Inquistive Birds

[ancient-one]

I was eating breakfast at Braums a couple of days ago and was facing the north windows that are glass from floor to ceiling. I was just eating and watching the traffic go by and around the corner from the west side of the building came two turkeys. They were almost full grown and were just strolling along looking in the window.
I had seen turkeys before in a small field across from our complex but these birds were in the edge of a business district and busy intersection. It was fun watching them walk slowly by looking in the building.
In the mile running east to west on the north side of our complex there are two small wooded creek areas with large trees. Evidently they hold several kinds of wildlife. We have had coyote and bobcat on the premises alerts.

 

[walkin jack]

We have a nice big bay window in our dining room. It faces west and looks out onto our large back yard with 4 large trees. Lots of wild life and a lot of birds of many varieties. A few years ago we started seeing white wing doves. Years on they have all but take over the area. They seem to be interested in what ever is going on on our side of the bay window. Several times a week one will crash into it and sometimes they fly off and sometimes they don't. When they don't the feral cats get a chicken dinner. Sure glad we have the double pane storm windows,

A few years back we were sitting out on the deck and a hawk came zipping past us and crashed into it. That was no small bird. I no longer worry about a dove breaking out that window. If that hawk didn't break it I'm callin' it good.

 

[LVSteve]

Years ago my Dad and I were up on an odd part of Mt Charleston where it was obvious that humans regularly went there to target shoot. Nobody was there that day, but when we walked to the head of the little blind canyon, we were immediately accosted by a Canyon Wren. It came hopping down the rocks while we watched and just kept on coming. Eventualy it stood on a rock barely out of arms reach and gave us the "got snacks? look. We were cracking up considering the regular activity there.

 

[lawandorder]

Maybe they wanted some breakfast...........

.........Graydon before I retired I was driving through the
Ozarks when cell rang, looked at the number and saw it was the Director of the agency so pulled well off on to the shoulder and answered.

Since it was a beautiful spring day I had the window down on the driver's side. I was setting there talking to the boss and I kept hearing a strange noise, finally looked down and there was a hen turkey right against the door staring up at me. Told my boss, he is an avid turkey hunter and he could not believe that she would be that close to a running vehicle.

Thank goodness for cell cams, I was able to snap a picture and send it to him. That crazy girl stayed there until we finished our conversation.
Told her to move on as I had to get on down the road. She did not want to leave and I think she would have jumped in if I had opened the door.

Finally had to tap the siren couple of quick bleeps before she strolled off the road into the woods.

Have never seen a wild turkey act like that.

 

[6518John]

Most of the time when you see birds acting like this, they are seeing their own reflection.

Stork attacks cars, glass doors in German village after seeing its own reflection - New York Daily News

Frequently, they won't attack, but are just fascinated by that stupid bird that keeps staring at them. (But I have moved mirrors in my house, gone on with my day, then walked by them later and nearly jumped out of my own skin from the reflection, so who is stupid!?).

What's even funnier is to learn "phishing." It will generally make birds fly right up to you.

What Is Pishing? Attract Birds With Sound

You can also use a little mouse squeaker like Preadator hunters use. Birds are usually fascinated by them.

They will also mob a screech owl call on a tape too.

 

[OLDSTER]

Owls are very inquisitive; "WHO-WHO-WHO". Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[S42N8]

Owls are very inquisitive; "WHO-WHO-WHO". Sorry, couldn't resist.

OK, but how many licks does it take to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop?

 

[Abbynormal]

There is a hospital complex on the North side burbs of Indy that,
10 years ago had a wild turkey living in the Professional offices area.

You would see Tom as you drove into the parking area and he would stroll
through the complex looking into waiting room windows.

Haven't been up there in years, I wonder if he's still there.

 

[carpriver]

around here we have turkey running around town, you have to be careful even in your own yard. I have had them walk up the ally and spook the dogs the toms inflate the chest and fan there tail. Spring and fall I keep a 410 handy

 

[Old 44 Guy]

We have a doe deer come up to the back deck every evening to beg for tossed veggies & soda crackers. Quail, turkeys, jack rabbits also. get a kick out of them. We feed & water all the wildlife here.

 

[Kinman]

I like birds, I don't hunt them anymore and did quit hunting geese when I helped a young friend raise a flock of Canadian Geese he came into possession of. I did not know you could own them privately but according to him as long as they were clipped it was OK. They had their right wrist bone clipped off, which allowed them to fly in order to evade a predator but only in a circle which would inhibit their ability to migrate. I lost my desire to kill such a beautiful, intelligent animal for sport. I don't hunt anything anymore, not hungry enough. I used to love to hunt local grouse, ruffed, blue, spruce. I never used a shotgun on grouse, only a .22 was needed and legal. The season coincided with bear hunting, open the 1st of September. I noticed years ago that grouse populations were in severe decline and learned that this coincided with the advent of release of wild turkeys into our habitat. Turkeys eat EVERTHING, not just the grouse feed but the grouse eggs and young. I miss the sound of grouse drumming in the spring and the sudden whoosh of a flushed bird. Now we have turkeys competing with everything and although the meat is good, its not as good as forest grouse. They should allow larger bag limits and take the shotgun off the only legal means of taking them, maybe then us locals would have an improved attitude toward them. One friend of mine with lots of land shoots them on sight and leaves them for the coyotes, sharing my complaint about loss of grouse and the nasty habit of raiding his garden and digging up what they don't eat.

 

[glowe]

Owls are very inquisitive; "WHO-WHO-WHO". Sorry, couldn't resist.

Some of them say "Who cooks for you".

 

[soFlaNative]

Crazy cardinals are what I see mostly attacking their reflection.