Birds at the burn
Birds at the burn
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Hi boys and girls, or what have you, Peace! Bird watcher's are always "horny for orni" which leads me to inquire about the various interactions of our avian friends and Burner's. Personally a crew-member and I both tried to tempt an American Pipit to eat granola bars (not) in Center Camp in 2011. A Western Sandpiper, a perfectly dessicated specimen, was found by early arrivals in 2012. The White Pelican shouldn't really surprise us, along with the Hummingbird (2012). Anyone get an id? I'd be interested in any bird/burner interactions enplaya. Certainly a "wildlife" thread would be tempting fate. Thank you for burning!
Best Burn Ever!
Hi boys and girls, or what have you, Peace! Bird watcher's are always "horny for orni" which leads me to inquire about the various interactions of our avian friends and Burner's. Personally a crew-member and I both tried to tempt an American Pipit to eat granola bars (not) in Center Camp in 2011. A Western Sandpiper, a perfectly dessicated specimen, was found by early arrivals in 2012. The White Pelican shouldn't really surprise us, along with the Hummingbird (2012). Anyone get an id? I'd be interested in any bird/burner interactions enplaya. Certainly a "wildlife" thread would be tempting fate. Thank you for burning!
Best Burn Ever!
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Re: Birds at the burn
Moving this over to Experiences At Burning Man.
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Re: Birds at the burn
word on the street is the Saudi's and their Falconry Training Facility near BRC are bitching about the noise noise noise...
seriously.
maybe i should put this on the conspiracy thread.
seriously.
maybe i should put this on the conspiracy thread.
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Re: Birds at the burn
did a little bird tell you?
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Re: Birds at the burn
Simon of the Playa wrote:word on the street is the Saudi's and their Falconry Training Facility near BRC are bitching about the noise noise noise...
seriously.
maybe i should put this on the conspiracy thread.
and I thought their Falcons were supersonic............
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Re: Birds at the burn
Savannah wrote:It sounds freaky & wrong, so you need to do it.
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Re: Birds at the burn
Some rangers found a canadian goose, and helped it by giving it a quiet place and water until it was better.


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Re: Birds at the burn
Don't lie, that goose was grand-fathered in.
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Re: Birds at the burn
Well, my buddy also reported on seeing that goose. One mid-day I noticed a Raven land past the outer road, looking in at the city (8:20 and L), waiting for that edible moop. He stood out there and hopped back and forth a couple times. Then I saw him never more. Other than those, the only other bird I saw during the week was when some folks cruised by as we sat in the shade enjoing a cold drink and called Camp THREAT a bunch of pussies. There was that.
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Re: Birds at the burn
Ravens don't hop.
I call bullshit...
I call bullshit...
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Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Birds at the burn
theCryptofishist wrote:Ravens don't hop.
I call bullshit...
Huggin and Munnin do a mean "Texas two step" though.
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Re: Birds at the burn
theCryptofishist wrote:Ravens don't hop.
I call bullshit...
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime.
"Ravens are scavengers. When approaching dead animals, often the raven will land a short distance away, then hop forward or sideways to the carcass."
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/oct/papr/raven.html
I didn't like the way that raven was looking at me when he was doing that hopping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyKoVREALec
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Re: Birds at the burn
*slinks away in defeat*
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"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Birds at the burn
Do ravers hoop?
Re: Birds at the burn
I too saw the hopping raven and sometimes he brought a friend, mostly first thing in the morning or just before sunset. They too love the "community", they were moopers.
Sooner or later, it will get real strange...
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Re: Birds at the burn
Saw a couple birds this year and a few insects as well, notably a wasp.
The birds were pre-event (early entry) and didn't see much of them after the city influx filled it up.
The one I was the closest was right in camp, trying to catch a little shade underneath one of the bikes. He chilled a bit, hopped around some and then left.
Looked like a finch or sparrow. Small brownish bird.
The birds were pre-event (early entry) and didn't see much of them after the city influx filled it up.
The one I was the closest was right in camp, trying to catch a little shade underneath one of the bikes. He chilled a bit, hopped around some and then left.
Looked like a finch or sparrow. Small brownish bird.
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Re: Birds at the burn
I saw 4-5 small birds around the playa, as well as a big bumble bee. Last year I didnt see any birds and I saw 2 moths.
Do you the birds fly there, or stow away in the various campers/MVs? Any chance they make it back alive (the little ones, especially)?
Do you the birds fly there, or stow away in the various campers/MVs? Any chance they make it back alive (the little ones, especially)?
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Re: Birds at the burn
I was the the Temple on Wednesday saying goodbye to my wife who passed away several years ago. I had finished my reflections, wrote a note and placed it with all the others. With tears welling in my eyes, I turned to go. A hummingbird, an Anna's or Ruby throated ( just a guess), flew past my head, close enough to hear his wings. It flew to a red paper lantern someone had placed on an overhang. It inspected the lantern and finding nothing of sustenance, turned its attention to me. It hovered in front of me for a brief moment, cocked his head, and looked into my eyes (of this I am certain). He pivoted and flew of towards the western hills. I was a Virgin and had heard Burners talking about "Burning Man just happened" when odd coincidences happen, I.e. running into people you haven't seen in years or needing something but not knowing it and somehow it appears at the most opportune moment, but it took me several moments to realize "Burning Man just happened" for me. I have no clue as to why this delicate little jewel of a bird graced me with its presence at that moment, I just hope he made someone else's Burn too.
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Re: Birds at the burn
Immisterclean wrote:He pivoted and flew of towards the western hills.
He died.

