Monthly Archives: October 2009

Attract Interesting Birds To Your Yard With Platform Bird Feeders

There are many types of bird feeders and one popular style is the platform bird feeder. It is the kind of feeder which looks like a tray that is slightly elevated or totally mounted off the ground. There is a … Continue reading

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I saw a really strange bird in my garden today, really pretty but i didn’t know what it was so i shot it?

Where can i take it for identification? I do the same as joan H..I will join her and bring a baseball bat,one of the old hard wooden ones..I hope for your sake it was with a camera..and if you did..take … Continue reading

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Guitar Tabs for The Bird and the Worm by Owl City?

I’ve been searching online for quite a while now, but i can’t find any guitar tabs for The Bird and The Worm by Owl City. Does anyone have a link to a website or figured out the chords themselves? http://www.casttv.com/video/6cj7h6/the-bird-and-the-worm-owl-city-cover-with-chords-video

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I saw a really strange bird in my garden today, really pretty but i didn’t know what it was so i shot it?

Where can i take it for identification? You’re kidding me. How intelligent could you be? You don’t just shoot something to kill it if you think it’s interesting! You’re supposed to take pictures and watch the bird’s behaviors in order … Continue reading

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Did this years swine flu originate in North Carolina in 1998?

The H1N1 swine flu virus in North America currently concerning global public health officials is not the first triple hybrid human/bird/pig flu virus to be discovered. The first was discovered in a North Carolina factory farm in 1998. Since the … Continue reading

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Why are robin eggs blue? What determines a birds egg color?

A robin’s egg is blue due to a pigmentation in a bird’s uterus before it lays the egg. If you want to get really specific, these pigmentations are made by the broken down hemoglobin. The fact that the robin’s egg … Continue reading

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Rice Finch baby birds?

Our finches had 2 babies ..well 3. One egg broke, the other died a few weeks after it hatched and well the other doesn’t seem to want to fly. It just turned one month on Christmas day. My mom said … Continue reading

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How long does it take after the bird eggs are layed to hatch? Bird has been on them for about 2 weeks now?

She is a small finch-type bird that has made a nest in my garage. Normally small finches take from14-16 days for their eggs to hatch and that is from the last egg laid. So calculate from when you saw the … Continue reading

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Bird Flu Protection Methods

Bird flu appeared in Hong Kong in 1997 and started to extend among poultry birds and flocks of wild birds rapidly. People who had a contact with infected birds fell ill with avian flu and many of them died. Researches … Continue reading

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Bird Flu Protection Methods

Bird flu appeared in Hong Kong in 1997 and started to extend among poultry birds and flocks of wild birds rapidly. People who had a contact with infected birds fell ill with avian flu and many of them died. Researches … Continue reading

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