umm, googling for "birdwatching white supremacy" is facepalm worthy. It's not just one or two articles. Tons of stuff over the last two years. There was even a #BlackBirdersWeek hashtag on Twitter. We are not a serious country anymore.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (+WWsf)

92 Somewhere in the multitude of bird names is a name that Ace can use to describe Jonah Goldberg in one of his rants.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 08:55 PM (AiZBA)

Oleaginous snot bubble

Undulating puddle of mediocrity.

Doesn't work for bird names, I guess. Eh. I'll hit post anyway.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (x8Wzq)

93 The common loon is Minnesota's state bird.

I've no doubt that this knowledge will help to clear up some things like Al Franken and Minneapolis 2020.
Posted by: CppThis

Black bird. Some White markings. Evil red eyes. Definitely all Democrats.

Posted by: mikeski at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (lyXGZ)

94 While sailing, I saw an albatross catch a flying fish out of the air. That fish had no chance. Death below or death above.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (AiZBA)

95 Satanic nightjar is also called a goatsucker.

What the hell does this bird do?
Posted by: JackStraw

Don't know, but we need some

Posted by: Crazy Miklos Tzampotli Family Fun Park and self-serve open tequila bar at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (QzkSJ)

96 they have set bail for the animal in WI at 5 mil

HE gets bail ?????????????????????????

Fuck the judicial system

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (us2H3)

97 I once held a great blue heron (he was sick and offered no resistance), we looked at each other and I got a whole new realization of the word speculative.

Most of my attention centered around his bill. Would NOT want to be stuck with one.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (KATBx)

98 Mentholated Cougar Tit

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (mNhhD)

99 A-ight. I'm out. Going to Montana tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving Ace, Cobs and Horde.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (x8Wzq)

100 Hi, horde! I was stuck in the music thread. Lots of great links in there. I'm going to have to revisit it several times.

Mr. April was in a depressed slumber when I got home from work. I was kind of annoyed at first, but it was nice to not have the tv on so I could listen to all that great stuff!

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (OX9vb)

101 Grackles, name matches personality, bastards.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (0OP+5)

102 The common loon is Minnesota's state bird.

I've no doubt that this knowledge will help to clear up some things like Al Franken and Minneapolis 2020.
Posted by: CppThis

Uncommon Loons

Proves the point

Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Logic SA de CV at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (QzkSJ)

103 {{{{Nurse}}}}

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (Zz0t1)

104 The loon has a nice song. I always liked being on the lake in WI early in the morning listening to their call.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (Pw26M)

105 Mentholated Cougar Tit
Posted by: JuJuBee

Known to frequent happy hours at The Club.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (jZSOU)

106 Hannity is talking with Trump now.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (NpAcC)

107 There are a boatload of intelligent people in the Horde.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (cSyAR)

108 (sniffs) Loons are so common.

Posted by: Her Royal Backfat Duchess of Sussex at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (mNhhD)

109 Hi sponge!

How are you, handsome!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (U2p+3)

110 Going to Montana tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving Ace, Cobs and Horde.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Best of luck with the Dental Floss thing.

Posted by: Miklosian Zappatismo at November 23, 2021 09:02 PM (QzkSJ)

111 There are a boatload of intelligent people in the Horde.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Fer Pete's sake, don't let the word get out.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 09:02 PM (jZSOU)

112 I volunteered at a raptor center for two years before I got into wildlife rehab. I have held kestrels. Cool little birds.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 08:54
~~~
Thanks for sharing that. When I meditate I try to hold the image of being held by in God's hands.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:02 PM (IDhUW)

113 Hi sponge!

How are you, handsome!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (U2p+3)

STOP lyin.....

Doing well. You?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (Zz0t1)

114 Doof!

I was on Barenaked Ladies binge earlier today.

Here
https://youtu.be/x7JbuuIqhdU
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 08:57 PM (U2p+3)

Catchy tune. Quite jaunty!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (mZUr4)

115 Its not like he is a flight risk... oh.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (Pw26M)

116 101 Grackles, name matches personality, bastards.
Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (0OP+5)

I used to do a show in Houston at the Brown center

sometimes I would stroll around outside

the small trees had literally hundreds, if not thousands of grackles perched in them

kinda scary

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (us2H3)

117 Willowed, I'm never on time enough to be on topic. For the music thread, one of my favorites from a well known artist is Snout Psalm by Korma Kukonan and Vital Parts, on Barbeque King album. His attempt a Punk during an Airplane Hiatus.

Posted by: From That Time at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (4780s)

118 yeah, some of the birds got messed up names.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2021 09:03 PM (VwHCD)

119 There are a boatload of intelligent people in the Horde.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

They have midget escape subs.

Bastards.

Posted by: Miklos, living in a single wide in an extinct volcano at November 23, 2021 09:04 PM (QzkSJ)

120 speaking of birds, how bout them seahawks.

Posted by: vancouver bill at November 23, 2021 09:04 PM (oSX/P)

121 I far prefer happy tits to somber tits.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 23, 2021 09:04 PM (cSyAR)

122 the sad flycatcher is very sad

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (P9T5R)

123 hey have set bail for the animal in WI at 5 mil

HE gets bail ?????????????????????????

Fuck the judicial system

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (us2H3)

Damn, they're just begging for things to go Sarajevo.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (VwHCD)

124 I once held a great blue heron (he was sick and offered no resistance), we looked at each other and I got a whole new realization of the word speculative.

Most of my attention centered around his bill. Would NOT want to be stuck with one.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (KATBx)

So you ducked out and left him holding the bill?

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (nz3hB)

125 Spurwing Plover to the white courtesy phone, please. Spurwing Plover to the white courtesy phone!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (QzJWU)

126 I found a poor lost western grebe on the highway. I think he mistook it for water because of the fog. We took him to water and away he went.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (IDhUW)

127 Pretty cool to be on a dead calm like glass lake with loons calling.

Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (+ya+t)

128 I far prefer happy tits to somber tits.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 23, 2021 09:04 PM (cSyAR)

A's to J's. I've seen one, I wanna see the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:05 PM (Zz0t1)

129 Saw a small hawk catch and skin a skwerl in about a minute, then fly the carcass to its nest, presumably to feed its fledglings. Birds are brutal, soulless creatures.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Crossing state lines like a Boss at November 23, 2021 08:43 PM (x8Wzq)

They are literally Avian Theropods.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:06 PM (P9T5R)

130 How are you, handsome!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:01 PM (U2p+3)

STOP lyin.....

I bet if Sponge offered a Lady a Loofah.....

Posted by: Miklos, in that creative phase of pre-dinner Bourbon at November 23, 2021 09:06 PM (QzkSJ)

131 4 You will not like this thread if you were traumatized by watching The Birds.
Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 08:34 PM (mNhhD)

LOL I got swarmed by a bunch of pigeons last week! Totally thought I was in "the movie."

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (hlxe7)

132 Spurwing Plover to the white courtesy phone, please. Spurwing Plover to the white courtesy phone!

Posted by: Jim

heh.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (1t5dY)

133 Turns a Sombre Tit into a Happy Tit.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Sombrero Tit.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (OCTRt)

134 What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Bees at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (mNhhD)

135 I've listened to loons many times. Was fishing on Lake Nipigon up in Ontario, listening to the loon's laughter, when it broke into a really weird call I'd never heard before. I looked around and saw the Osprey flying by. It was the loon's warning call I heard.

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (0hbQ6)

136 I must say, the fill in CoB's are knocking it out of the Park! Thank you. Hope ace is enjoying his time off.

Posted by: Infidel at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (pA4Ca)

137 90 The Moustached Flowerpiercer.

For reals! This would have been my pron movie stage name.
Posted by: Tonypete

*snort

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 23, 2021 09:07 PM (OX9vb)

138 They have midget escape subs.

Bastards.
~~~
OMGoodness, for you Miklos, i will expand mine to a double. Seriously, how big should we build these things?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:08 PM (IDhUW)

