Bob77064
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The birds here work for the car wash.
Lots of birdshot needed in Kentucky
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dave1949
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That histoplasmosis sounds like nasty stuff. The article says it can persist in the soil for years. Yuck. Hope they move on soon.
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A friend of mine's father died from that. They said he probably got it at his employer, where he worked as a maintenance man. The warehouse he worked in for 30 years was full of pigeons and pigeon poop. It was a nasty painful death.
dmccarty
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When I lived in KY in the 70's there were problems with these large flocks of birds. I saw the large flocks, which were very impressive, near our house in farm fields and wood lines. I never understood why the birds stayed in KY in the winter. :confused3: FLY SOUTH! A story I read blamed the birds on Global Warming. The years I saw the birds, the Ohio river froze over at least once, there was record cold and snow falls. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
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A story I read blamed the birds on Global Warming. The years I saw the birds, the Ohio river froze over at least once, there was record cold and snow falls. :laughing::laughing::laughing:Later,
Dan
When I lived in KY in the 70's there were problems with these large flocks of birds. I saw the large flocks, which were very impressive, near our house in farm fields and wood lines. I never understood why the birds stayed in KY in the winter. :confused3: FLY SOUTH!
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Now that's what I call being bird brained. :laughing:
dmccarty
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I saw a documentary years ago about large bird flocks. I THINK they were in Africa and had the same problem as what seems to always happen in KY. The solution was to find the trees the flock was roosting in, place 55 gallons of drums under the trees, fill said drums with gas, set a charge and wait for the birds to settle down for the night then make a big boom. Problem solved. :shocked: When they set off the drums of gasoline they made a very impressive fireball.
:laughing::laughing::laughing:BBQ chicken, errr, birds anyone?
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Dan
I saw a documentary years ago about large bird flocks. I THINK they were in Africa and had the same problem as what seems to always happen in KY. The solution was to find the trees the flock was roosting in, place 55 gallons of drums under the trees, fill said drums with gas, set a charge and wait for the birds to settle down for the night then make a big boom. Problem solved. :shocked: When they set off the drums of gasoline they made a very impressive fireball.
BBQ chicken, errr, birds anyone?
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Dan
I wouldn't want to be around when that drum of gasoline detonated.
Speaking of flocks of birds... I got the shock of my life when I walked over to my garage yesterday. There must have been about 30 turkey vultures in the trees behind my house. Apparently I must have startled them because they all scattered at virtually the same time and without warning, scaring the crap out of me in the process. They're huge birds that are quite common here, but I've never seen them in such large numbers before. If only I could have got a few pictures, it was an impressive sight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture
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dave1949
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We have some turkey vultures here in the summertime, sailing around waiting for something to die I guess. I've never seen where they roost.
Now, that fact that 30 of them were at your house ... maybe they know when and where that asteroid is coming :laughing:
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There are turkey vultures stationed strategically around every high way department dead animal composting pit in Indiana! :laughing:
We also have approximately 20,000 crows that winter here in South Bend, IN. They start gathering in early winter and disperse in the spring. Every morning they fly outward to fields and towns to forage and every evening at dusk they return. Sometimes they roost on old factories. Sometimes they roost in heavy woods. They move a few blocks every day.
We also have approximately 20,000 crows that winter here in South Bend, IN. They start gathering in early winter and disperse in the spring. Every morning they fly outward to fields and towns to forage and every evening at dusk they return. Sometimes they roost on old factories. Sometimes they roost in heavy woods. They move a few blocks every day.