House Martin Call

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One morning I woke up and the wrong “bird” was in my room… if you love’em set them free… so I did. There is only one Earth – please help save it.

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Why are only one species of bird coming to my birdfeeder?

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The birdseed says "wild bird food" and has pictures of a few kinds of birds, including cardinals, but the only kind of bird that i ever see there are house sparrows

(this kind) http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpdragon/2291046195/

However i regularly see robins,woodpeckers,cardinals,and common grackles. Why is it that only sparrows use my bird feeder?


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Help me identify a bird call I heard?

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I just heard it not long ago, around 5 in the morning. I’ve heard the call before, and my memory seems to be connecting it with an owl I once saw… though, I can’t find any lists of owls in my area to search for sound clips, so it’s difficult. :/

I live in a fair sized industrial city, in Southern Ontario… so it’s not often I see more than house wrens, starlings, blue jays, mourning doves, pigeons, cardinals, sea gulls and crows. Our wildlife is very limited.

Anyway, it’s still very dark and the morning chorus hasn’t been sounding for long. Started up shortly after I heard this call. I want to say the bird has a good chance of being nocturnal, but really… I don’t know enough to make such assumptions.

I’m going to try to describe this in as much detail as possible.

The call would last for about 6 seconds, pause for closer to 10, then it would sound again.
The sound it would make was somewhere between a very repetitive gentle hoot and a coo.
It repeated quickly, maybe 4 times per second, no pause between the sounds.
The pitch was a little bit higher than a mourning dove’s.
The volume was pretty low. Very eerie. I’m not sure if the bird was distant, or if it was just soft.
If my memory serves me right, then the other times in the past that I heard the call would have been between 9 PM and Midnight.

That’s… about all I can give you.

Any ideas whatsoever will help. Maybe it’s not an owl at all? I’ll be looking up every suggestion to try and confirm.


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i need help and tips for attracting a variety of birds to my feeders?

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My grandfather bird feeders have bluebirds,cardinals,yellow birds,goldfinches,woodpeckers,blackbirds,chickadees,titmouses,mowckingbirds,finches,doves,wren,snowbirds,robins etc. but he has 4 cages which you put blocks or cakes in of food and he has 3 feeders normally there is an average of 15 birds at his feeders sometimes more than 40 but you hardly ever see the trees without birds he uses various kinds of cakes but the same feed about 3 weeks ago i put up some feeders and he keeps telling me that i will get the various types of birds but so far i have only gotten chickadees,titmouses,doves,woodpeckers,snowbirds,and 1 purple finch but i have 3 cages for cakes and 2 feeders i use the same feed and everything but i cant seem to get the variety of birds i see bluebirds setting on our powerlines but not eating and about a mile or less behind our house where we ride 4 wheelers there is cardinal galore about 20-30 in fields next to a wooded area i need a variety of birds please i need tips


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You came home one day and your clothes were packed, the house was empty, no furniture…….?

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I moved all your things. You now have your own place in a better neighborhood. A large pickett fence on approximately 3 acres. There is a swimming pool in the backyard. You have to go about 100 ft. from the house to get to it. I set a several hummingbird feeders and two birdhouses about 500 ft back there and now there are hummingbirds everywhere. You have a new job making 220,000 a year. I bought you a new jeep. Are you happy?


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Can something like this really be a true story? My cousin, aunt, and older brother all say it is.?

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I discovered something about my great great great great aunt who was alive back in the 1870s and I can’t believe it is true! My brother has gotten into genealogy and discovered that she was a slave during this time. Now first of all, there is no African American in my blood, and second of all, slavery was abolished in the 1860s. I am not naive, I know slavery exists today, but I haven’t gotten to the weird part yet…
…supposedly she was a sex slave to a saloon owner in an old western town, but she was not a whore. She was just HIS personal slave by night, but by DAY, he used her to attract customers to his saloon! This is the weird part.
He re-named his saloon, "The Bird in the Gilded Cage" Casino, and he actually kept her…no joke…in a giant round birdcage hanging over a bar…LITERALLY! My brother and cousin even took me to the old casino and showed me the birdcage. It was big enough to fit a person inside, but had all the features of a normal birdcage-a swing, a perch, even a wooden bird feeder mounted between the bars. The swing was even wide enough for my ancestor to sit on it.
Now of course, I know anything was possible back then but this is like something out of a movie. Supposedly, during the day, the saloon owner made her wear skimpy outfits and locked her in the birdcage to attract male customers to the saloon. At night, he let her sleep in bed with him, but she was in bondage. At any rate, I guess she literally LIVED in a birdcage for over seven years of her life before the saloon owner died and she was set free.
Could that really be real? I saw the cage, but I just can’t believe it.


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what does it mean when wild birds fly into your house?

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for the last 3 days wild birds have been coming into my house threw my fireplace,there is no nest up there.and there adult birds.
today the bird let me hold it before i let it out side,ive been told there is ether going to be a birth or a death in the family.is there any truth to this?
and i also have 2 indoor cats that dont seem to bother him…………wierd


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What can I use to build a bird house?

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For a project, I have to "reuse" materials around the house to build a birdhouse. O_O
I have no clue how to build a bird house and what to use.
Any suggestions? or sites with good designs???

thank youuu! :D


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Goldfinch & Blue Tit on freezing icy December feeders… My Garden Birds UK @ simbird.com

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Birds UK ~ British Bird Bee Butterfly & Wildlife videos at You Tube ~:-) Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips…Simon Description… British wildlife ~ Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon s5 sx1 + telephoto lens / Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My * Birdcam * of wild birds in the garden with sounds ~ songs calls singing birdsong… More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe World Planet Earth Universe :-)

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Bird feeders…………….?

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I want a wooden bird feeder that maybe the top comes off or rises so I can fill with seeds.I’ve tried a nearby craft store. They have ones that are basically decorative. I want an unfinished one so I can have my 2 yr old help me paint it. I tried The Home Depot & the lady said no. I know one can be built (didn’t really want to but I guess will if I have to).

I would like a simple one if it has to be built. Any good ideas how to go abt doing that or does anyone have any patterns to make one?

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