139 Yellow bellied sapsucker...
I get calls re: problems with trees. These birds make shallow holes in a decided pattern just to make the tree bleed a bit, and they eat the sap, and the insects attracted to it.
Whenever I use the name, I get "the look". No, I'm not shitting you, and yes, that is what Yosemite Sam called Bugs.

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2021 09:08 PM (Foq6I)

140 So a bird thread. Just gonna throw these out there...

Big Bird. Larry Bird. Lady Bird Johnson. Surfin' Bird.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:08 PM (mZUr4)

141 Doof!

I'm ok. Both boys will be elsewhere on Thursday. I'll be with some friends. They have all gone full retard on covid vaccinations. I will be heartbroken if they ask me for proof. I'll just leave. Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (U2p+3)

142 We used to have Mockingbirds near by.

Used. To.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (1t5dY)

143 Fun Fact: Seagulls will go straight for your eyes.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (mNhhD)

144 What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmTD5K91-r8

Posted by: apicultural Miklos at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (QzkSJ)

145 I once held a great blue heron (he was sick and offered no resistance), we looked at each other and I got a whole new realization of the word speculative.

Now do a healthy golden eagle.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (OCTRt)

146 You never hear about loon stamp art contests though.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (+WWsf)

147 90 The Moustached Flowerpiercer.

For reals! This would have been my pron movie stage name.
Posted by: Tonypete

*spews, runs for paper towels*

Posted by: Infidel at November 23, 2021 09:10 PM (pA4Ca)

148 We used to have Mockingbirds near by.
weft cut-loop

We have a small wood yard. Mockingbirds every day.
Half mile away, in the woods, never see nor hear them.
A pretty spring morning, and the mocking bird making every pretty bird call there is... just about heaven.

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (Foq6I)

149 Yes bees, you're chopped liver. And deviled eggs and those little meatballs and shrimp cocktail platters.

Posted by: Murder Hornets at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (mNhhD)

150 OMGoodness, for you Miklos, i will expand mine to a double. Seriously, how big should we build these things?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Depends on finance.

Darleen, Marleen, and Sharleen have <500 credit.

Posted by: barely >600 Miklos at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (QzkSJ)

