Comments on: Return to the Nest http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69649 Clifford Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:58:38 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69649 Ok... I'll sing some James Brown to the nesting bird. "Get up offa that thing...!" :-D (Thanks for the thoughts though.... very interesting and useful.) -cvj Ok… I’ll sing some James Brown to the nesting bird. “Get up offa that thing…!” :-D

(Thanks for the thoughts though…. very interesting and useful.)

-cvj

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69647 Carl Brannen Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:49:39 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69647 When your every movement scares them off it might not be a bad sign. Their natural instinct in the presence of a predator should be to redirect the attention of the predator away from the nest. When the result is that you don't chase after them, or the nest, they might be getting used to you. By the way, the proper way to charm wild birds is to sit very still and sing to them. Use songs with long low notes, as these distinguish a bird with very great vocal powers, (and therefore a bird that every bird would like to know better). Humans have been charming birds for thousands of years, but like the milky way, modern man has lost sight of it. When your every movement scares them off it might not be a bad sign. Their natural instinct in the presence of a predator should be to redirect the attention of the predator away from the nest. When the result is that you don’t chase after them, or the nest, they might be getting used to you.

By the way, the proper way to charm wild birds is to sit very still and sing to them. Use songs with long low notes, as these distinguish a bird with very great vocal powers, (and therefore a bird that every bird would like to know better). Humans have been charming birds for thousands of years, but like the milky way, modern man has lost sight of it.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69417 Clifford Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:25:58 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69417 Good news.... I crept out earlier (to check the fig crop... more later) and it seems that the dove is not too bothered by my presence. It is watchful, but so far has not broken cover and headed for the skies. I'm hoping that this means we can coexist without me being a prisoner in my house. It seems that various creatures have not been hesitant about harvesting the ripe figs already, Moshe. At least ten have gone.... or should I say ten halves, since they don't have any interest in finishing each one before moving to the next. -cvj Good news…. I crept out earlier (to check the fig crop… more later) and it seems that the dove is not too bothered by my presence. It is watchful, but so far has not broken cover and headed for the skies. I’m hoping that this means we can coexist without me being a prisoner in my house.

It seems that various creatures have not been hesitant about harvesting the ripe figs already, Moshe. At least ten have gone…. or should I say ten halves, since they don’t have any interest in finishing each one before moving to the next.

-cvj

]]> By: Moshe http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69403 Moshe Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:22:49 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69403 You are not harvesting ripe figs? that is just wrong, a crime really, when there are less fortunate figless people in the world... You are not harvesting ripe figs? that is just wrong, a crime really, when there are less fortunate figless people in the world…

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69328 Clifford Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:58:02 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69328 HI, The good news is that I poked my head out of the door very slowly last night to look at the nest. The nest is at eye level and right next to the back door. My eyes met an unblinking eye of one of the doves sitting on the nest! Checked again just now (late afternoon) and they are still there. So all is good so far. Problem is I feel trapped now. Can't go out to the back garden (not to harvest the tasty figs, for example) without scaring the sitter. I shall have to maybe start a series of short, quiet outings to the garden (going via a different door) to let them get used to me. I hope that works. Or I could just not go out to the back garden at all for a number of weeks (how long is incubation and the subsequent flying out of the nest, I wonder)...That would be hard. -cvj HI,

The good news is that I poked my head out of the door very slowly last night to look at the nest. The nest is at eye level and right next to the back door. My eyes met an unblinking eye of one of the doves sitting on the nest! Checked again just now (late afternoon) and they are still there. So all is good so far. Problem is I feel trapped now. Can’t go out to the back garden (not to harvest the tasty figs, for example) without scaring the sitter. I shall have to maybe start a series of short, quiet outings to the garden (going via a different door) to let them get used to me. I hope that works. Or I could just not go out to the back garden at all for a number of weeks (how long is incubation and the subsequent flying out of the nest, I wonder)…That would be hard.

-cvj

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69306 astromcnaught Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:19:47 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/08/06/return-to-the-nest/#comment-69306 Ah, that's lovely Clifford. I share your fears about the fate of the nest. How about heaping loads of branches in front of the nest to hide it better from the rest of the garden? I'm not that suprised about Aspen Absentmindedness, surely the altitude decreases oxygen to the brain and all that? I recall that the very best view of the heavens is at about 7,000 feet. Any lower there's too much air, any higher and visual acuity diminishes. Don't forget the Perseid meteors please. I believe they are particulary well suited for west coast US this year and are already underway. regards, astromcnaught (who really must resume his own blog) Ah, that’s lovely Clifford. I share your fears about the fate of the nest. How about heaping loads of branches in front of the nest to hide it better from the rest of the garden?

I’m not that suprised about Aspen Absentmindedness, surely the altitude decreases oxygen to the brain and all that? I recall that the very best view of the heavens is at about 7,000 feet. Any lower there’s too much air, any higher and visual acuity diminishes.

Don’t forget the Perseid meteors please. I believe they are particulary well suited for west coast US this year and are already underway.

regards,
astromcnaught (who really must resume his own blog)

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