December 2, 2008

What are these cardinals doing?



They are both standing with their wings hanging—but why?
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9 comments:

  1. KellyDecember 3, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    The bird biologist in my office theorizes that they are overheated and are they're cooling themselves off after a long flight.

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  2. KellyDecember 3, 2008 at 1:17 PM

    More info at:
    http://birds.suite101.com/article.cfm/do_birds_sweat

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  3. brooklyn_codgerDecember 3, 2008 at 8:21 PM

    That is very interesting and it makes total sense! They had been flitting about the yard for some time.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    My chickens used to sun themselves this way on nice days, I always thought to kill off the lice.

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  5. brooklyn_codgerDecember 4, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    I was going to make a joke about what I do when I have lice, but then I realized—what the...? You have chickens??

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  6. AnonymousDecember 5, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    Alas, not any more. But I would highly recommend them, they are so fun to watch. Like little dinosaurs.

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  7. brooklyn_codgerDecember 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM

    Did you eat them? Or were they pets? Did you live on a farm?

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  8. AnonymousDecember 6, 2008 at 10:53 AM

    We were rural before we lived in Truro, we had chickens and goats. They were layers mostly but we ate some, usually the extra roosters in the spring. Very excellent for soup.

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  9. A.M. DellamonicaDecember 8, 2008 at 8:14 PM

    OMG, Cardinals! We'll be far enough east to see cardinals! Squeeeeee!!!!

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