151 While sailing, I saw an albatross catch a flying fish out of the air. That fish had no chance. Death below or death above.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 08:59 PM (
~~~
What a beautiful memory.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (IDhUW)

152 Seagulls were in the movie The Birds, no?

Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (+ya+t)

153 My mother used to call my father a yellow bellied sapsucker when he was drunk. Which was often.

It was funny. And sad. But mostly funny. And sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (U2p+3)

154 I see Rocky Mountain Buebirds from time to time. No reason i mention that.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (cSyAR)

155 24 I saw Perplexing Scrubwren open for ? and the Mysterians at the Hungry I in '66.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 23, 2021 08:46 PM (2JVJo)

Definitely opened for Satanic Nightjar and the Mysterians! I totally saw them.

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (hlxe7)

156 124 I once held a great blue heron (he was sick and offered no resistance), we looked at each other and I got a whole new realization of the word speculative.

Most of my attention centered around his bill. Would NOT want to be stuck with one.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (KATBx)

we have a rookery a few hundred feet from the front of my property

and in the morn, I waych the GBH feed on the local grub

trust me, he was looking at you and thinking

"can I get this fucker down my throat"

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:12 PM (us2H3)

157 We used to have Mockingbirds near by.

Used. To.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I see.

One Mock was One Mock too Much.

Posted by: Miklos, familiar with Local Exctinction Episodes at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (QzkSJ)

158 Speaking of birds...

Things That Make You Go, "Hmmm??"

I give you a hummingbird panegyric
With lovely words descriptive and empiric
If hummingbirds hum
It's not 'cause they're dumb
It's just because they don't know the lyrics!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (m45I2)

159 You forgot the beautiful
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock

https://tinyurl.com/ub4vhnnc

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (NpAcC)

160 Doof!

I'm ok. Both boys will be elsewhere on Thursday. I'll be with some friends. They have all gone full retard on covid vaccinations. I will be heartbroken if they ask me for proof. I'll just leave. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM (U2p+3)

Dang -- with "friends" like those....{insert eyeroll enoji here}.

Really hope your day turns out to be better than expected!!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (mZUr4)

161 Bubble Headed Boobies

Posted by: Dr. Zachary Smith at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (63Dwl)

162 I remember once working in a Canadian consular office in Washington, where part of my job was looking up, in a couple giant books, the duty rates of various imports to Canada. One time, flipping through the pages on my way to the "W"s to look up "wood carvings" for a phone inquiry, my eye fell directly on the entry "Tits (live)". You'll be relieved to know that they are duty-free.
Posted by: Dr. Mabusette at November 23, 2021 08:50 PM (nz3hB)

I was doing something similar when I ran across Nitrated Potato Starch as a specific manufacturing industry code, and I was compelled to find out what industry that was used in and why. (making detonators)
I like your story better.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM (P9T5R)

163 And when their common name isn't silly enough, their scientific name is.

Eurasian eagle-owl. An owl with a Six Foot Wingspan.

Scientific name?

Bubo bubo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 23, 2021 09:14 PM (lyXGZ)

164
I think red-winged blackbirds are kinda cool. Though the little Nike logo on them is a little off-putting.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 09:14 PM (dQvv7)

165 worst bird name, #4 shot.

Posted by: Quint at November 23, 2021 09:15 PM (NXntH)

166 OMGoodness, for you Miklos, i will expand mine to a double. Seriously, how big should we build these things?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Depends on finance.

Darleen, Marleen, and Sharleen have
Posted by: barely >600 Miklos at November 23, 2021 09:11 PM (
~~~
Lol, I think of myself as a kind hearted person, but I am not going to the expense of an additional three person addition. Sorry. I'm sure they can find a raft or something. Right?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:15 PM (IDhUW)

167 56 Satanic nightjar is also called a goatsucker.
Posted by: Muchas buchas at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (ZrnmN)

Are you sure you didn't mean to type goatF#cker?

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:15 PM (hlxe7)

168 Bubo bubo.
Posted by: mikeski

You callin' for Daddy, me, or Junior?

Posted by: Bubba, imperfect of hearing Miklos Bubba at November 23, 2021 09:16 PM (QzkSJ)

169 I'm not much of a Beatles fan, but this song is pretty good. And it's on topic...

https://youtu.be/Man4Xw8Xypo

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:16 PM (mZUr4)

170 BTW, I've known how to ID the pattern of the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker since I was a teen.
I have NEVER seen the bird.
They are crepuscular, like deer. Primarily active at dawn and dusk.

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2021 09:17 PM (Foq6I)

171 I see there aren't a lot of Red-Knobbed Coot enthusiasts here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 23, 2021 09:17 PM (7F9te)

172 My mom used to be obsessed with what she called a catbird that she claimed would hang around her car and greet her every day. I made up stories about the catbird speaking with a thick French accent. One day there was a wad of bird poop on her car. I left a note that read,

I Did It.
Signed, Le Catbird

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:17 PM (mNhhD)

173 The call of the Loon pairs well with the call of the wolf.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at November 23, 2021 09:17 PM (cSyAR)

174 And then there's the always beloved Seattle Nursewrecker Woodpecker. Nurse plays her "welcome" song for him: "knock knock knockin' on Heaven's Door", as she racks a fresh pellet into the air rifle.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 23, 2021 09:17 PM (QzJWU)

175 I was doing something similar when I ran across Nitrated Potato Starch as a specific manufacturing industry code, and I was compelled to find out what industry that was used in and why. (making detonators)
I like your story better.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:13 PM
In The War Between The States nitre was scraped from outhouses to make gunpowder.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2021 09:18 PM (0OP+5)

176 elsewhere on Thursday. I'll be with some friends. They have all gone full retard on covid vaccinations. I will be heartbroken if they ask me for proof. I'll just leave. Ugh.
~~~
Sorry nurse

~~~
Love the flocks of redwinged blackbirds.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:18 PM (IDhUW)

177 Lol, I think of myself as a kind hearted person, but I am not going to the expense of an additional three person addition. Sorry. I'm sure they can find a raft or something. Right?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

It's actually a double wide.

And I am about to set the one part loose almost Every Damn Night.

Posted by: Miklos, plenty of Bourbon but short of Patience at November 23, 2021 09:19 PM (QzkSJ)

178 I'll be with some friends. They have all gone full retard on covid vaccinations. I will be heartbroken if they ask me for proof. I'll just leave. Ugh.

That sucks. I hate to hear it. I got my haircut today and my stylist is STILL masking and requiring vaccines to unmask. IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS. This thing is OVER. MOVE ON, dadgummit.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:19 PM (Zz0t1)

179 I'm not much of a Beatles fan, but this song is pretty good. And it's on topic...

https://youtu.be/Man4Xw8Xypo
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:16 PM (mZUr4)

I've always liked that song.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 09:20 PM (AiZBA)

180 Muldoon, I asked you about Lutheran antigens at the tail end of a thread a day or two ago. See it?

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2021 09:20 PM (Foq6I)

181 Yellow Leg Haired Pooper

Hey, I know that guy!

