First Bird for the New Year? (mine, a dead ruby crowned kinglet)

uppityperson

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Jan-01-08 02:35 PM
Original message

First Bird for the New Year? (mine, a dead ruby crowned kinglet)

I read that the first bird you see in the new year is an indication of how the year will go. Mr.UP just brought in a dead ruby crowned kinglet that he found on our porch. Does this have meaning for the New Year?

Refresh | 0 Recommendations

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

semillama

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jan-02-08 11:20 AM
Response to Original message

1. savannah sparrow was mine

Usually it's pigeon or house sparrow, so I guess that's a good portent for my birding year.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

XemaSab

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-03-08 02:44 AM
Response to Original message

2. Pigeon

I was looking for the Bald Eagles, but to no avail. :(

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

AllegroRondo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-03-08 09:25 AM
Response to Original message

3. Canadian geese

lots of them. they hang out at the pond at work.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

sybylla

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-03-08 03:58 PM
Response to Original message

4. Too flipping cold to even draw back a curtain.

Honestly, I haven't seen a bird yet. When it gets this cold, they just don't come around much. I live on an unprotected hill and though we have several rows of shrubs and trees, unless I feed them, I don't see them in the winter.

The last bird I saw in 2007 was a Robin. Poor thing must have been blown off course by a winter storm because they never over-winter up here in Central Wisconsin. He was huddling in my crab apple tree all fluffed up and trying to be happy. Does that say anything about 2007?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Maestro

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jan-03-08 05:06 PM
Response to Original message

5. Mine was a crow.

Perhaps it just means you need to provide food and possibly shelter to the little feathered ones in your yard.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

tigereye

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-12-08 12:15 AM
Response to Original message

6. cardinal

of course they live in the neighbor's shrubs, so that isn't too hard...

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Tue Apr 30th 2024, 05:15 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.