15 - Three’s a Crowd
Speaking of flocks, there’s a whole lot of flocking going on around our house. We had six baby Chickadees in the green birdhouse out back, a family of Thrashers in a holly bush between us and our neighbor, baby Blackbirds in the bush on the corner, and possibly Mockingbirds in the same bush, although I think they are across the street. On the feeders we have seen baby Hairy and/or Downy Woodpeckers feeding youngsters as well as a whole pack of new Starlings that put some serious stress on the parent birds with all of the yammering for food. The grey squirrels have figured out how to get seeds out of the squirrel-proof feeder so we have to fill that one more often now, and I saw a Blue Jay hanging upside down eating our suet blocks (something only woodpeckers are supposed to do.) DANG BIRDS! Oh and we’re starting up the Flying-squirrel-circus for peanuts after dark. And I’m sure there are bats around somewhere although you wouldn’t know it by the amount of mosquitos that are draining us every night.
May 31st, 2007 at 5:06 am
Yay! First comment! I like the retreating perspective on this one. One question - is Boid’s front breastplate totally vertical when he’s flying? I was just worried about aerodynamics and airflow…
May 31st, 2007 at 9:29 am
Wish i could say something wildlifey but the only birds i see out my window are seagulls (Flying rats here in england) and pigeons (more flying rats).
May 31st, 2007 at 9:36 am
So Boid is now part of the “flock”.
I have a bird feeder and it is fun to try and figure out what kind of birds each are. I also have a bird house and it’s fun to watch the bluebird that lives in it fly out of it.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
my friend rescued a baby bird that her cat grabbed but didn’t hurt. she didn’t touch it, and brought it with a paper towel back to the tree, and set it there, and the parents saw it and were trying to figure out what to do with it, and then it fell out of the tree and the parents were frustrated still not knowing what to do about it, then they abandoned the baby because they didn’t know what to do. so she put it in a shoe box and is going to bring it to a wildlife center near where we live.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Yea, we got ’sketers down in Texas too. No one loves them. No one.
I hear that Atlanta, Georgia has no mosquitors. No bugs. Nothing. hmmmmmm those Geogians know somethin we dont…..
May 31st, 2007 at 5:04 pm
I think Harmon was too proud to say that they were the only ones in the “flock”.
It’s fun trying to spot the birds. I spotted pigeons, seagulls, blue jays, cardinals, chickapees, woodpeckers, and lots of crows and ravens in my region. 
May 31st, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Thanks for the comments, folks! Keep ‘em coming… Selezen - Boid’s head slides down into sort of a flying dart configuration. I’ll do a side sketch one day to show what I mean…
June 1st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Aelix,
Yes we know lots of things and we aren’t telling!
June 1st, 2007 at 11:37 pm
I have good news! My friend called the wildlife place and got some ideas, it turned out that she was able to put the baby back in the nest and the parents re-adopted it and are now taking care of it!
June 2nd, 2007 at 12:31 am
Cristina - great news! Thanks for keeping us posted.
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I think i see what you mean by the “flying dart” thıng.
a house sparrow flew onto the chaır next to me yesterday. ıt went under my chaır and out the other sıde. it was quite cool.
June 3rd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
hey this is pretty cool
when are we gonna get the next comic?