tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post1781928018595872547..comments2024-03-10T07:14:33.790-03:00Comments on Procrastinating Donkey: A River In The Skyjenny_ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-59401208610683198642017-03-12T20:47:00.556-03:002017-03-12T20:47:00.556-03:00Yes, they're just like a mob of people, aren&#...Yes, they're just like a mob of people, aren't they!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-52507233565379668412017-03-12T19:49:32.142-03:002017-03-12T19:49:32.142-03:00Great video. Sometimes crows fly en masse right ov...Great video. Sometimes crows fly en masse right over our place and the rackety, orderless flocks always make me laugh. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-2110540149103784492017-03-12T15:41:31.904-03:002017-03-12T15:41:31.904-03:00Dad loved to be out in nature. That's one of t...Dad loved to be out in nature. That's one of the reasons his disability was so hard on him; it was so limiting. I'm glad the video helped to show the numbers of birds; that's all it was for, as it wasn't terribly good in a technical sense :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-55700605656264462352017-03-12T13:08:38.555-03:002017-03-12T13:08:38.555-03:00That's a bittersweet memory, for sure. But lik...That's a bittersweet memory, for sure. But like you said, at least your dad was still appreciating nature. Love the vid! It really gives a sense of the numbers, and you can even HEAR the birds.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-10437383089831757652017-03-11T15:03:15.536-04:002017-03-11T15:03:15.536-04:00Nature is pretty amazing, isn't it?Nature is pretty amazing, isn't it?jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-20312046346538730202017-03-11T15:02:07.560-04:002017-03-11T15:02:07.560-04:00Wait, are we crazy? Or is everyone who doesn't...Wait, are we crazy? Or is everyone who doesn't like it crazy? :)<br /><br />I'd fully enjoy what you described. Especially the bats, as I haven't see many of those. We used to have them at our cottage, but it was very dark there - no lights - so they couldn't be seen. Our region's bats have been decimated by disease so I don't know how many we would have now in any case.<br /><br />We once had the chance to see chimney swallows roost in an unused chimney. They came by the hundreds and formed a vertical rotating column (like a little tornado) to enter the chimney for the night. It was amazing.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-63262649228216662742017-03-11T14:55:07.267-04:002017-03-11T14:55:07.267-04:00Ah, kind of like our robins here. I love to watch ...Ah, kind of like our robins here. I love to watch the crows. They behave like people a lot of the time.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-55005148648799964072017-03-11T13:01:04.678-04:002017-03-11T13:01:04.678-04:00These sights are always so fascinating. And moment...These sights are always so fascinating. And moments like these sometimes stir memories, some of them, as you say, bittersweet.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262406079948479112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-16921557876458922302017-03-11T12:52:26.567-04:002017-03-11T12:52:26.567-04:00While living in a very small apartment in Macedoni...While living in a very small apartment in Macedonia I used to watch the birds go to roost. The sparrows would go first, into some crevasses in a stone building very close to our balcony and easy to see. They had a kind of a raven over there that was huge, black, with gray wings. They would roost next. Like our crows they were very loud birds. But as we would watch any number of different bird families would find their way to roost. They all went at similar times but each in their own time. Then, as the dark began to overcome the light, the bats would come out. Being in the city there was enough light remaining in the sky for us to watch them hunt. <br />Hey, I thought I was the only one crazy enough to watch birds going to roost and get excited about that.<br />:)<br /><br />Thanks, that was a fun read.<br />TomTJ Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18302345097335357731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-69612136854312267972017-03-11T10:44:00.416-04:002017-03-11T10:44:00.416-04:00Our ravens will do that from time to time, hundred...Our ravens will do that from time to time, hundreds, even thousands. What a racket. We do not have crows here and I miss them. they were always the first sign of spring on the priariesThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-898160720401298362017-03-10T21:21:09.099-04:002017-03-10T21:21:09.099-04:00I didn't know that crows migrate - ours seem t...I didn't know that crows migrate - ours seem to be here all year round. But then, our weather is a bit more temperate than Alberta's. Ya learn something new every day. If you pay attention :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-11195411963631298402017-03-10T21:04:35.918-04:002017-03-10T21:04:35.918-04:00They really are, aren't they?They really are, aren't they?jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-81079797494035289432017-03-10T21:04:16.959-04:002017-03-10T21:04:16.959-04:00P. S. I approve of your exclamation mark decision ...P. S. I approve of your exclamation mark decision :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-55094339642633399942017-03-10T21:03:52.635-04:002017-03-10T21:03:52.635-04:00What an experience that must have been - it's ...What an experience that must have been - it's just amazing how animals can figure out how to adapt their behavior to survive. That's a heck of a memory to have, Doug.