Posted by: Joetato at November 23, 2021 09:20 PM (mNhhD)

182 Satanic nightjar is also called a goatsucker.
Posted by: Muchas buchas at November 23, 2021 08:52 PM (ZrnmN)

Are you sure you didn't mean to type goatF#cker?
Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:15 PM (

That's the Middle Eastern species.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 23, 2021 09:21 PM (KTaZ8)

183 Yellow Leg Haired Pooper

Hey, I know that guy!
Posted by: Joetato at November 23, 2021 09:20 PM (mNhhD)

Who shit my shoes?

Posted by: Spongebrain Shitpants at November 23, 2021 09:21 PM (Zz0t1)

184 Most of my attention centered around his bill. Would NOT want to be stuck with one.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2021 09:00 PM (KATBx)

I waych the GBH feed on the local grub trust me, he was looking at you and thinking
"can I get this fucker down my throat"

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:12 PM (us2H3)

Last week, on my walk around the golf course, there was a hero on top of a short palm tree by the fence. It had a golf ball stuck on the tip of its beak! Could not get it off.

He obviously acted on his thought of "can I get this fucker down my throat" but pecked it with closed beak.

What a mistake!

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:21 PM (hlxe7)

185 Oregon still has making indoors, I just wander in and when asked to put on a mask I tell the idiot that it is in the car, but first I need something.

Dear Leader has admitted She has no metric or end point in mind for undeclaring the emergency.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:22 PM (P9T5R)

186
I'm ok. Both boys will be elsewhere on Thursday. I'll be with some friends. They have all gone full retard on covid vaccinations. I will be heartbroken if they ask me for proof. I'll just leave. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:09 PM

You could always ask your 'friends' if they're not concerned about 'Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease' (VAED) and watch their eyes light up with concern. Yeah, it's a thing and it might become a bigger thing as time goes on. The Nuremberg Tribunal needs to begin renting space.

Here's a thing: Previous animal trials of experimental vaccines against SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV have also been shown to induce a more serious disease when subsequently exposed to the virus.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (dQvv7)

187 Are you sure you didn't mean to type goatF#cker?
Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:15 PM (

That's the Middle Eastern species.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 23, 2021 09:21 PM (KTaZ

I should have spotted the difference!

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (hlxe7)

188 Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly (Live). During his years with Van Halen. The whole band joins in for the end.

https://youtu.be/HOat2npCOA0

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (mZUr4)

189 Actually caught a couple of seagulls fishing. Getting a hook out of one is no fun.

Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (+ya+t)

190 A lack, a paucity, a dearth, a complete absence of bats. Tear-inducing!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (a3Q+t)

191 Jim!!

Woodpeckers are beautiful birds. We have both the Pilliated Woodpeckers and Flickers here.

But damn if those blasted birds aren't a pain in the siding every spring!

BLAM BLAM BLAM!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (U2p+3)

192 A woman I knew, who was a fourth grade teacher, told me, "What kind of an idiot puts the poem "Titwillow" in a fourth grade reader?"

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2021 09:24 PM (+lVUW)

193 So now that the Left is officially done with women and femininity Hollywood has found it's next "thing". And since all the movies are suddenly hitting now, you know it's been planned for 3-5 years because that's how movies happen.

And what's the thing? *Androgynous blobs of shit*. The new heroes for kids. Genderless beings, to be worshiped, adored and aspired to. Disney has an androgynous blob movie coming and Pixar now has a movie about a young normal seeming girl who one morning turns into a giant "Red Panda". Androgynous because "pandas" all look the fucking same.

I'm guessing the Panda one is more subversive but I imagine the text of the movie will make its meaning ultra clear. Of course the damaging subversion will be couched in a "message" that can't or shouldn't be reasonably argued with.

In the trailer they show her friends rallying round her to explain they "love" and "accept" her even though she says she is now a "freak". Get it????????

Posted by: ... at November 23, 2021 09:24 PM (tZUwc)

194 179 I'm not much of a Beatles fan, but this song is pretty good. And it's on topic...

https://youtu.be/Man4Xw8Xypo
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:16 PM (mZUr4)

I alaways thought that my sisters, who I only saw twice a month, incessant listening to pop music traumatized my brain to an aversion to music

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:24 PM (us2H3)

195 Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly (Live). During his years with Van Halen. The whole band joins in for the end.

https://youtu.be/HOat2npCOA0
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (mZUr4)

I saw Alice In Chains open for them 30 years ago. Damn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 23, 2021 09:25 PM (MYFUJ)

196 Irvine Meadows ?

Posted by: vancouver bill at November 23, 2021 09:25 PM (oSX/P)

197 I saw a hawk in my backyard last week...it was checking out my chickens. My chickens were wisely hiding inside the coop.

Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 23, 2021 09:25 PM (UUBmN)

198 Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly (Live). During his years with Van Halen. The whole band joins in for the end.

https://youtu.be/HOat2npCOA0
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (mZUr4)

That's a great song.....The studio version is the best, tho.

Posted by: Spongebrain Shitpants at November 23, 2021 09:25 PM (Zz0t1)

199 Woodpeckers are beautiful birds. We have both the Pilliated Woodpeckers and Flickers here.

Posted by: nurse ratched

I was told by the pest control guy that woodpeckers of all types can't tolerate moth balls. We had one here starting a hole in the soffit. I packed the beginning hole with some mbs and he moved on to the next house over. He lives there now.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2021 09:26 PM (jZSOU)

200 I think the ornithologists get so bored sitting around sometimes in uncomfortable places for long periods of time they just think of those names to amuse themselves and their fellow ornothologists.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2021 09:26 PM (kbHEI)

201 Damn sock.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:26 PM (Zz0t1)

202 I'm so honored to have a brand new bird species named after me!

When you hear the name Full-throated Pole Sucker you'll hopefully think of me.

