WildBird on the Fly
For the record, Amy of WildBird on the Fly is a fantastic baker. She almost always comes to bird festivals with fresh baked cookies. I love to eat them and many think I share rooms with her at bird festivals out of frugality or even because I enjoy her company, but really I'm just using her for cookies.
That said, sometimes birding gets the better of me and if I'm having a good birding moment, I might go to extreme measures to keep it going. Below is a video of the laughing gulls eating from my hand from the minivan window in South Padre Island. I think I originally called this wild birds on the fly eating WildBird on the Fly's cookies. The quality on Google Video isn't the best, but I don't have to pay for the bandwidth. It looks super cool and ethereal on my computer and I took it with a Nikon P4. It's about a minute and a half and it's incredible to watch how quickly they fly down and snarf the cookie bits.
That said, sometimes birding gets the better of me and if I'm having a good birding moment, I might go to extreme measures to keep it going. Below is a video of the laughing gulls eating from my hand from the minivan window in South Padre Island. I think I originally called this wild birds on the fly eating WildBird on the Fly's cookies. The quality on Google Video isn't the best, but I don't have to pay for the bandwidth. It looks super cool and ethereal on my computer and I took it with a Nikon P4. It's about a minute and a half and it's incredible to watch how quickly they fly down and snarf the cookie bits.
Labels: Bird Festivals, Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest
posted by birdchick at 7:06 AM
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oh my gosh! i just had a recovered memory!!! a couple summers ago i was in long beach washington slumming on the beach and i made the mistake of tossing a piece of Trails West beef jerky (the best i've ever had) at a gull. before i knew it i was surrounded and feeding the whole city. i was on vacation and called my coworker who had recommended the spot for vacation and told her i felt like i was in a hitchcock movie (you know, psycho!) ... when i ran out of jerky i turned around in my chair and there were at least 30 - 40 gulls mulling around behind and beside me... i'm just thankful i made it out alive. i totally forgot about that until i saw your very cool video... now i think i need to call Sydney freedman
-bilbo's mum
seriously tho like your video shows i was amazed at how they would hover and catch the stuff midair and they were FAST
Did anyone else watching that think to themselves, "Hitchcock!" ?
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