tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post5317460201527933030..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: A Bird On The SideMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41661335758698186312020-09-18T17:27:21.679-07:002020-09-18T17:27:21.679-07:00Yeah, I wouldn't take down the bird feeder. I...Yeah, I wouldn't take down the bird feeder. I would've either trapped the cat and "relocated" him or "accidentally" run him over in my car. Either way, he'd no longer be a neighborhood cat.mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10030465865301236442020-09-18T14:43:27.696-07:002020-09-18T14:43:27.696-07:00Great visual!Great visual!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87443720989974514322020-09-18T14:43:08.320-07:002020-09-18T14:43:08.320-07:00If you had taken down the neighbor's cat inste...If you had taken down the neighbor's cat instead, you wouldn't have heard a peep from me.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5102951437833531662020-09-18T13:40:14.470-07:002020-09-18T13:40:14.470-07:00Loved reading your colorful description of your bi...Loved reading your colorful description of your bird friends. We have a crow family which squawk every morning near our window until we go out and feed them. I walk my cat on a leash and I swear the crows throw sticks at us. CraveCutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266646948003488534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81876533674549720532020-09-18T11:38:52.375-07:002020-09-18T11:38:52.375-07:00After seeing a neighborhood cat attack a red-winge...After seeing a neighborhood cat attack a red-winged blackbird that visited my yard earlier this year, I made the unhappy decision to take down our bird feeder, and I am missing my feathered friends. Luckily Mama and Papa Cardinal still hang out in the holly tree beside our living room window, so I'm not completely out of pluck. <br /><br />It's been a tough year for all of us.intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61526695725078343332020-09-17T22:47:03.589-07:002020-09-17T22:47:03.589-07:00What is it with squirrels and their tomato-taking ...What is it with squirrels and their tomato-taking and chomping? Just a bite or two out of each. I'm down to my last BLT.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85277347283923566392020-09-17T17:11:03.982-07:002020-09-17T17:11:03.982-07:00I remember that when I was a wee tyke (about 4 or ...I remember that when I was a wee tyke (about 4 or so), I used to feed squirrels peanuts from my hand. I was never a patient person, so they must have come to me right away, maybe recognizing that I was a mere baby. Needless to say, neither squirrels nor birds will come to my hand anymore -- even for peanuts. Of course, that may be because I yell at them for taking a single bite out of my mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31645785899279087482020-09-17T10:14:44.204-07:002020-09-17T10:14:44.204-07:00'Tis. I don't think the second brood was s...'Tis. I don't think the second brood was successful. One of these days I'll take down the nest box to clean it and see if there are any clues.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15632948319805822322020-09-16T22:42:16.303-07:002020-09-16T22:42:16.303-07:00I do hope Marge and Studley's second brood mad...I do hope Marge and Studley's second brood made it. That blue bird pictured is a Scrub Jay? He's pretty.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24330109652339957812020-09-16T22:08:10.582-07:002020-09-16T22:08:10.582-07:00I'm working on that peanuts-from-the-hand bit....I'm working on that peanuts-from-the-hand bit.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83609345359888615992020-09-16T22:07:32.175-07:002020-09-16T22:07:32.175-07:00A raven would be even cooler!A raven would be even cooler!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3881216540581958622020-09-16T22:07:10.839-07:002020-09-16T22:07:10.839-07:00My first scrub jay observation was the racket one ...My first scrub jay observation was the racket one was making bashing a mouse against the gutter. Four years ago a jay took off with one of my baby nuthatches on its maiden flight, right in front of the parents. It's been a complicated relationship, scrub jays and me.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4136397809578448542020-09-16T22:05:46.545-07:002020-09-16T22:05:46.545-07:00Cute bib, huh?Cute bib, huh?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5142692463562780892020-09-16T22:05:25.164-07:002020-09-16T22:05:25.164-07:00I once had a dud parakeet. Now I can't even be...I once had a dud parakeet. Now I can't even believe I was okay with caging a bird! Even that bird.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19459435781782516992020-09-16T22:04:48.303-07:002020-09-16T22:04:48.303-07:00Clearly you are a goddess.Clearly you are a goddess.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65472290732348460892020-09-16T22:04:09.655-07:002020-09-16T22:04:09.655-07:00I don't hate jays at all. But I don't much...I don't hate jays at all. But I don't much care for pigeons either. All flappity-flappity and woo woo.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10226323289301838702020-09-16T21:20:30.367-07:002020-09-16T21:20:30.367-07:00Tyty and Grandad had a pair of jays that would com...Tyty and Grandad had a pair of jays that would come and eat peanuts right on our hands. Herman and Hermione. I was just a kid and that was the best. If i was a chickadee i wouldn't trust them. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217677217054777278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46134778900438167822020-09-16T18:46:07.535-07:002020-09-16T18:46:07.535-07:00I should probably try to tame a crow, but they wil...I should probably try to tame a crow, but they will be leaving soon. Maybe the ravens are amenable to a human friend. Studly really lives up to his name.jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67437770028457502072020-09-16T15:33:10.488-07:002020-09-16T15:33:10.488-07:00I grew up hating blue jays. They would destroy th...I grew up hating blue jays. They would destroy the swallows nests or so my dad said. I believe there was an air rifle involved...<br />aDecemberGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070382700540097142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32446050136707596942020-09-16T11:40:02.795-07:002020-09-16T11:40:02.795-07:00I've never seen a scrub jay. He is really pret...I've never seen a scrub jay. He is really pretty!knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3888236526158049372020-09-16T11:38:14.434-07:002020-09-16T11:38:14.434-07:00I’d like my own personal bird of any sort to prove...I’d like my own personal bird of any sort to prove my spiritual prowess. A starling will do. But even my parakeet is terrified of me. Cindy McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035120465106011607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44456852896367971902020-09-16T11:38:11.274-07:002020-09-16T11:38:11.274-07:00I’d like my own personal bird of any sort to prove...I’d like my own personal bird of any sort to prove my spiritual prowess. A starling will do. But even my parakeet is terrified of me. Cindy McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035120465106011607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40729459292788797792020-09-16T11:36:26.995-07:002020-09-16T11:36:26.995-07:00Oh yes.
I am proud to recognise individual birds t...Oh yes.<br />I am proud to recognise individual birds that visit. Even in their ratty state they have immense charm and photograph better than I do.<br />And yes, I feel guilty feeding some of them while others are looking. Territory wars have erupted over my head and hand. Which makes me feel incredibly privileged. I AM incredibly privileged.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56832278780943895672020-09-16T10:42:51.528-07:002020-09-16T10:42:51.528-07:00Here in Arizona we don't get the colorful bird...Here in Arizona we don't get the colorful birds...just dull gray ones..all of them. You hate blue jays, I don't like pigions!<br />Rita from Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722798328449733244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89298619822805527192020-09-16T10:24:48.278-07:002020-09-16T10:24:48.278-07:00Blue jays are a lot nattier than scrub jays. But i...Blue jays are a lot nattier than scrub jays. But it sounds like they're both kind of assholes some of the time.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com