tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post2642021648125871228..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Window Biology 101Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21192197875618172172011-04-05T15:31:43.152-07:002011-04-05T15:31:43.152-07:00It's the bush tits that cause me to stand on t...It's the bush tits that cause me to stand on the sidewalk gape-mouthed. I can't quite put my finger on what's so darned fascinating about those excitable flocks of little, plain gray birds. Pretty soon it's be time for the distraction of the Vaux's swifts.andrea.at.the.blue.doorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532947489421472003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74523417649159932472011-04-05T15:31:42.971-07:002011-04-05T15:31:42.971-07:00Sounds like a Portlander! Andrea, check out "...Sounds like a Portlander! Andrea, check out "Vaux Swift Poop" under my Poop Posts in the sidebar if you haven't read that already.Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60214346928786486372011-04-05T15:31:42.798-07:002011-04-05T15:31:42.798-07:00I'm going back and forth with this in my mind....I'm going back and forth with this in my mind. Should it be Murr & Zick's Birding Hour, or Zick & Murr's Birding Hour? You want to get it right before you start talking about the money.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34437912134373374252011-04-05T15:31:42.504-07:002011-04-05T15:31:42.504-07:00Having just discovered it, I love your blog Murr! ...Having just discovered it, I love your blog Murr! I was smiling all the way through this post. Luckily for me, my last birthday, I was able to actually watch my Western Bluebirds fledge an a few days later, some Violet-green Swallows. Yes, I did feel blessed to be able to witness what I had so many times tried to observe previously. How do they usually manage to escape while we're not Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09072345959644694466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53882041445680149402010-12-02T08:31:55.973-08:002010-12-02T08:31:55.973-08:00Having just discovered it, I love your blog Murr! ...Having just discovered it, I love your blog Murr! I was smiling all the way through this post. Luckily for me, my last birthday, I was able to actually watch my Western Bluebirds fledge an a few days later, some Violet-green Swallows. Yes, I did feel blessed to be able to witness what I had so many times tried to observe previously. How do they usually manage to escape while we're not Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072345959644694466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38829934145133270682010-07-30T22:18:28.243-07:002010-07-30T22:18:28.243-07:00I'm actually considering using your name or so...I'm actually considering using your name or some form of it in my new novel. Maybe I can work Zick in, too. Murr & Zick also sound like good names for a cop-buddy movie, now that I'm thinking about it.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12760448012784527942010-07-30T12:21:44.740-07:002010-07-30T12:21:44.740-07:00MikeWJ, while we're working on sponsorship, I ...MikeWJ, while we're working on sponsorship, I think it may be time for you to write a short story about Murr and Zick. For those not in the know, Mike once wrote a <a href="http://www.toomanymornings.com/?p=3474" rel="nofollow">story about Murr and Brewster</a> just because he liked the names. It came out real nice. If it helps, Mike, neither Zick nor I is easy to offend.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-510706520923675802010-07-30T12:08:33.383-07:002010-07-30T12:08:33.383-07:00I'm going back and forth with this in my mind....I'm going back and forth with this in my mind. Should it be Murr & Zick's Birding Hour, or Zick & Murr's Birding Hour? You want to get it right before you start talking about the money.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44435169847699223772010-07-30T03:50:01.937-07:002010-07-30T03:50:01.937-07:00Great read with my morning coffee! Except for gi...Great read with my morning coffee! Except for giggling, which occasionally delays swallowing. If you can believe this, the six chickadee babies in my nest box fledged the day after I returned from WV. (I'm sure they were waiting for me). A surprise to watch. Zip, no practice, out the peep hole they flew, one-by-one and up to a limb where mom and dad waited with grubby snacks. I couldn&#Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301484477954719161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70585997471438053622010-07-29T15:46:23.194-07:002010-07-29T15:46:23.194-07:00Murr, you're so adorable. I think you could wr...Murr, you're so adorable. I think you could write children's books about bird mating.Vivi Rrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919519271629524764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55552071522234037442010-07-29T10:16:47.630-07:002010-07-29T10:16:47.630-07:00Sounds like a Portlander! Andrea, check out "...Sounds like a Portlander! Andrea, check out "Vaux Swift Poop" under my Poop Posts in the sidebar if you haven't read that already.