Went to my friend's greenhouse today. He has all sort of critters running around. The noisiest ones are the guinea hens. If they want inside, they need to learn to be quiet...but that's not gonna happen.
I had two guinea hens they have the loudest honk when they get upset of any bird I ever heard. They made great security for my property, any animal or person that didn't belong they start honking. I eventually gave them away because I thought they were bothering my neighbor found out after I got rid of them that he enjoyed the honking.
This is late for you, Beth. I'm up all night quite often. (non-sequitur coming) A while ago I bought a used K-1 stove and removed the wire guard around it. Then I used those parts to build a birdcage which turned out pretty good. Then I'm looking a the birdcage and wondering why I built it. So I bought a parakeet. Her name is Sweety. She spent the first day on the floor of the cage not doing much and I thought "Oh, God, I've killed her." The next day she perked up, drank water and ate, then climbed the little ladder I had built her to her perch and started singing. She's the first bird I've ever had and I'm enjoying her company. My next project is a boyfriend for Sweety and a much larger cage for the two of them. Those of us from the old country believe in arranged marriages. I'll just move this comment to Pets.
When I first moved here, I was thinking of getting some because they make such good guard critters. After being around the ones in my pic, I told my friend I would likely put up signs inviting fox to the free buffet.
I found also like to dig holes and sit in them which my chicks never did they would scratch for food but that was it.
This is soooo cool. . Photographer Snaps Photos of Thousands of Birds Flying in a Formation Resembling Giant Bird BY SWNS TIMEFebruary 4, 2023 PRINT A UK wildlife photographer has captured a flock of birds—which seem to fly in a formation resembling a bird.Robin Morrison was amazed to see the murmuration of dunlin, a small wader bird, when he visited the River Parrett in Somerset on Tuesday, Jan 24. “It was great to see these shapes in a large flock of dunlin,” he said. The photographer who captured this flock of dunlin birds thought they looked like a swordfish. (SWNS) “One image looks like a goose or swan flying over the river, the other shape I’m not so sure but might be a fat swordfish.” Morrison says dunlin feed in the mud in Bridgwater Bay and along the muddy banks of the River Parrett. However, on a high tide, the mud is covered and large flocks amounting to thousands of birds group together and fly around waiting for the tide to turn. “These images were taken at dawn just as the high tide reached its peak,” Morrison said. Share your stories with us at emg.inspired@epochtimes.com, and continue to get your daily dose of inspiration by signing up for the Inspired newsletter at TheEpochTimes.com/newsletter
We have starlings here that flock like that. I hate starlings around here. They swarm and poop and it smells worse than my chickens. But the pics are impressive.