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What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Bird Friend ()
Date: July 28, 2009 08:40PM

Recently I installed a bird feeder outside my bedroom window. It is so wonderful the diversity of our feathered friends that frequent the feeder! I love it. My question that I haven't found an answer to is this: What do the little birdies do when it rains? I mean, do they stay put in the trees that they find themselves in, perhaps shivering on a branch until the rain stops? Also, at night, do they spend the darkness grasping onto a tree branch while sleeping? If so, how do they keep tension in their toes so as not to lose their grip and fall?

Anyone have knowledge in this area?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Margie ()
Date: July 28, 2009 09:20PM

Birds generally tuck themselves down under eaves and in thick shrubs or on trees' inner branches. After it rains, if you go outside you can often hear little birds chirping from inside bushes.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 28, 2009 09:50PM

birds feathers have an oil that repels water, to a certain point. birds were meant for trees so they just hang on with out thinking about it, like breathing. unless they are dying they wont fall out. and going off of what margie said they can since a storm before it hits so they seek shelter accordingly.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 28, 2009 09:57PM

Don't some birds build nests? I'm not sure if all do, or if it's only for laying eggs and raising newborns until they can fly, or if some birds live in nests.

As far as the rain, I think they just get wet. Wild animals don't seem to be bothered by rain as much as humans and domesticated animals.

Though some birds are smart enough to find shelters like rock crevices, holes in a house's eaves, inside a barn, or birdhouses, etc.



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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 28, 2009 10:11PM

i concur. i think every bird builds a nest. i've even seen juvenile birds practicing their nest skills. mostly sparrows. im fairly certain all birds do, even if they live on the ground. for example ducks build nests on land.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 12:24AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 12:42AM

Do you own a kookaburra?

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> You need to read up on birds.
>
> My bird is laughing at you right now.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 12:45AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> You need to read up on birds.
>
> My bird is laughing at you right now.


Your bird is domesticated. I believe I included that caveat.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:05AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:09AM

Alias Wrote:
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> You're making "Little Bird" laugh so hard, I'm
> afraid she might fly into the window.


Well, then, you better open it.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: spunky ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:31AM

They bathe.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:33AM

For God's Sake, man! Avoid this at all costs!

Alias Wrote:
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> You're making "Little Bird" laugh so hard, I'm
> afraid she might fly into the window.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:37AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:49AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> You want my bird to get killed?


I'm only trying to help.

If your bird is going to fly into the window, opening it will prevent the poor bird from smashing it's little head into the window.

I like birds, too, you know?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:57AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 01:57AM

That makes as much sense as staring down a barrel to make sure it is firing straight! You're trying to sabotage the poor kookaburra aren't you?

Don't listen to him, Alias!... Just feed him a gumdrop... that should hold him over

Thurston Moore Wrote:
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>
>
> I'm only trying to help.
>
> If your bird is going to fly into the window,
> opening it will prevent the poor bird from
> smashing it's little head into the window.
>
> I like birds, too, you know?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:04AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> If "Little Bird" flies out the window, she IS
> dead.
>
> You don't like birds.


I DO like birds. I may not know much about them, but I live in absolute fear of birds breaking their little necks by flying into windows.

My only answer to that problem is, if a bird is about to fly into one, why not just open it?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:05AM

Harry Tuttle Wrote:
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> That makes as much sense as staring down a barrel
> to make sure it is firing straight! You're trying
> to sabotage the poor kookaburra aren't you?

No, I was being a smart ass with the guy who didn't know how to clean his gun. This is different.

>
> Don't listen to him, Alias!... Just feed him a
> gumdrop... that should hold him over
>

I do love gum drops. Good call.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:09AM

That's like saying you can prevent rape by just consenting! SICKO!!! ELLIOT IN THE MORNING!!! You've shown your true colors!!!

Thurston Moore Wrote:
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>
> My only answer to that problem is, if a bird is
> about to fly into one, why not just open it?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:13AM

Harry Tuttle Wrote:
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> That's like saying you can prevent rape by just
> consenting! SICKO!!! ELLIOT IN THE MORNING!!!
> You've shown your true colors!!!
>


ahh fuck. You caught me. I have been trolling this site for eons just hoping to find spunky.

Damn. Foiled again!

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:13AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:16AM

Alias Wrote:
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> uh huh.....
>
> Little bird, go pluck out one of Thurston's eyes,
> And, if Harry is with him, grab one of his eyes,
> too.


You're okay with sending your bird out on eye plucking missions, but if someone is afraid that little bird could smash into a window and suggests opening the window, they are trying to kill her?

Oh sit, what just happened to my eye??? fuck!

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:17AM

You're too modest! I'd gladly give one of my testicles to the cute little birdy... But if I see her, that means you foolishly followed Thurston's advice by letting her out the window!!!!

Just come home baby, I'll give you all the spherical (and cylindrical) shaped organs you want!

Alias Wrote:
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> uh huh.....
>
> Little bird, go pluck out one of Thurston's eyes,
> And, if Harry is with him, grab one of his eyes,
> too.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:24AM

I think we just turned into trolls.

