Comments on Coffee Bean Goddess: Ode to a Pear-Shaped Bird

Oh, delightful. The birds and the dehydrator. I'...

2007-05-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

Oh, delightful. The birds and the dehydrator. I'm always needing just a pinch of this or that, and a dehydrator would supply this lack. :)

Birds....here we have a giant and very noisy flock of parrots. Yes. One or two got loose, and we now have a giant flock on the ocean side of Point Loma. Not nearly as cute as yours tho, but they are ours.

Last night, while a deer was feeding in our uncut ...

2007-05-24T08:03:00.000-07:00

Last night, while a deer was feeding in our uncut "grotto" at the end of the yard, a quail bounced across from one fence to the other and disappeared. In the twilight it was hard to tell what kind it was, but it had a general shape and size of a football (American style). Unless it was just an errant pass from a Green Bay fan... No.. it had to be a bird because we heard it a few minutes later. And footballs don't have beaks.

John, you gotta watch out for the Mom Nature gifts...

2007-05-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

John, you gotta watch out for the Mom Nature gifts that are thick on the ground! (grin)

Bonnie, according to what I've seen and read, you're right about the group thing. One source indicated they also tend to be among those birds that mate for life.

Steph,Jo, yes -- these fat little fellas are really gorgeous -- and sweet-natured, to boot. Mom Nature did extra good with them.

On the maps, the waxwings are in your area year ro...

2007-05-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

On the maps, the waxwings are in your area year round. Same here in Ohio. I love seeing them. Such an elegant bird. I only see them in the fall when they are passing through to somewhere else. They sit in the treetops of the trees in our yard and flit out every now and then probably to catch a bug even though they are mainly fruit eaters.

Oh, how beautiful!

2007-05-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

Oh, how beautiful!

My understanding is they travel in groups. My only...

2007-05-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

My understanding is they travel in groups. My only encounter one year was to go to a friend's house to identify the one that flew into her window. Poor little thing didn't make it.

Darn right she does, Dee. Even here in the bricks...

2007-05-24T01:16:00.000-07:00

Darn right she does, Dee. Even here in the brickscape... and down the road five minutes there's so much Nature around you're in danger of stepping in it! :-)