Posted by: Kamala Harris, VP at November 23, 2021 09:26 PM (mNhhD)

203 One for Berserker. A great song on a great album from a great band.

The Cult - Phoenix
https://youtu.be/m-Qh7uBU-4A

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:27 PM (mZUr4)

204 Damn sock.
Posted by: Sponge

OUT!

Posted by: Lady McBeth-Sponge at November 23, 2021 09:27 PM (QzkSJ)

205 Good, funny post. Thanks, Buck.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2021 09:28 PM (poMoX)

206 Actually caught a couple of seagulls fishing. Getting a hook out of one is no fun.
Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:23 PM (+ya+t)

One summer I worked as a deckhand on a sportfishing boat. Fishermen would regularly hook into pelicans -- talk about intimidating beaks. While beautiful while flying in formation 6 inches above the water, pelicans are dumber than dirt.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 23, 2021 09:28 PM (AiZBA)

207 That's a great song.....The studio version is the best, tho.
Posted by: Spongebrain Shitpants at November 23, 2021 09:25 PM (Zz0t1)

I've seen Sammy live a few times. With VH and after he left. That song is great live. Sammy in general is great live!!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:28 PM (mZUr4)

208 The Western Greater Cockswallow aka the Komma'La for it's distinctive call can be found under many a desk.

Also called an Indian Deepthroater their cackling call is very pronounced.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2021 09:30 PM (BFigT)

209 You have to ask yourself, is that sock Sponge worthy?

Posted by: Elaine Benes at November 23, 2021 09:30 PM (mNhhD)

210 Whole lot of us shooters here have some very, very nice optics in the category of Spotting Scopes.

Not only are they pretty damn tight for some occasional celestial viewing, they're right in the bullseye for use in the bird-spotting field.

Quality, high-resolution, high-optical fidelity glass can be an addiction though. A very expen$ive addiction.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 23, 2021 09:30 PM (QzJWU)

211 >>Buffspangled cornholer.
Posted by: Eromero

That's Secretary Pete to you!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at November 23, 2021 09:31 PM (HQ9Sl)

212
I've seen Sammy live a few times. With VH and after he left. That song is great live. Sammy in general is great live!!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:28 PM (mZUr4)

Wife loves Sammy. We've seen him a hundred times. Sammy, Van Halen, Sam and Dave tour, The Wabaritas, Chickenfoot, The Circle.........

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:31 PM (Zz0t1)

213 And now, for your dining and dancing pleasure, Maestro Miklos and His All-Girl Hungarian-Trinidadian Orchestra will play Ottorino Resphigi's "the Birds" on Cimbalom and Steel Drums.

Posted by: Maestro Miklos, insisting on moderate levels of Enthusiasm at November 23, 2021 09:32 PM (QzkSJ)

214 Wife loves Sammy. We've seen him a hundred times. Sammy, Van Halen, Sam and Dave tour, The Wabaritas, Chickenfoot, The Circle.........
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:31 PM (Zz0t1)

Awesome! My sister is a yuuuuge fan. She's been to Cabo to see him. She was on stage in Pittsburgh once dancing to Marching to Mars. I'll see if I can get some photos from her and send you

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:33 PM (mZUr4)

215 Jorma Kaukonen ? He played for the Airplane. He can actually play guitar. A surprising number of 60s groups weren't really much musicians.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:33 PM (4kNoB)

216
Awesome! My sister is a yuuuuge fan. She's been to Cabo to see him. She was on stage in Pittsburgh once dancing to Marching to Mars. I'll see if I can get some photos from her and send you
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:33 PM (mZUr4)

That would be sweet. Wife wants to go to Cabo, but I'm way too soured on Mexico at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (Zz0t1)

217 That sucks. I hate to hear it. I got my haircut today and my stylist is STILL masking and requiring vaccines to unmask. IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS. This thing is OVER. MOVE ON, dadgummit.

You're lucky you have the choice. My hair hasn't been cut for almost 2 years because masking is still mandatory at hair dressers here in Ontario. This is my protest; if I have to mask to get my hair cut, I'll grow it long.

Someone earlier in the year said the same thing, only he used to have a military-standard haircut, and now he said he looked like the old guy playing the drum in that old "Spirit of '76" painting.

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (nz3hB)

218 There was a Steve Martin movie about bird watching called The Big Year. Not a comedy. About obsessive people and what they sacrifice to be the best.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (lSgzp)

219
I caught a seagull while trolling a 'rebel' lure once in 'jersey. It's a little strange to have your fishing pole suddenly pointing skyward as you reel in.

I'm pretty sure my admitting to owning a 'rebel' lure gets me put on another watch list.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (dQvv7)

220 A woman I knew, who was a fourth grade teacher, told me, "What kind of an idiot puts the poem "Titwillow" in a fourth grade reader?"
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2021 09:24 PM (+lVUW)

That's one way to get the boys to even read poetry.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2021 09:36 PM (eoQWY)

221 That would be sweet. Wife wants to go to Cabo, but I'm way too soured on Mexico at this point.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (Zz0t1)

I hear ya about Mexico.

First time I saw Sammy was with Van Halen in 91. Opening band -- Alice in Chains. Hardly anyone had heard of them. The group I was with wasn't interested so they stayed in the concourse. I went down front to see them. Incredible!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:37 PM (mZUr4)

222 my wife cuts my hair now, for the same reason. She is getting better, but it still looks better after a week

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:39 PM (P9T5R)

223 It's a little strange to have your fishing pole suddenly pointing skyward as you reel in.
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Had one run my line out one time and had to cut it. Couldn't just yank the thing out of the sky. Nasty birds though.

Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:39 PM (+ya+t)

224
First time I saw Sammy was with Van Halen in 91. Opening band -- Alice in Chains. Hardly anyone had heard of them. The group I was with wasn't interested so they stayed in the concourse. I went down front to see them. Incredible!!!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:37 PM (mZUr4)

Funniest story about A in C, which isn't about them, but it was Warrant. They used to have the Cherry Pie album cover behind the reception desk at Capital Records. They knew their time had past when they went to the office one day and walked in. The first question they asked was "Who's Alice in Chains?" because wasn't them behind the main desk anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:39 PM (Zz0t1)

225 Trump is a runnin

he can't wait grind Joe into the land

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:40 PM (us2H3)

226 Growing up Dad had a pair of barber clippers and marched us (well not really) kids into the basement for buzz cuts. We all looked like early Neil Armstrong in those days. Everybody else did the same thing. Money was tight, people worked for a living.

I paid $15 (delivered) for a pair of chicom clippers a few years ago with a bunch of those comb attachments. It is surprisingly easy to maintain a reasonably decent haircut. They've paid for themselves a gazillion times over.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:40 PM (4kNoB)

227 Trump is a runnin

he can't wait grind Joe into the land
Posted by: REDACTED

I know some guys with both land and backhoes

Posted by: Miklos, not wishing to be misinterpreted at November 23, 2021 09:41 PM (QzkSJ)

228 They've paid for themselves a gazillion times over.
Posted by: Common Tater

Yeah

Well

Posted by: "Plugs" Biden at November 23, 2021 09:42 PM (QzkSJ)

229 222 my wife cuts my hair now, for the same reason. She is getting better, but it still looks better after a week
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2021 09:39 PM (P9T5R)

my wife has cut my hair for 35 years

mainly because I don't like to be touched by other people

"how about a hug, Rik"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:42 PM (us2H3)

230 Birdwatching is probably top tier as far as white supremacist hobbies are concerned.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 23, 2021 08:51 PM (+WWsf)

Birdwatching is fishing for those afraid of water.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 23, 2021 09:42 PM (eoQWY)

231
That sucks. I hate to hear it. I got my haircut today and my stylist is STILL masking and requiring vaccines to unmask. IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS. This thing is OVER. MOVE ON, dadgummit.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt

An indoor mask mandate has been reinstated in Santa Cruz County, California, after a surge in winter coronavirus cases has led to increased hospitalizations.

People in private settings - including their own homes - are required to wear masks if they are visited by anyone outside of their households.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2021 09:42 PM (63Dwl)

232 Trump is running
I'm a voting for him

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2021 09:43 PM (2JoB8)

233 Now do a healthy golden eagle.
Posted by: rickb223

I once stood next to a guy that was holding (on his arm) a Golden Eagle that had wing damage and was being treated at a bird-type sanctuary (in South Dakota).

Really terrifying to be that close and look at them. They are ruthless, stone cold killers. You can see it in their eyes. I can believe that the are very distant evolutionary descendents of raptor dinosaurs.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 23, 2021 09:43 PM (tjZg/)

234 That sucks. I hate to hear it. I got my haircut today and my stylist is STILL masking and requiring vaccines to unmask. IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS. This thing is OVER. MOVE ON, dadgummit.
Posted by: S

This is why men use barbers

Posted by: confederatefifth at November 23, 2021 09:44 PM (K3ZCc)

235 I had a couple bad haircuts when young, so I tend to keep the ones I find that do my hair like I like. There was one lady who was an usher at the Stars games back at the old Reunion Rowdy Ice House. She would come to my apartment and cut my hair. She disappeared after a couple years, so I just stopped getting my hair cut. Went about 2 1/2 years before I found the lady I use now. She groomed it to grow long, correctly.

Used to have it about half way down my back, all one length.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:44 PM (Zz0t1)

236 I know some guys with both land and backhoes
Posted by: Miklos, not wishing to be misinterpreted at November 23, 2021 09:41 PM (QzkSJ)

a front burner hoe is worth the two back burner bushes

that's the Hermitage talking

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:44 PM (us2H3)

237 Best teacher I ever had was fourth grade Virginia history. Back then it was no joke. I could not compare it to today because there is no comparison. You can't take the world back forty years. But anyone who thinks their state, at that level, took it as serious as Virginia,well ok.

Posted by: Quint at November 23, 2021 09:44 PM (NXntH)

238 213 And now, for your dining and dancing pleasure, Maestro Miklos and His All-Girl Hungarian-Trinidadian Orchestra will play Ottorino Resphigi's "the Birds" on Cimbalom and Steel Drums.
Posted by: Maestro Miklos, insisting on moderate levels of Enthusiasm at November 23, 2021 09:32 PM (QzkSJ)

Endorsed!

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (d9Cw3)

239 Funniest story about A in C, which isn't about them, but it was Warrant. They used to have the Cherry Pie album cover behind the reception desk at Capital Records. They knew their time had past when they went to the office one day and walked in. The first question they asked was "Who's Alice in Chains?" because wasn't them behind the main desk anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:39 PM (Zz0t1)

Haha! Had not heard that!

You're usually not here this late. I've had a good amount of ONT Firsts lately. Do I have to contend with you tonight???

