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PERCHING BIRDS

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BIRD STRIP
Seawalls, pilings and posts are all great places to photograph seabirds.  They're at rest, so even a slow photographer usually has time to get a decent picture.  

Because of that, I'm always happy to see birds on posts …  but some people are not too thrilled to have them perching there ……

  GULL ON POST

 

Trying not to be a "potty mouth" here, but the white streaking on the pole above is a pretty good example of why some people are offended. Some places have pointed caps on the poles to try to keep the birds off but ….

Fake gull Lng beach

 

 … the City of Long Beach California took another tack…they rented out the tops of their poles to fake gulls.  Pretty good imitations.

 

For CAMERA CRITTERS.  Thanks Misty!

 

All of the real birds in this post perch in Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

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28 responses to “PERCHING BIRDS”

  1. Pam

    Beautiful captures, Sallie. Leave to theatrical California to charge for pole sitting.
    cheers

  2. pat

    Nice pics! You are right about birds and ocean. Built them a place to sit and they’ll sit on it! Long Beach is the city I was born and raised (mostly) in.

  3. Eileen

    Hi Sallie, I love the first shot with all the birds lined up on the wall. Nice variety there. And the pole with the fake gull is cute! Great post.

  4. SichtBar

    I like your post, it reminds me on vacation at the beach. Very nice! I know fake birds for doves. Same problem.

  5. Amila

    Well, I’d rather have birds around than clean posts or walls,but that’s just me!:-)

  6. Debbie

    great idea and a gorgeous view!!

  7. Nan

    Fantastic post! You always write about the most interesting things, and I learn every time I stop by. Fake birds – who knew? Like a scarecrow, sorta.

  8. Arti

    Great capture of the sea birds! I love them too, such adorable creatures 🙂

  9. NatureFootstep

    Sometimes I wish I could sit like that. 🙂 🙂

  10. Stewart M - Australia

    Hi there – the fake gull is great.
    Mind you, I have to say getting upset about what seagulls do when you live next to the sea seems a bit odd to me! It’s a bit like complaining that the night is too dark!
    Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
    PS: Glad you like the “wordy” Kangaroo Island post – I’m working on a second one. SM

  11. Black Eyed Susans Kitchen

    Great shot of the birds!

  12. Rita aka Cashjocky

    Brilliant mind that came up with using the fake bird.
    Between my swing and my big wooden flower basket I am always cleaning up those white stripes.
    I just wish they would take to the birdhouses as easy as they do the perches.

  13. Linda

    I have loved seeing your birds and I enjoy visiting other blogs that feature birds. Your photos are really very good!
    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

  14. Reader Wil

    Gulls are interesting and cheeky birds. I like them. Great pictures!

  15. Halcyon

    I like birds, but I understand they can be a nuisance. I love that fake gull in the last shot. Gave me a laugh! 🙂

  16. Mama Zen

    Love that first shot!

  17. Carver

    I love to watch gulls. They must love me too because I’ve been with friends several times when the gulls excrement has landed on my companion but not on me. Good shots and the fake gull is too funny.

  18. craftygreenpoet

    the first photo is lovely, the sparkling sea, the variety of birds.
    The fake gulls are an interesting idea, they might keep real gulls from perching in those specific places, but i would have thought they would attract more gulls to the area as a whole?

  19. Gattina

    And I love seagulls ! Not bad a fake seagull on the top, but is it really useful to keep them away ? They are very intelligent and one of the best thief amongst birds ! One once dived on me and took my sandwich, lol !

  20. Lady Fi

    The gulls are screeching on the lake – I love that because it’s a sign of spring.

  21. Nick

    Great shots, Sallie. The idea of the fake seagulls is very resourceful and keeps the poles clean. It just doesn’t look right though…

  22. Kay L. Davies

    I like gulls, as long as they don’t treat me the way they treat the poles!
    K

  23. Martha

    The swallow like to sit on the post of the umbrella over my patio table, keeping lookout over the nest box. You can imagine what it looks like!

  24. Colin Huggins

    Well, well – ingenious, the idea of the City of Long Beach California! I might suggest this option to my Brisbane City Councillor, pity I can’t have patent rights ( ha ha).
    That would remove the suburbia scavanging Ibis and crows from the CBD of the city of Brisbane. When it comes to leaving “deposits” and not of the monetary variety, these two birds species are experts! Hmmmmmmmmm. Food for careful thought. Delete food, I think, and substitute ideas!
    Cheers
    Colin (Brisbane.Australia)
    Weather report: Sunday 29th. 7.30am.
    After 36 hours of constant downpours, blue skies again.

  25. Colletta

    You mean that wasn’t paint trickling down that post? I love the fake birds. Ingenious!
    Here’s my CC:
    http://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2012/04/camera-critters-42812.html
    Colletta

  26. Penny

    We have a robin nesting just above our back door. I love watching the progress – hate the mess on the door.

  27. Rambling Woods

    yes..birds equals poo…lol

  28. TexWisGirl

    i like that first ‘panoramic’ view! 🙂

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