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-37256480948530310942017-03-10T19:49:14.080-04:002017-03-10T19:49:14.080-04:00We don't see the huge flocks in the spring but...We don't see the huge flocks in the spring but the fall is another thing. The crows hang around for a month and feed for their migration south.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-17067921529036684092017-03-10T18:47:36.608-04:002017-03-10T18:47:36.608-04:00I love watching the sky. The clouds and birds are...I love watching the sky. The clouds and birds are fascinating.John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185765129472832100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-74250284523966747742017-03-10T17:15:19.521-04:002017-03-10T17:15:19.521-04:00We have a bunch of crows in the trees just up the ... We have a bunch of crows in the trees just up the hill from our back yard. They caw and natter at me when I walk my laps back there.<br /> My dad was a duck and goose hunter, and he took me with him to Tule Lake (right on the Oregon border) a bunch of times. There were two times when I was pretty much overwhelmed with the sheer numbers of birds there, once when it was windy and millions and millions of ducks all flew over for a couple of hours, and once when the weather was too good for hunting and we couldn't find any birds at all, so we just sort of wandered around the edges of the refuge, to the south end of it where my dad kept stopping and listening and swearing he could hear geese somewhere. <br /> Finally, I started hearing it too, and we drove up onto this vista point where the sound seemed to be coming from, and there were a few other hunters and a couple of game wardens at the far edge of it, looking down at the lake with binoculars.<br /> By then the sound was loud, and I'll never forget what we saw up there. There were, by the game warden's estimate, six million snow geese, feeding on the standing grain at the edge of the lake, and flying in spirals up and down from so high you couldn't see them with the naked eye.<br /> It was the Pacific Flyway, stopping for a meal where they knew they wouldn't get shot, coming straight down in great spiraling curves to the protected center of the refuge, eating their fill, and then taking off and spiraling their way back up out of shotgun range to continue south. The effect was of a giant pillar of snow geese disappearing into the sky and rising up from a solid field of them at the bottom.<br /> My dad was still disappointed that he didn't get any geese that trip, but even he seemed to be impressed by the sight. <br /> I've been watching my exclamation mark usage, and I kinda wanted to use one after the "six million snow geese" but in retrospect, it looks better without it.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-24271967679285321082017-03-10T15:35:29.222-04:002017-03-10T15:35:29.222-04:00I just watched the video linked by Linda, in the c...I just watched the video linked by Linda, in the comments below, Delores - incredible! (and there's an early ! for ya)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-224342296219713642017-03-10T15:34:10.720-04:002017-03-10T15:34:10.720-04:00Oh, wow, that was wonderful - I've seen small ...Oh, wow, that was wonderful - I've seen small flocks of starlings dip and swoop but this is incredible - thank you!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-4286837077636018592017-03-10T15:31:06.213-04:002017-03-10T15:31:06.213-04:00You have excellent eyes, Mr. S. And it was somethi...You have excellent eyes, Mr. S. And it was something I never tire of seeing, but it was especially nice the time I saw it with my father.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-30666909971644330352017-03-10T15:30:00.924-04:002017-03-10T15:30:00.924-04:00Geese are cool too. And they make me smile with th...Geese are cool too. And they make me smile with their funny honking :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-29095139575683844682017-03-10T15:28:59.139-04:002017-03-10T15:28:59.139-04:00Ooh - thank you. I love recommendations and will c...Ooh - thank you. I love recommendations and will check those out. I found Elizabeth Berg's books at the dollar store - unbelievable. Why do people not buy all of these before they get sold off to a discount store??jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-88807340985827279992017-03-10T15:27:15.167-04:002017-03-10T15:27:15.167-04:00Such glory, eh? Thanks, Chicken :)Such glory, eh? Thanks, Chicken :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-14522346242173129062017-03-10T15:25:33.400-04:002017-03-10T15:25:33.400-04:00Hah - you're right :)Hah - you're right :) jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-82759376285424345772017-03-10T15:24:38.863-04:002017-03-10T15:24:38.863-04:00Me too, EC. I need to remember that.Me too, EC. I need to remember that.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.com