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Carved my pumpkin!
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With light on.
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Carved my pumpkin!
Excellent.
I never remember anybody carving anything but a face back when I was young. Is that a relatively new phenomenon?
It only took me five minutes to skin and clean it. I'll put it [the quail] in the slow cooker tomorrow.
Maybe the bird's apparent suicide has something to do with it being tough? Did you see it do itself in?Tastes like chicken!
It did in fact taste almost exactly like chicken, but even after all day in the slow cooker, it was a little tough.
I don't see how it's worth it for quail hunters. Although there was a good amount of meat, it was very blah. I don't think I'll even bother next time.
Maybe the bird's apparent suicide has something to do with it being tough? Did you see it do itself in?[emoji39]
I think that something scares the flock, and they fly up in panic and into the windows. Lena heard this one but didn't see it.
It happens a lot here. Picture someone throwing a football into your window. It's heart-attack loud.
We had it happen a number of times in British Columbia.....figured they just couldn't see the glass.
Interesting factoid.....of all the birds that hit the windows, robins, crows, etc, the only non-fatalities were the humming birds, who were likely traveling at twice the speed of the others.
I've picked up a few that were stunned.....they lay in your hand, perhaps thinking "What the ****", for about a minute....then zip they're gone....tough little buggers.
Dunno. Perhaps the impact is taken on their 'foreheads'?And how did they not damage their delicate beak?
We had it happen a number of times in British Columbia.....figured they just couldn't see the glass.
Interesting factoid.....of all the birds that hit the windows, robins, crows, etc, the only non-fatalities were the humming birds, who were likely traveling at twice the speed of the others.
I've picked up a few that were stunned.....they lay in your hand, perhaps thinking "What the ****", for about a minute....then zip they're gone....tough little buggers.
of all the birds that hit the windows, robins, crows, etc, the only non-fatalities were the humming birds, who were likely traveling at twice the speed of the others.
I've picked up a few that were stunned.....they lay in your hand, perhaps thinking "What the ****", for about a minute....then zip they're gone....tough little buggers.
We had a cat who'd run outside and check the patio whenever she heard that thump on the window. It was a dinner bell for her.
We lived in a rural house with mega glass. Bird strikes were frequent events. I'd agree that hummingbirds seldom die from a strike, actually DW discovered that if she picked the bird up and kept it warm in her hands most did survive. We lived in the home for 10 years and held countless birds while they recovered. The most memorable were a screech owl that hit one Christmas eve and a Coopers hawk that hit one summer.We had it happen a number of times in British Columbia.....figured they just couldn't see the glass.
Interesting factoid.....of all the birds that hit the windows, robins, crows, etc, the only non-fatalities were the humming birds, who were likely traveling at twice the speed of the others.
I've picked up a few that were stunned.....they lay in your hand, perhaps thinking "What the ****", for about a minute....then zip they're gone....tough little buggers.
We had it happen a number of times in British Columbia.....figured they just couldn't see the glass.
Interesting factoid.....of all the birds that hit the windows, robins, crows, etc, the only non-fatalities were the humming birds, who were likely traveling at twice the speed of the others.
I've picked up a few that were stunned.....they lay in your hand, perhaps thinking "What the ****", for about a minute....then zip they're gone....tough little buggers.