March 18, 2008: Pest - Page 2

BeltNah · 03-18-2008, 04:09 PM

Weird looking magpie, then again I thought they were native to Australia so I may have only seen the one type.

HungLikeJesus · 03-18-2008, 04:13 PM

It's hard to tell in those pictures, but the magpie actually has three colors, white, black and blue. The tail and back half of the wings are blue like a blue jay.

Cloud · 03-18-2008, 05:30 PM

that bird has balls!

HungLikeJesus · 03-18-2008, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

that bird has balls!

Your monitor must have very high resolution.

DanaC · 03-18-2008, 07:48 PM

There's a fella who exercises a bald eagle over our valley from time to time. Massive creature it is. First time I saw it gliding about overhead and suddenly dropping out of sight, I had no idea what it was. Thought it was a much smaller bird, but closer to...then when I rounded the bend in the road and saw it come in from the west towards its handler, who was stood on the rocks at the side of the road where the valley drops away into hillside, I realised it was fucking huge.

One time I was stood further up the hillside on the other side of the road, watching the bird glide and swoop about in the valley below me, I saw this single magpie fly out from somewhere and seem to fly right at the eagle. It'd do these weird midair feints at it then dart away and come back again. Amazing to watch. I gather it had a nest nearby that it was seeking to protect. Was like watching a guy standing in front of a tank.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-18-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BeltNah

Weird looking magpie, then again I thought they were native to Australia so I may have only seen the one type.

There's over a dozen different kinds of Magpies, around the world.

HLJ's bird must be part Oxpecker.

Aliantha · 03-18-2008, 09:58 PM

The ones here are native BeltNah.

Perhaps magpie is a generic name for a predominantly black and white bird world wide.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-18-2008, 10:02 PM

They're not all black and white.

Aliantha · 03-18-2008, 10:03 PM

it was just a theory.

BeltNah · 03-18-2008, 10:36 PM

Both the birds in the main IotD and HLJ's photos are European Magpies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie , well I have learnt something for the day.

spudcon · 03-19-2008, 12:19 AM

When I was a kid, I used to see this type of magpie.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-19-2008, 12:43 AM

One more of the same pair, and another pair that look like an Eagle and a crow/Raven.

SPUCK · 03-19-2008, 01:48 AM

Hung; Great pics man!

Corvids all regularily land on animals for bugs. I have no problem believing that deer pic. Deer also have a huge number of ticks on them that they can do nothing about and they are tormented by them. This one knew the drill.

Coign · 03-20-2008, 01:48 PM

That deer and magpie look delicious. (And yeah we have a lot of those magpies here in Vail, CO.

BLACK BIRD PIE
3 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup very warm water (almost hot)

Mix little biscuit dough. Knead 'til tough and dry - roll with rolling pin 'til very thin and cut into 2-inch strips.

Clean birds according to INFORMATION.

BIRDS:
25 birds well covered with water
3/4 lb. venison - optional

Cook until tender (at least 2 hours or 1 hour for chicken). Salt and pepper to taste. When birds are tender, keep broth at a rolling boil and drop in pastry - piece by piece, shaking pot constantly to keeep pastry pieces separated. When all is in pot, place cover on and let cook for approximately 10 minutes. Let set for about ten more minutes. Then eat.

If you are unfamiliar with making pastry from scratch, you can substitute canned biscuits (roll individually with rolling pin). Or buy frozen pastry from bakery. If you use canned biscuits, let set for one-half hour and roll or flatten again to thinness desired.

busterb · 03-20-2008, 09:46 PM

Or you can use flour tortillas cut in strips and chicken and have chicken & dumplings.

BTW. I have a deer neck roast in pressure cooked now.

03-18-2008, 04:13 PM	#17
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	It's hard to tell in those pictures, but the magpie actually has three colors, white, black and blue. The tail and back half of the wings are blue like a blue jay. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-18-2008, 05:30 PM	#18
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	that bird has balls! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-18-2008, 09:58 PM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The ones here are native BeltNah. Perhaps magpie is a generic name for a predominantly black and white bird world wide. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-18-2008, 10:02 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're not all black and white. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-18-2008, 10:03 PM	#24
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	it was just a theory. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-18-2008, 04:09 PM	#16
BeltNah Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 37	Weird looking magpie, then again I thought they were native to Australia so I may have only seen the one type.

03-18-2008, 07:48 PM	#20
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	There's a fella who exercises a bald eagle over our valley from time to time. Massive creature it is. First time I saw it gliding about overhead and suddenly dropping out of sight, I had no idea what it was. Thought it was a much smaller bird, but closer to...then when I rounded the bend in the road and saw it come in from the west towards its handler, who was stood on the rocks at the side of the road where the valley drops away into hillside, I realised it was fucking huge. One time I was stood further up the hillside on the other side of the road, watching the bird glide and swoop about in the valley below me, I saw this single magpie fly out from somewhere and seem to fly right at the eagle. It'd do these weird midair feints at it then dart away and come back again. Amazing to watch. I gather it had a nest nearby that it was seeking to protect. Was like watching a guy standing in front of a tank.

03-18-2008, 10:36 PM	#25
BeltNah Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 37	Both the birds in the main IotD and HLJ's photos are European Magpies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie , well I have learnt something for the day.

03-19-2008, 12:19 AM	#26
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	When I was a kid, I used to see this type of magpie. Attached Images

03-19-2008, 12:43 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	One more of the same pair, and another pair that look like an Eagle and a crow/Raven. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-19-2008, 01:48 AM	#28
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Hung; Great pics man! Corvids all regularily land on animals for bugs. I have no problem believing that deer pic. Deer also have a huge number of ticks on them that they can do nothing about and they are tormented by them. This one knew the drill.

03-20-2008, 01:48 PM	#29
Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	That deer and magpie look delicious. (And yeah we have a lot of those magpies here in Vail, CO. BLACK BIRD PIE 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour 1 cup very warm water (almost hot) Mix little biscuit dough. Knead 'til tough and dry - roll with rolling pin 'til very thin and cut into 2-inch strips. Clean birds according to INFORMATION. BIRDS: 25 birds well covered with water 3/4 lb. venison - optional Cook until tender (at least 2 hours or 1 hour for chicken). Salt and pepper to taste. When birds are tender, keep broth at a rolling boil and drop in pastry - piece by piece, shaking pot constantly to keeep pastry pieces separated. When all is in pot, place cover on and let cook for approximately 10 minutes. Let set for about ten more minutes. Then eat. If you are unfamiliar with making pastry from scratch, you can substitute canned biscuits (roll individually with rolling pin). Or buy frozen pastry from bakery. If you use canned biscuits, let set for one-half hour and roll or flatten again to thinness desired. __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

03-20-2008, 09:46 PM	#30
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Or you can use flour tortillas cut in strips and chicken and have chicken & dumplings. BTW. I have a deer neck roast in pressure cooked now. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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