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Re: Birds at the burn
Shit. . .you're probably right. Oh, we'll. . .
Re: Birds at the burn
Thanks for the responses. As a boring and pedantic birdwatcher I feel safe saying that the playa, while harsh and hostile to you and I, is, on a fair day, a place of safety and solace to the littlest bird. Clear vision, no lurking places, no ambush sites. No tall grass for the cat. and the distance is not as great nor perilous as any stretch of megatropolis where you live.
A big drink and a full crop make for a days ambition in bird world, for all we know. The Hummer? As a birdwatcher, I'd be willing to consider the rufus-throated hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) because they have a broader range, but nevertheless, that bird likely worked the magic and went straight back where the food was. Birds in health have amazing resiliency, in the ability to gain and drop weight for specific functions and emergencies. Burning man would perhaps be a more perilous venue for birds if we resorted to impromptu menus and invited them to be part of our lunch.
As a factoid which often depresses me, Osprey, the world over (!) spend an average of eight minutes getting the days ambition out of the way. What has a billionaire got on that?
Again fellow burner's thanks for the info. I'll keep checking this thread.
Also, I invite any objections or additions to these comments. After all, I'm just winging it!!
@lonesomebri: I'd like a closer look at some of those peeps, but the birds I surely know.
@macglenver: Indigenous or local species would have little trouble on the playa. Birds hiding for hours in a vehicle: very unlikely (please post a video otherwise!! I love it), and the chances of survival of a liberated imported species with no playa experience would be perilous in the extreme, to my way of thinking.
@immisterclean - Need I say you are the docent of your own paradigm? So make of the hummer what you wish, just bless yourself. Be sure that hummer was traveling in a casually direct line between two sources of water, which were surrounded by tiny flowers bursting with tiny drops of nectar for a tiny bird. As burning man takes place long after all hummingbird nesting has been completed, your little avatar perhaps just arrived in migration. Better than yours his/her chances are.
Best burn ever in 2013!!
A big drink and a full crop make for a days ambition in bird world, for all we know. The Hummer? As a birdwatcher, I'd be willing to consider the rufus-throated hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) because they have a broader range, but nevertheless, that bird likely worked the magic and went straight back where the food was. Birds in health have amazing resiliency, in the ability to gain and drop weight for specific functions and emergencies. Burning man would perhaps be a more perilous venue for birds if we resorted to impromptu menus and invited them to be part of our lunch.
As a factoid which often depresses me, Osprey, the world over (!) spend an average of eight minutes getting the days ambition out of the way. What has a billionaire got on that?
Again fellow burner's thanks for the info. I'll keep checking this thread.
Also, I invite any objections or additions to these comments. After all, I'm just winging it!!
@lonesomebri: I'd like a closer look at some of those peeps, but the birds I surely know.
@macglenver: Indigenous or local species would have little trouble on the playa. Birds hiding for hours in a vehicle: very unlikely (please post a video otherwise!! I love it), and the chances of survival of a liberated imported species with no playa experience would be perilous in the extreme, to my way of thinking.
@immisterclean - Need I say you are the docent of your own paradigm? So make of the hummer what you wish, just bless yourself. Be sure that hummer was traveling in a casually direct line between two sources of water, which were surrounded by tiny flowers bursting with tiny drops of nectar for a tiny bird. As burning man takes place long after all hummingbird nesting has been completed, your little avatar perhaps just arrived in migration. Better than yours his/her chances are.
Best burn ever in 2013!!
"Ring your bell even if you don't sell a clam. " Samuel Clemons
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Re: Birds at the burn
WHO KNOWS HIS SHIT?
I DO...
"In Nevada, Ms. Egbert says she eventually realized she could only harvest mud at certain times of the year. When her father, David Jamieson, bought the 144-acre ranch 12 years ago as a place to train falcons, she says she immediately noticed the high quality of the mud created from hundreds of geothermal springs on the property."
from the wall st. journal, today.
I DO...
"In Nevada, Ms. Egbert says she eventually realized she could only harvest mud at certain times of the year. When her father, David Jamieson, bought the 144-acre ranch 12 years ago as a place to train falcons, she says she immediately noticed the high quality of the mud created from hundreds of geothermal springs on the property."
from the wall st. journal, today.
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Re: Birds at the burn
Simon of the Playa wrote:word on the street is the Saudi's and their Falconry Training Facility near BRC are bitching about the noise noise noise...
seriously.
maybe i should put this on the conspiracy thread.
maybe we should get a list of the gulf state arabs he's catering to...
nobody ever believes me until its too fucking late......
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Re: Birds at the burn
feathers, feathers everywhere.
kinda looks familiar.
kinda looks familiar.
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Re: Birds at the burn
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very friendly Robot heart Bird 2012
(I see myself in the video at 1:28 wearing dress in front of bicycle, I have some pics too, see below.)
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Re: Birds at the burn
wanna post but alas have no sock...
spoiler... Bird dies, we laugh. moop.
spoiler... Bird dies, we laugh. moop.
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Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri

Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri
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Re: Birds at the burn
^ i can create one on your behalf for a small fee ... account creation - complete with mock email account depending on the TOS of your particular forum. i'm sure there's a post per day package that will fit your needs.
but we can't do bizness here, k.
pm me, lol
but we can't do bizness here, k.
pm me, lol
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Re: Birds at the burn
Damn! dude yer everywhere!
but seriously, I don't have a sock. does this make me weird? I figure I'd get found out real quick, or take myself to seriously and hold long inane arguments with myself. Or be accused of being one of Simon's socks.

but seriously, I don't have a sock. does this make me weird? I figure I'd get found out real quick, or take myself to seriously and hold long inane arguments with myself. Or be accused of being one of Simon's socks.

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Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri

Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri
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Re: Birds at the burn
We should all moonlight as one of Simon's socks.
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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