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (mZUr4)

240 Trump is a runnin

he can't wait grind Joe into the land
Posted by: R

that and he needs to do something before everybody forgets who he is

Posted by: confederatefifth at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (K3ZCc)

241 my wife cuts my hair now, for the same reason. She is getting better, but it still looks better after a week

I tried to cut my husbands hair once. Once.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (nxdel)

242 Haha! Had not heard that!

You're usually not here this late. I've had a good amount of ONT Firsts lately. Do I have to contend with you tonight???
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (mZUr4)

Nah, I'll be offline here shortly. Wife wasn't feeling well and was asleep in the living room and the daughter was asleep in her room. It's dark outside and I don't have any parts for my truck, so, here I am.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:46 PM (Zz0t1)

243 We've got a lot of varieties of woodpeckers here, and I've got a family of Downy Woodpeckers (the sparrow sized ones) living in one of my trees. My favorite is the Red Headed, hard to spot unless you get into really deep forest, but incredibly to look at.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-headed_Woodpecker/id

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2021 09:46 PM (evAgx)

244 When I saw the Drinking Thread pop up before my birds-with-risque names thread, I was a little concerned. Despite being all liquored up, y'all have been great. And a special thanks to the Vice President for poking her head in to the comments!

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at November 23, 2021 09:48 PM (d9Cw3)

245 Golden Eagles make a bald eagle look like a Robin or something. Very large indeed.

The Robin formal scientific name is Turdus migratorious.

Really. One of my favorite birds nonetheless.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:48 PM (4kNoB)

246 Bird from hell?

Look.further than the Whippoorwill at 3am outside your window calling whippoorwill nonstop over and over and over and over until freaking daybreak!!!!!!
Aaaaagh!!!!!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at November 23, 2021 09:48 PM (TRGyz)

247 oif I wear a mask ten minutes a week I would be surprised. But that is priviedge. Most around here must mask up based on employment alone.

Posted by: Quint at November 23, 2021 09:48 PM (NXntH)

248
That sucks. I hate to hear it. I got my haircut today and my stylist is STILL masking and requiring vaccines to unmask. IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS. This thing is OVER. MOVE ON, dadgummit.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt

Second look at flowbee*?

* Vacuum cleaner not included

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 09:49 PM (dQvv7)

249 oif I wear a mask ten minutes a week I would be surprised. But that is priviedge. Most around here must mask up based on employment alone.
Posted by: Quint at November 23, 2021 09:48 PM (NXntH)

Facility I work at, when I have to go in, has a mask 'requirement.' I wear one through security (a gaiter), then remove it when I'm out of the main area. I don't put it back on till I leave.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:49 PM (Zz0t1)

250 Nah, I'll be offline here shortly. Wife wasn't feeling well and was asleep in the living room and the daughter was asleep in her room. It's dark outside and I don't have any parts for my truck, so, here I am.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:46 PM (Zz0t1)

OK then. Good to see ya as always.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:49 PM (mZUr4)

251
OK then. Good to see ya as always.
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:49 PM (mZUr4)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:50 PM (Zz0t1)

252 like i said,my keyboard is on the fritz.I can barely post and it is time to log off. G'night Horde.

Posted by: Quint at November 23, 2021 09:50 PM (NXntH)

253 218 There was a Steve Martin movie about bird watching called The Big Year. Not a comedy. About obsessive people and what they sacrifice to be the best.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 23, 2021 09:34 PM (lSgzp)

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I always recommend this movie to people. I'd say it's a light comedy, not over-the-top, as you might expect with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black as the leads (though there is one scene the Steve Martin seemingly can't resist going a bit overboard). It's strangely subdued, and much more about people discovering what's important in their lives.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 23, 2021 09:51 PM (CAJOC)

254 Got my haircuts from an uncle and a guy from the old neighborhood. Neither were barbers. Take it down to the bone, lol. The army was my first pro haircut.

Posted by: dartist at November 23, 2021 09:51 PM (+ya+t)

255 that and he needs to do something before everybody forgets who he is
Posted by: confederatefifth at November 23, 2021 09:45 PM (K3ZCc)

who ??

Posted by: CNN at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (us2H3)

256 Doof and sponge.

Damn. I'd love to be a spectator when y'all meet. I hope it's with blue tooth speakers and your laptops.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (U2p+3)

257 Nah, I'll be offline here shortly. Wife wasn't feeling well and was asleep in the living room and the daughter was asleep in her room. It's dark outside and I don't have any parts for my truck, so, here I am. [icon_smile.gif]
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:46 PM (Zz0t1)

The shift from DST to Standard Time claims yet another victim!

Hiya, Sponge!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (Agr8U)

258 It would necessarily follow then, that a mechanism in good working order is both "in whack" yet at the same time "off the fritz"?

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:53 PM (4kNoB)

259 Doof and sponge.

Damn. I'd love to be a spectator when y'all meet. I hope it's with blue tooth speakers and your laptops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (U2p+3)

You're ALWAYS invited.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:53 PM (Zz0t1)

260
The shift from DST to Standard Time claims yet another victim!

Hiya, Sponge!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (Agr8U)

Yep....not a fan of winter. Lack of Vitamin D makes me grumpy.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:53 PM (Zz0t1)

261 the day after Trump announces, Joe will bow out

Joe is a premier chickenshit that only likes to fight when he's got the advantage

Posted by: REDACTED at November 23, 2021 09:54 PM (us2H3)

262 Doof and sponge.

Damn. I'd love to be a spectator when y'all meet. I hope it's with blue tooth speakers and your laptops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 09:52 PM (U2p+3)

Sounds like a get together waiting to happen! There'd be a bourbon requirement too!!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:54 PM (mZUr4)

263 Straight as the crow flies.

I always wondered about this expression. Are crows known for being especially point-A-to-point-B flyers or could any other bird name do just as well?