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48453182824419041552010-07-28T22:16:34.843-07:002010-07-28T22:16:34.843-07:00It's the bush tits that cause me to stand on t...It's the bush tits that cause me to stand on the sidewalk gape-mouthed. I can't quite put my finger on what's so darned fascinating about those excitable flocks of little, plain gray birds. Pretty soon it's be time for the distraction of the Vaux's swifts.andrea.at.the.blue.doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532947489421472003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29902059454691777222010-07-28T19:52:08.567-07:002010-07-28T19:52:08.567-07:00I have a lady gold finch and her gent come feed fr...I have a lady gold finch and her gent come feed from my sunflowers outside my studio window everyday. This is their second year. What with the clear wing moths and errant hummers feeding at the butterfly bush just outside as well I have never-ending distractions. If they nested I'd be worthless for a month. They do give me the courtesy of dressing differently, though, so I can tell them apartcowangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365881443482166587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9337873511160247932010-07-28T19:40:45.619-07:002010-07-28T19:40:45.619-07:00I'm afraid Lucy and Ricky's little love ne...I'm afraid Lucy and Ricky's little love nest is done for now. Those kids aren't leaving.Dreamfarm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494214244290730058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83181934886616811552010-07-28T18:49:31.156-07:002010-07-28T18:49:31.156-07:00Gosh, there is almost nothing I love more than wat...Gosh, there is almost nothing I love more than watching birds build and fledge and reading your blog at the end of a long hot day of gardening, and Julie's blog before a long hot day of gardening.Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6485840800605550372010-07-28T17:40:41.909-07:002010-07-28T17:40:41.909-07:00You all have your fun--Zick and I are going to lin...You all have your fun--Zick and I are going to line up sponsors.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67973484440161137362010-07-28T17:22:03.589-07:002010-07-28T17:22:03.589-07:00Dale, I would've believed you and Googled it i...Dale, I would've believed you and Googled it if you hadn't given it away so fast. I'm just that dumb. I mean, it sounds plausible. Hi, and welcome to this edition of Murr & Zick's Birding Hour.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9615835812764456052010-07-28T14:37:37.234-07:002010-07-28T14:37:37.234-07:00(Mike, remember the old radio show, Murr and Zick&...(Mike, remember the old radio show, Murr and Zick's Birding Hour? Oh. Well, that's probably because I just made it up.)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3607089398573441172010-07-28T13:08:17.709-07:002010-07-28T13:08:17.709-07:00Unless one bird is red and about the size of a nec...Unless one bird is red and about the size of a nectarine and another bird is blue and roughly the size of a basketball, I have a very difficult time telling them apart. They all look pretty much the same to me, having a couple of wings, a beak, two legs and some feathers. So this post is helpful to me in the sense that it explains birds in everyday language that I can understand, assuming of MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-92042498834910146122010-07-28T11:36:41.195-07:002010-07-28T11:36:41.195-07:00Carolina wrens fledge from a hanging basket you...Carolina wrens fledge from a hanging basket you've photographed at least ten times a day for two weeks, just as you are scheduled to be interviewed on WOSU and have to be on the tetherphone. <br /><br />Our bluebird chillun' do the same sort of pop in and check the old bedroom routine in the fall. It's very cute. BTW I agree with all your observations and your scientific method is Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41100063077967082312010-07-28T07:34:17.944-07:002010-07-28T07:34:17.944-07:00Baby violet-green swallows fledge under similar ti...Baby violet-green swallows fledge under similar time parameters when you leave your observation post and take a quick 5 minute shower. I know they waited till they heard the water running and then made a break for it.<br />Jack Sparrow, schnauzer and avid birdwatcher was the only witness. He normally specializes in robins, but these guys have been disturbing his snoozing for day, so he was on theCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6065574747826500192010-07-28T04:18:03.078-07:002010-07-28T04:18:03.078-07:00There must be some new flyers, because my sister w...There must be some new flyers, because my sister was just in town, and I had to be somewhere else. I had no idea this was a requirement of fledgelings.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.com