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edbikebabe
May 21, 17 20:47
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We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?
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GrimOopNorth
May 21, 17 21:00
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Yeah, you better watch out
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jriosa
May 21, 17 21:11
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Jays are ubiquitous and adaptable. Don't sweat it.
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Duffy
May 21, 17 21:17
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Sanuk
May 21, 17 22:20
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I feel bad for the blue jays


I feel the same but they are showing signs of turning the season around...
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edbikebabe
May 21, 17 22:41
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Sanuk wrote:
I feel bad for the blue jays


I feel the same but they are showing signs of turning the season around...

No sympathy for them - they are on their own.
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windschatten
May 21, 17 23:02
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edbikebabe wrote:
We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?

Pretty sure you just missed the other nests of smaller birds.


Cutting down trees during bird breeding season is a good way to get rid of birds...

Not that they are good for anything other than 'just flying around aimlessly".

You represented the human race really well. Congrats!
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spockman
May 22, 17 5:36
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How does your cat feel? Winning!


edbikebabe wrote:
We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?
They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

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travelmama
May 22, 17 5:58
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Duffy wrote:
Oh damn!

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DISH is how we do it.
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Rick_pcfl
May 22, 17 6:49
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windschatten wrote:
edbikebabe wrote:
We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?


Pretty sure you just missed the other nests of smaller birds.


Cutting down trees during bird breeding season is a good way to get rid of birds...

Not that they are good for anything other than 'just flying around aimlessly".

You represented the human race really well. Congrats!

Don't you just love it when you get an opportunity to show how morally superior you are? Gets you all warm and fuzzy inside.
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mck414
May 22, 17 6:53
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burnman
May 22, 17 7:00
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Just accept the fact that the next 5-6 times you find bird shit on something you own, it's karma paying you back in installments.
"The right to party is a battle we have fought, but we'll surrender and go Amish... NOT!" -Wayne Campbell
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May 22, 17 7:27
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sphere
May 22, 17 7:55
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The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W
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A-A-Ron
May 22, 17 8:37
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We have rock features and columns attached to the stucco in our covered front porch area. The damn birds love to build nests attached to the rocks then spend all summer shitting down the stucco and staining it. I have knocked down numerous nests they have built in there. The last three I have knocked down have either had eggs in them or baby birds that did not survive the 20 foot fall to the concrete.

Feel a bit bad, but I get over it quickly. My wife doesn't know about it.
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edbikebabe
May 22, 17 9:44
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aarondb4 wrote:
Feel a bit bad, but I get over it quickly. My wife doesn't know about it.

That's probably a good thing. I'm not telling my kid about ours.
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edbikebabe
May 22, 17 9:45
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Duffy wrote:

I live in Canada, we don't let our birds carry guns. (and that's not even a blue jay....)
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Duffy
May 22, 17 10:35
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MidwestRoadie
May 22, 17 10:44
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You should feel bad enough to have frittata for dinner tonight.




edbikebabe wrote:
We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?
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edbikebabe
May 22, 17 16:59
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Duffy wrote:
Every time I searched for something funny regarding a blue jay all I got were Toronto Blue jays memes.

Regarding that pic, as we say here in Jesus land...

Good enough for government work.

Do you know me!?!?! I may or may not work for the government.
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MLCRISES
May 22, 17 19:15
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I can relate. I once clipped a crow with a pellet gun. Since it was limping around and couldn't fly, while it was stuck between a couple large rocks I went and finished it execution style. Not pleasurable. I got over it. You will too.
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windschatten
May 22, 17 21:52
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Actually, I was dead serious:

LOVE BIRDS, COOK THEM.TASTY FOOD.



rick_pcfl wrote:
windschatten wrote:
edbikebabe wrote:
We cut down a bunch of spruce trees in our yard this weekend. They were too close to the house, patio and each other.

I noticed this morning that there was a nest in one of the trees, along with some dead baby birds. :(

I feel bad for the blue jays, especially since they keep coming back to the yard and flying around aimlessly.

Am I anthropomorphizing too much? And how do they get there nests so perfectly round?


Pretty sure you just missed the other nests of smaller birds.


Cutting down trees during bird breeding season is a good way to get rid of birds...

Not that they are good for anything other than 'just flying around aimlessly".

You represented the human race really well. Congrats!


Don't you just love it when you get an opportunity to show how morally superior you are? Gets you all warm and fuzzy inside.
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