We obviously derailed this thread into a series of late-night jokes and nonsense.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:36AM

Thurston Moore Wrote:
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> I think we just turned into trolls.

Speak for yourself, Elliot...

>
> We obviously derailed this thread into a series of
> late-night jokes and nonsense.

The thread was dead, baby... The thread was dead...
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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:36AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 02:55AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston wrote:
>
> "You're okay with sending your bird out on eye
> plucking missions...."
> ______________
>
> Yes.
>
> You should meet my cats.


http://www.sling.com/video/show/170713/58/Nurse-Jackie%3A-The-Cat-Did-That

I wish I could have embedded this video.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 03:03AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 03:25AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Beware, Thurston.


But I don't clean my tub, naked.

(you did watch the video, right?)

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: spunky ()
Date: July 29, 2009 05:04AM

Could you folks possibly be on drugs? LOL :)

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Numbers ()
Date: July 29, 2009 04:45PM

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 29, 2009 08:38PM

Numbers Wrote:
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> Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are
> near?


thats like the "if a tree falls in the woods" question

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 09:44PM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 29, 2009 09:50PM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 29, 2009 09:56PM


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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 10:24PM

Numbers Wrote:
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> Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are
> near?



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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 10:25PM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> Do you cook or vacuum, naked?


No. But I do know that if you smoke after sex, you're most likely doing it way too fast.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 29, 2009 10:27PM

drugs were invented because of that bitch. i fucking hate that song!

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 29, 2009 10:55PM

bloody blisters Wrote:
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> drugs were invented because of that bitch. i
> fucking hate that song!


I thought bulimia and anorexia treatment centers were invented because of her.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 29, 2009 11:57PM

hahaha either way you are going to need some sort of rehabilitation center after listening to her.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 12:37AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: July 30, 2009 12:48AM

i didnt know Obama played the bass for America. thats sort of ironic, him being a kenyan muslim terrorist from Hawaii and all.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:22AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:25AM

bloody blisters Wrote:
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> i didnt know Obama played the bass for America.
> thats sort of ironic, him being a kenyan muslim
> terrorist from Hawaii and all.


He's been through the desert on a horse with no name.

They do have deserts in Kenya, don't they?

Oh shit, maybe he wrote the lyrics to that song, and a horse with no name is code for being born without a U.S. birth certificate!

I think we just proved this conspiracy theory once and for all!

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:34AM

Alias Wrote:
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> bloody blisters,
>
> Just one more thing you don't know about your
> Commander in Chief.


Alias is right. There's another thing I didn't know about Obama. Apparently he's half martian.

I also just found out that he eats the brains of premature infants, and has sex with 13 year old girls in a secret society of kenyan muslim terrorist elites who control the banking system.

This guy just keeps showing his true colors (oh shit, did that sound racist?)

For example, he apparently loves to masturbate onto photos of the pope. He also likes to defacate on the bible, while pissing on the constitution.

The list goes on! He's evil!

He also knows some kenyan witch doctor spells and he put a hex on us and made the majority vote for him in November 2008. He's also casting spells on our enemies, making them more powerful and giving them the ability to defeat us.

He also has a very large penis. I think that is the part that really pisses off a lot of republicans (and quite a few democrats.)

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:40AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:43AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Thurston,
>
> So, are you admitting that you voted for an idiot?


Yes, I voted for Bush in 2000, and I almost voted for him again in 2004, until I realized that this whole two-party charade is what is really wrong with this country.

If you think that Obama is an idiot, well, I didn't vote. So I didn't vote for that idiot, this time around.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:46AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:50AM

Alias Wrote:
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> How's that eye doing?


Would you ask little bird if she would be so kind as to bring me my eye back?

I've been bumping into shit all day because of the lack of depth perception.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:56AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 01:59AM

Alias Wrote:
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> Little Bird said to take your depth perception and
> stick it up...... !
>
> Birds today.


Really!

I know!

Tell her I have a brand new salt lick, just for her.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 02:12AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Thurston Moore ()
Date: July 30, 2009 02:22AM

Alias Wrote:
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> I passed along the message.
>
> Cover up your other eye.


But then I won't be able to see anything.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Alias ()
Date: July 30, 2009 02:59AM

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Bird Friend ()
Date: July 30, 2009 08:48AM

I truly want to thank everyone for all their helpful insights about birds!

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: bird brain ()
Date: April 04, 2021 03:02PM

you're welcome

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Yellow Bird ()
Date: April 04, 2021 04:44PM

Yellow bird
Up high in banana tree
yellow bird
you sit all alone like me

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: TJ "peep" Sadler protects them ()
Date: April 04, 2021 09:10PM

From harm

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Bob bitchin ()
Date: April 05, 2021 05:38AM

Fuck birds

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: Bird man of Vienna ()
Date: April 05, 2021 07:41AM

Bob bitchin Wrote:
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> Fuck birds


I actually do fuck birds. The best are ducks, geese and chickens.

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Re: What do birds do when it rains?
Posted by: What do you think ()
Date: April 05, 2021 09:30AM

they do?
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