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not william stenchever said:
I think the philosopher Diogenes would have liked Turkey Vultures. They may eat carrion but it allows them to spend most of their time gliding serenely and catching thermals, making them seem almost care free.
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they're pretty chill
one time I was biking to work and ended up cruising through a mess of them on the railing of the bridge, basically face to face
they didn't gouge my eyes out or nothing
 
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Vultures are fascinating. I was at a park just north of Austin, Texas a few years ago, and was treated to the sight of what must have been over a thousand vultures lazily gliding over a cliff, socializing with each other in a way only they could understand. They're quite gregarious and affectionate toward each other.
 
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Ted_Breakfast said:
Vultures are fascinating. I was at a park just north of Austin, Texas a few years ago, and was treated to the sight of what must have been over a thousand vultures lazily gliding over a cliff, socializing with each other in a way only they could understand. They're quite gregarious and affectionate toward each other.
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I still want to understand how they decide what roadkill they eat or don't
I'll see one dead racoon that they're on like flies on shit, another one that they wouldn't touch if you paid them.
 
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Diet Coke 4 Life said:
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Didn’t get potato camera in time to snap a picture of the robin that I had in my yard, so compensated with some cute Carolina wrens.
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Are robins rare where you live? They’re pretty common throughout most of America and they’re basically the default “smallish bird” I see around so it’s funny to imagine it being enough of an oddity for someone else that they would want to snap a picture of one.
 
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Gar For Archer said:
Are robins rare where you live? They’re pretty common throughout most of America and they’re basically the default “smallish bird” I see around so it’s funny to imagine it being enough of an oddity for someone else that they would want to snap a picture of one.
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Robins aren't as common in my area as they are in others due to the heavy cardinal population - those beautiful red bastards are true assholes when it comes to their territories. The only birds I've seen that are worse are blue jays. And nesting mockingbirds, but they typically only go after hawks and crows. (saw one try to go after an Osprey - didn't end well for the mockingbird)
 
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Diet Coke 4 Life said:
Robins aren't as common in my area as they are in others due to the heavy cardinal population - those beautiful red bastards are true assholes when it comes to their territories. The only birds I've seen that are worse are blue jays. And nesting mockingbirds, but they typically only go after hawks and crows. (saw one try to go after an Osprey - didn't end well for the mockingbird)
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Ahh, the beauty of bird turf wars.
 
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anliteralidiot said:
Bird bros: I have cardinals trying to fight themselves in my car's reflection. How do I get them to stop that?

Or how do I take video to post, because they're stupid and it's funny?
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In general you can do this by applying a film to reflective surfaces (bird collisions can be heavily mitigated by this btw) but I don't think you want that for car mirrors. I guess it's not really hurting the bird and he'll stop after breeding season so there's not much to do or much reason to.
And don't bother cardawckseen over it, there's plenty of video of birds doing that out there.
 
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Other tips - if they're attacking your mirrors, slipping a grocery bag over your side mirrors will obscure them and stop them from fighting them. If they're attacking their reflections in the normal paint... well, I've found that when my car's filthy they don't bother, because the reflection isn't so grand.
 
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