Thursday, January 27, 2011

A Few More Winter Photos









4 comments:

mythopolis said...

These made me smile!

Owen said...

An ongoing treat... but what do you give all these birds to get them to pose for you...

And also, what is your take or understanding of what happened in Alabama recently with thousands of dead birds? I saw a report today which said they died of blunt force trauma... but how on earth do five thousand birds die of blunt force trauma ???

mythopolis said...

I'm not sure what happened to those birds either, but I think in Alabama it was hundreds rather than thousands. Grackles at certain times of year migrate in huge numbers. To see them pass is quite amazing, they look like a fast moving, darting black cloud. A thousand or more grackles may descend on a field, and then take off. And they move as one. I do think a fast moving truck on an interstate could conceivably plow through such a 'cloud' of birds, perhaps as they were leaving a field. If so, I am sure they would be killed in large numbers. I don't know if that scenario applies to the Alabama incident or not. I may not be accurate in my facts, but Owen got me to thinking about it.

Dee Newman said...

According to what I have read these incidents are not unusual during the migration seasons throughout the world. As Dan points out many species of migrating birds travel in extremely large numbers. It would not take much to bring down hundreds of birds at a time . . . weather, high tension power lines, planes, eighteen wheelers, etc.