eBirdseed.com Wild Bird Feeding Blog

July 16th, 2007

Hi gang,

Time for yet another "Weird Birds News, etc." post.

The first bit of weirdness comes from of all places the Middle East. (Barn Owls Unite Israelis, Jordanians) As the title suggests, at long last the Israelis and the Arabs might have something that they can agree upon - an owl. Only on planet earth.

Next is the story of "Stumpy", the once four-legged duck (who's now a three-legged duck), and has a girlfriend. Anyone care to guess how many legs the ducklings will have? Weird Daddy-O, just weird.

And finally comes the story from Chad, a friend who reads this blog... Seems that for a couple of weeks, there were times when Chad was outside, his phone would mysteriously ring and then go silent. Hey, it happens to everyone... Darned telemarketers! Still, it was kind of strange that the problem only happened when he was outside.

But just a few days ago, Chad was on his porch quietly listening to the songs of a mockingbird. And then suddenly it hit him... One of the "songs" was that of his phone's ring tone... At one point or another, the bird had listened to the ring and learned to mimic it. In retrospect, it all makes sense and is funny. But at the time it had to be maddening for Chad to keep running into the house only to discover that the phone had stopped "ringing". (I vote for funny!) Anyway, here's a shot of the typical culprit below...



See you by those aggravating feeders,

CapeCodAlan