tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5183084056626423197..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Memorial Day, Piedmont BirdcallersBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-26461210685258620862010-05-31T14:12:37.652-04:002010-05-31T14:12:37.652-04:00Thanks, folks. I'll be getting on line too to ...Thanks, folks. I'll be getting on line too to make sure the purple finch is the one I mean (as opposed to house finch, which I KNOW I have) and to check out the call of the peacock.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-74247835999958155522010-05-31T10:43:25.247-04:002010-05-31T10:43:25.247-04:00Peacock.
Fun post, Banjo. Once again I like your ...Peacock.<br /><br />Fun post, Banjo. Once again I like your photo. Charming old building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-49994340329943581982010-05-30T23:05:07.294-04:002010-05-30T23:05:07.294-04:00"Hoot" came from my Tennessee days. I cr..."Hoot" came from my Tennessee days. I crack up everytime I talk to an old Memphis State roommate - they all give 'a hoot' about me, ya know!<br /><br />I wonder what Purple Finches sound like. I think I will have to go find a site where I can listen to their call! Canadian Geese are buzz worthy, and I love mockingbirds, just for their mocking abilities. But owls... I give a hoot for them!<br /><br />It's okay to be 'too scared for fun' - someday these students will be too bored with fun.<br /><br />One awesome birding friend talked me into a Sibley's Birding book, even tho I had a Peterson's book. Then I found the poetry book titled "Bright Wings" - with paintings by Sibley! <br /><br />I always look forward to seeing a post by you.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-35936280996593446022010-05-30T16:39:23.171-04:002010-05-30T16:39:23.171-04:00Brenda, thanks. Obviously there are many exception...Brenda, thanks. Obviously there are many exceptions to high school kids being fun, but when you get the right kids into the right activity, it can indeed be a hoot (as you know). I have college freshmen now, and too many of them are too scared for fun, though it's not altogether absent. <br /><br />Are you sure that using "hoot" didn't cue you to the burrowing owl?! Doesn't fit with tall guitar player or basketball or mongoose, does it? :)<br /><br />Never thought about calls I'd actually try. Cardinal, mockingbird, and purple finch (which I THINK I know) are my local favorites, but they all sound like way too much work. Canada Geese flying over in the fall still give me a buzz, and I might be able to pull off a honk. <br /><br />Also, disclosure: I'm not nearly the birder I might seem, just because I like 'em and had that personal chat with the mockingbird in Florida.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-49692233108925296312010-05-30T12:04:53.569-04:002010-05-30T12:04:53.569-04:00These are a hoot! Who wakes up one day and wants t...These are a hoot! Who wakes up one day and wants to become a bird caller? You are right, the three young ladies are interesting (in life and) to watch. They picked their bird because of its accent?? Banjomyn, do you think of birds having accents? And whose call would you practice? I think I'd be a burrowing owl. <br /><br />Like your photos, too!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com