Pet Bird Precursorz

elaine: 5th Jun 2005 - 07:04 GMT

are the birds greek? especially the e in 'pet bird'. i like the way s/he has used the arrow of the print, as a feeder?

Peter: 6th Jun 2005 - 13:59 GMT

ive seen that first one! before it faded, even... the part at the bottom were the feet of an owl-like creature, the top was clouds. apparently, the red/orange color that made up the creature faded/washed away leaving it as it looks. i forget where it is (on park or vanderbilt?) but i remember seeing it when it was newer, maybe 6-8 months ago. there are alot of old ones on park, like this one. ill see if i can grab more shots too. thanks for snagging that last one! it was more colorful too, the last time i saw it. i guess Pet Bird has more recently learned to avoid water-soluble/non-permanent inks!

elaine: 6th Jun 2005 - 17:55 GMT

and here is a pet bird location for ya

elaine: 6th Jun 2005 - 18:18 GMT

hate to break it to you, but it's not all birds
a'course, i don't know how many s/he has in there...

Peter: 6th Jun 2005 - 18:22 GMT

if i were a bird, i probably wouldnt mind hanging out in a place like that.

elaine: 6th Jun 2005 - 18:26 GMT

well, they seem to have the run of the flat and the balcony. i wonder if there are carpets...

elaine: 6th Jun 2005 - 19:50 GMT

i am almost sick with pleasure to present to you this weblink;
www.bbc.co.uk/london/yourlondon/peregrine_falcons.shtml
it is a live webcam of peregrine falcons nesting in a tower block in london. it is located near broadcasting house just off oxford st WC1.
seems they are very happy in london, eating the pigeons. i want one

GGP: 7th Jun 2005 - 22:18 GMT

peter, how cool about the first image being something other than clouds n cows.
elaine, thanks for the webcam link. I love bird cams! there's a good one of the peregrines here in NYC on water street--I think they may have just fledged.

elaine: 8th Jun 2005 - 06:56 GMT

it's fab, isn't it? there is a new thing on bbc here started last spring, called 'springwatch' which is just perfect elaine tv. they set up camp in the country with loads of webcams and watch lots of little birdies, badgers, hares, whatever doing the spring things and there are links through to more webcams from that page. last year they had peregrines in a quarry and i fell in love with their air strikes on pigeons in that setting, and thought how i wanted them to come and live on my windowledge. i didn't get my wish exactly, but loving them being in london. i love birds of prey. i have seen kestrels here and there was a massive owl living in st pauls, 3ft tall aparrently, but it ate a poisoned rat and died, sadly. i would like to become a falconer, imagine how cool that would be? now that would be an ID licence i would happily flash in people's faces. or have a talking raven, 'nevermore'

elaine: 8th Jun 2005 - 15:05 GMT

in birds i like predation and scale. happy to watch a killer bird anytime, and if they are big you don't need those binoculars that i can't bear. but scale on it's own also swings it for me. when i was in california i saw flocks of pelicans, they were magnificent. we were driving up the coast in an open topped car and they were flying just above us winking and smiling. i loved them. and battleship grey, very handsome, like pteredactyls

GGP: 8th Jun 2005 - 18:31 GMT

yes, pelicans are very primordial-looking birds. I saw some in Jamaica. They're aloof yet friendly-looking. I too love birds of prey, but it's also fun to watch tiny birds like sparrows/etc. chase huge hawks away from the area where the sparrows/etc. are nesting. That's always a sight!

Peter: 8th Jun 2005 - 18:38 GMT

did you hear about the nyc hawks?

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4213496

and then...

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4244320

and best of all:

www.palemale.com

elaine: 8th Jun 2005 - 18:41 GMT

but the tank grey ones, we don't have them here. if you see a pelican in a park it will be white, and i'd never seen a flock, and i'd never seen them flying, i think they get their wings clipped here, maybe.
last spring i was mostly enjoying magpies on the roof outside my windows, but they are not back, and this year it has been starlings

elaine: 8th Jun 2005 - 20:23 GMT

poor starlings, what have they ever done to you?

Anonymous (user-12lcl9r.cable.mindspring.com): 8th Jun 2005 - 20:50 GMT

in a nutshell (or eggshell): "Major ecological impact of Starlings is driving out competitors. Because starlings are so aggressive and gregarious, they force out many native species. Starlings may attack established nests of other species destroying the eggs. An overabundance of starlings causes a lack of avian diversity ."

elaine: 8th Jun 2005 - 20:59 GMT

wel, technically the magpies are baddies too, but they are handsome and funny (and i have hidden shallows)

nikki : 16th Jun 2005 - 17:22 GMT

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