The road from Sarah and the seaplane to the sandwich maker

[countblastula]

Since goldenmoonbear is prone to posting my embarrassing incidents, let me tell you about her ungodly obsession: talking to cowbirds. Friday night we went to the Spangenberg to see "Orwell Rolls In His Grave" (which was not 2 hours of footage of Orwell rolling in his grave as we had hoped.) The ticket booth was outside, nearby was a cowbird. I had already gone

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[siren_of_psych]

Um, I also talk to birds all the time (and often when I'm completely alone.)

Just the other day I talked to a crow in the parking lot of Wal-Mart. "Hey, what are you doing here, buddy?" (Crows don't typically frequent the parking lot there. They tend to hang out in the woods adjacent to the store cawing and being hilarious while my friends the gulls laugh and galavant around the lot itself.)

And why is a cowbird a "bad" parasite? A parasitic breeder, yes, but at least it's a native species to N. America unlike the Euro. Starling, and it's breeding habits are simply a smart adaptation to its following herds of buffalo, that's all.

[countblastula]

>And why is a cowbird a "bad" parasite?

She was calling it a bad parasite while feeding it and nursing it back to health, so I'm sure she didn't mean it any ill will.

[siren_of_psych]

Just an honest question, that's all.

My mom actually "hates" cowbirds because of their parasitic breeding habits, which I find highly odd, since it's merely a survival skill. I think brown-headeds are ever so gorgeous!

You still are convince "anon" is me, aren't you?

Funny.

[goldenmoonbear]

I just like to tease them little buggers.

[siren_of_psych]

I figured you weren't harboring any deep resentment. :-)

They are cuties and they get such a bad rap, too.

[goldenmoonbear]

Cowbirds are probably one of the least troublesome kinds of birds at Wildlife Rescue!

[siren_of_psych]

Okay, spill it: which ones are the littlest pricks? (I mean, you gotta love 'em all, but, which ones have the biggest attitudes?)

I could see one of my favorites, the crow, having quite the 'tude, probably due to its superior intelligence. Crows totally crack me up.

[goldenmoonbear]

Crows do indeed rule. They crack me up too. Let's see, to make some generalizations about bad bird habits...
Doves can be bad because they always freak out and lose their feathers and try to escape you, house finches are known for refusing to eat and spitting their food all over themselves and you, robins are notorious because as soon as you clean their baskets they poop all over and tear up everything and make a huge mess within seconds.
Swallows, on the other hand, tend to be cheerful and friendly.