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:56 PM (mNhhD)

264 Birdwatching is fishing for those afraid of water
~~~
Lol, no.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:56 PM (IDhUW)

265 Believe it or not, Army recruits in Basic Training have to pay for their haircuts. Yes, plural. It starts growing back, out to 1/4" and it's back to Zero. Maybe 2 or 3 times at least in 8 weeks.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:56 PM (4kNoB)

266
Sounds like a get together waiting to happen! There'd be a bourbon requirement too!!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2021 09:54 PM (mZUr4)

Well HELLS YES!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 09:56 PM (Zz0t1)

267 263 Straight as the crow flies.

I always wondered about this expression. Are crows known for being especially point-A-to-point-B flyers or could any other bird name do just as well?
Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:56 PM (mNhhD)

I think "Straight as the any bird that isn't a hummingbird basically flies" was a bit too cumbersome, so they just picked "crow" out of a hat and went with it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2021 09:58 PM (6FeV1)

268 And now, for your dining and dancing pleasure, Maestro Miklos and His All-Girl Hungarian-Trinidadian Orchestra will play Ottorino Resphigi's "the Birds" on Cimbalom and Steel Drums.
Posted by: Maestro Miklos, insisting on moderate levels of Enthusiasm at November 23, 2021 09:32 PM (QzkSJ)

Endorsed!
~~~
Well, yeah, how awesome is this idea!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:59 PM (IDhUW)

269
Really terrifying to be that close and look at them. They are ruthless, stone cold killers. You can see it in their eyes. I can believe that the are very distant evolutionary descendents of raptor dinosaurs.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 23, 2021 09:43 PM (tjZg/)

I agree! Everyone says cats are like aliens, but raptors are a whole other level.

Loons, however, are very common. I'm surrounded by them at work all day.

Posted by: Just Lily at November 23, 2021 09:59 PM (RLLZj)

270 Did Biden go rogue and announce he's running without getting approval first from his handlers? Will we get, "I wasn't supposed to say that," when questioned on it? Even his dim bulb brain noticed and likes the perks of the office.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 23, 2021 09:59 PM (mNhhD)

271 Grey box friends, I must away.

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 23, 2021 09:59 PM (IDhUW)

272 258 It would necessarily follow then, that a mechanism in good working order is both "in whack" yet at the same time "off the fritz"?
Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2021 09:53 PM (4kNoB)

Combobulated.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2021 10:00 PM (6FeV1)

273 NOOD!!!

Yeah, I didn't log out quite yet.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 23, 2021 10:01 PM (Zz0t1)

274 265 Believe it or not, Army recruits in Basic Training have to pay for their haircuts. Yes, plural. It starts growing back, out to 1/4" and it's back to Zero. Maybe 2 or 3 times at least in 8 weeks.
Posted by: Common Tater

Umm. marines have to purchase their own food and uniforms. Including their basic cammies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 23, 2021 10:01 PM (U2p+3)

275 Hey, Flock 'o Seagulls...

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 23, 2021 10:01 PM (vuisn)

276 I think the website Stuff White People Like had a post on bird watching. That place was so fucking funny. It could not exist today. Well it still exists but you know what I mean.

Posted by: JoeXiDen - Lessko Brandon at November 23, 2021 10:03 PM (s12uX)

277
I think Joe Biden* is gonna make 'merica so afraid of an 80 year old President that Trump will have an incredibly tough time. They're gonna let Joe drool all over per-pubescent girls as long as it takes to instill that vision in the wine moms.

I know, terrible thing to say, but it's the truth. The left is nastier then anyone can ever imagine.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 10:03 PM (dQvv7)

278 Have the ox-peckers made an appearance?

Posted by: Glenn John at November 23, 2021 10:03 PM (Rmprz)

279 I know, terrible thing to say, but it's the truth. The left is nastier then anyone can ever imagine.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 23, 2021 10:03 PM (dQvv7)

There's always Junior....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2021 10:03 PM (6FeV1)

280 It's all Wormtongues and no Theoden in that nasty little swamp kingdom, isn't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2021 10:05 PM (6FeV1)

281 I have yet to see a bird called the Rashy Hole, but I suppose it's possible.

Posted by: JEM at November 24, 2021 12:36 AM (jIeMQ)

282 Outstanding

Posted by: ibid at November 24, 2021 02:20 AM (zUVLz)

283 Great Tit -- must be Australian for 'get in the truck'
(see yesterday's funny jokes: "I love you" in different languages)

Posted by: Ciampino at November 24, 2021 08:37 AM (qfLjt)

284 Went online and found:
Great Tit -- must be Australian for 'get in the truck' ... wait ... that was 'I love you' ...
Bushtit -- must be the National Geographic one
Horned Screamer -- someone's wife?
Common Shag (aka Phalacrocorax aristotelis) -- heck she'll do anybody
Moustached Flowerpiercer -- Soviet woman Olympic weightlifter?
Hoary Puffleg -- https://twitter.com/i/status/1461547053847298053
Bananaquit and Orangequit-- addicted to fruit?
Hottentot Buttonquail -- I thought that was an African group like Zulu, Xhosa, Bushmen
Cutthroat -- Harrr! and a bottle of rum
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah -- imagine that

Posted by: Ciampino at November 24, 2021 09:19 AM (qfLjt)

285 and a few more:
Whip-poor-will -- torturing William?
Chuck-will's-widow -- Poor Will must have died from all the whipping
Bristle-thighed Curlew -- East German woman curling Olympian?
See-See Partridge -- yes, yes I see it
Kittiwake -- the cat is about
Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler -- gossipy woman
Lappet-faced Vulture -- specially ugly vulture

Posted by: Ciampino at November 24, 2021 09:21 AM (qfLjt)

286 34 Buffspangled cornholer

Can we use that name for all our DC politicians?

Posted by: Ciampino at November 24, 2021 09:30 AM (qfLjt)

287 33 Nightjars are kind of sinister looking and sounding, I can understand that name to be honest.

Then how sinister is a Satanic nightjar?

Also Penduline Tits -- I believe common amongst older folk.

Posted by: Ciampino at November 24, 2021 09:38 AM (qfLjt)

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