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but I am a word of the day. (Offer good Monday only)
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 the day after. Cheers .
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Shoot, I missed it. Fill me in? By PM if you prefer?
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Jackie, the word was anastrophe. 
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Oh, yay, I have a friend who's a Word! 
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Jackie, the word was anastrophe. Ah, no longer puzzled by the obscure camera I am!
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Jackie, the word was anastrophe. Ah, no longer puzzled by the obscure camera I am! Heh. Funny are you, Alex.
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Hi Annastrophic.... followed ya here!
Like my backyard bunting?
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Welcome, then! And *I like your bunting.
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Thank you, Jackie! They migrate through twice a year, and aren't always big feeder users, but I caught this one, and what a beauty! I have also seen a red-bellied woodpecker and a young red-tailed hawk, but it wasn't eating any seeds...!
Funny about the "carpal tunnel" designation; I just had surgery on my left wrist - still sore!!! :0)
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Join the backyard birdwatcher's society.
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Hey, twosleepy! Nice picture -- I guess you are a camera! What a nice surprise to see you here.
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Join the backyard birdwatcher's society. I really should, but then again, I already am! I only have a little time for this now because I am at home after my surgery. I have to admit, I don't like being a "stranger", though! Couldn't it be more positive, such as "New friend", "Investigator" or "New poster"? Just an idea.... :0)
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Hey, twosleepy! Nice picture -- I guess you are a camera! What a nice surprise to see you here. Hello! I had a hard time picking what photo to use. It's one of my favorite hobbies. I wanted to use one of a pileated woodpecker that landed on a tree in our yard a couple of years ago, but there's not a shot that is clear, like the bunting. For such small pics, you can't use a fussy, detailed image successfully. I have a great panda pic, too.... I do go on! LOL! PS That's not your baby tiger, is it? ;0)
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I have a great panda pic, too.... Visiting your backyard feeder?
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Wish I had that blue one in my backyard. We don't even have the blue jay bird. Only the Flemish jay which is pinkish gray with a little pink-blue-white flag on the wing.
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I have a great panda pic, too.... Visiting your backyard feeder? LOL Faldage... don't I wish! Actually, it's of Tai Shan, the baby panda at the National Zoo. He's about 2 1/2 now. Can pics be posted? I'll try...  It's not my best pic of him, but it's a small one that's online...
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Allo twosleepy
Ooo, that is a beauty of a bird. There are none so bright blue in Montreal.
Good healing with the carpal tunnel operation. I know it can be a pain; my Dad had both done at the same time and he found it quite annoying to have to ask for help all the time.
Don't worry, you'll move up from "stranger" quickly. The step from that to the next title up is very short.
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I wish some of my blackbirds were that blue! Cute panda!
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Gone are the blackbird posts and yes I love their song too!.
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How do posts disappear? I had 7, now I have 5! At this rate, I'll be a "stranger" forever! :0{
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You can have my title for free, it's me who'll be the stranger forever. Anyway it's not the count that counts, it's the conversation. I miss part of a conversation with you about blackbirds and buntings. So now I'll go feed the blackbird couple that settled in my backyard and became very tame. Breadcrumbs for a song.
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How do posts disappear? I had 7, now I have 5! At this rate, I'll be a "stranger" forever! :0{ there was (apparently) a problem with the forum database, and wordsmith (that's Anu) had to revert to a backup which was a couple of days old, so some posts were lost.
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Our backyard feeder is plagued by squirrels. It wouldn't be so bad but they're such hogs. They'll knock the top off the feeder and eat it out from the top. I started putting chili pepper flakes in the mix on the theory that it would bug the squirrels but not the birds but they seem to be Mexican squirrels. I started swearing and hurly imprecations at them in Spanish, calling them mojados and things far worse to only slight effect. Yesterday, while I was off at work, the lovely AnnaS watched while a blue jay came down to feed off the scatterings on the ground and the squirrels split. Must be the jay works for la Migra.
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Decoying the squirrels away from a bird feeder with a post-mounted corn cob feeder is effective as well, reducing the need to hurl imprecations.
I have a hummingbird feeder in my back yard, and my poor old hound dog could never decide if they were permitted to feed or not. Any sort of game bird and he knew his role, but feisty little things that zipped and zoomed befuddled him. He'd watch them come feed, sneak up, and jump up to see what they were doing, with the end result of hummingbirds yelling swear words at him.
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Hummingbirds are fed on sugared water, Maven?
When I was in Ca. last september I got up making a sudden turn while picking some tomatoes and stared a hummingbird right in the miniature face. It was too close to free itself out of its stationary position. I guess for seven seconds the both of us were frozen. Then I moved and it took off.
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Yes, sugar water dyed red to attract attention. They also feed happily on a variety of flowers, including snapdragons, daisies, mums, and pansies. My husband and I have both had those face-to-beak encounters, and they can be quite the surprise! I watched as one inspected my husband, almost going so far as to poke into one ear. Refilling the feeder is sometimes a nervy proposition, particularly if there are multiple wooing males in the area.
I have some nice shots of them feeding, I'll link to them later if anyone is interested.
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I would love to see your shots of hummingbirds.
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You'd think being so small would make them shy but they're fiesty little things.
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Yes please Maven, I'd love to see them too. They were always too quick for my camera.
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 Female Hummingbird Best one of the lot...I'll upload a few more if there's interest. The boys tend to be warier at the feeder than the girls.
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Wow!What a pretty wing! And all of it.
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really nice! thanks for sharing, Maven.
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Yeow! What was your shutter speed? Was it film or digital?
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That's a nice photo Maven. My Mom has hummingbirds up at her cottage but they move around so quickly, it's hard to catch a glimpse of them.
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Thank you for the kind words! Digital...Kodak EasyShare DX6490, on an automatic setting. I had the camera on a tripod and took probably 50 shots, with 3-4 that are worth keeping. I have to fiddle around with my home network before I can upload the others.
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I had the camera on a tripod and took probably 50 shots, with 3-4 that are worth keeping. the good photographers secret.
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That is a fantastic picture, Maven. How do you tell males from females, by the color?
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>What a pretty wing! And all of it. amazing how it can do that with just the one!  - joe (wingin' it) friday
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