Posted by Billy NY on January 15, 2009 at 12:11:57 from (74.67.3.238):
At risk of really crossing the line here, I know this is not an aviary or animal site, but not too far off from what many of us have seen when working in the fields, which is part of farming. I kinda like to watch over the birds myself at times. That pileated woodpecker escaped me for years, friends always said, "you have not seen one of those, we see em quite often" I heard the call they make and there was one in the yard, darned thing was the size of a crow too !
New years eve, I heard a knock at the door, not in all that great of a mood, winter time, cabin fever LOL, I'm not expecting anyone tonight so I'm like !$#@*%.... who's messin with me out there, this is about 2-3 hours after dark. I look down, and this guy (in the photo) is on the threshold, it was him knocking on the door with his beak ! I go over and he comes right to me, then past me into a shrub, so I knew something was up, bunch of cats come around here at times, so I figured I'd best flush him out and catch him. He was ornery about it, that beak can just about break the skin, show him some food, ohh... give me that, then he bites me again... got him settled down finally, cardinals are really something else, got used to me, would sit on my shoulder and try to groom my short sideburns, got him some sunflower seed, had some grubs in some semi punked out black cherry logs I was cutting the good parts from and burning. He ate and drank water, well just hang tight we'll get ya back goin again. One wing was missing a few feathers, that beak sure was strong, but he could not lift off the ground for long, so I figured I'd feed the heck out of him and see if he improved, like so many I've helped before. 2 days, I let him roost in the open, heard him jump down into the box early in the morning, he liked to root around in there for seeds mixed in with the bedding, but he passed on. Kind of sad, but at least he got some comfort, never know, if it was a cat that messed him up, bacteria from them is deadly, if it broke the skin, new years eve no way to get him some help. Apparently people used to peddle these guys as pets before some act or treaty in 1918, they are pretty darned cool, 2nd one I've had over the years.
Photos are not great, time for a real camera, missing some really great shots, this one was a bit too close up.
Bald eagle, view from my kitchen window, he was after the deer carcass left out for the critters, I always do that to watch the red tail hawks, this time they were outranked, never saw one of these before, pretty big compared to the crow next to him, and they did not know whether to harass him or what, they are relentless with hawks, this guy had em stunned for some reason.
Water is our 20+ acre pond, most wildlife productive in the county according to the DEC agent, and those fields are still in use, rememeber long before any houses were there, some nice ground too. You can barely see our hedgerow, quite the contrast between them now being overgrown, place is loaded with wildlife, all kinds of birds migrate and nest here now.
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