Wed Aug 27, 2014, 08:51 AM

Silly little birds!

The birdbath is full but they insist on holding onto the pond liner to sip water.

It seems as if they are daredevils, challenging one another to climb down anything (aerator hose, electric cord, plastic flower pot hanger holding the waterlily, leaves) to get closer to the pond surface.

One of the koi came up to investigate.

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Silly little birds! (Original post)	In_The_Wind	Aug 2014	OP
We need a birdbath cam!	antiquie	Aug 2014	#1
D'oh. It would be great but I don't have the knowledge (or funds) to do that this year.	In_The_Wind	Aug 2014	#3
I can't stop watching.	antiquie	Aug 2014	#5
Simple things amuse me.	In_The_Wind	Aug 2014	#6
"Ooh! Hey! Look everybody! Stan and Phil are fighting!"	Aristus	Aug 2014	#7
It gets brutal out there!	In_The_Wind	Aug 2014	#8
They are creatures of habit.	Baitball Blogger	Aug 2014	#2
They'll be back. I couldn't find the red food coloring for the hummingbird sugar mix.	In_The_Wind	Aug 2014	#4

Response to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 08:56 AM

antiquie (4,299 posts)

1. We need a birdbath cam!

Your description draws the picture, the camera would be bonus.

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Response to antiquie (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:29 AM

In_The_Wind (71,815 posts)

3. D'oh. It would be great but I don't have the knowledge (or funds) to do that this year.

Maybe next year.

I get a lot of exercise walking in to look out the window to laugh (and stop myself from worrying if one has fallen in).

This gif always cracks me up.

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Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:36 AM

antiquie (4,299 posts)

5. I can't stop watching.

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Response to antiquie (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:42 AM

In_The_Wind (71,815 posts)

6. Simple things amuse me.

Like the way my body was still vibrating (3 hours after I got home) from driving between trucks all day. It took hours to fall asleep last night.

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Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:57 AM

Aristus (53,884 posts)

7. "Ooh! Hey! Look everybody! Stan and Phil are fighting!"

"FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"

..."Oh, hey! Are you guys okay?..."

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Response to Aristus (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 11:22 AM

In_The_Wind (71,815 posts)

8. It gets brutal out there!

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Response to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:24 AM

Baitball Blogger (37,356 posts)

2. They are creatures of habit.

The bird feeder that I typically use to feed the birds is so filthy that I used a second feeder while I figure out how to pull the dirty one down to clean it. It's been 24 hours and the bird chorus that I usually hear in the morning is gone because the birds don't like the second feeder. They're gone.

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 09:35 AM

In_The_Wind (71,815 posts)

4. They'll be back. I couldn't find the red food coloring for the hummingbird sugar mix.

The hummers came to the feeder anyway.

Your birds know the food source. Maybe the feeder just needs a bit of bird poo on it so it won't smell so new. If you have the room, hang both feeders when you've cleaned the first one.

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