Comments on: Bird Mysteries

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:07:09 +0000

April, I love your curious observations and questioning spirit. Children have these kinds of questions, and then we grow up and get busy and move on to more mundane thinking. The photos are excellent. And I love the reader’s responses. Please keep sharing your observations and thoughts.

By: April

April — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:23:33 +0000

Nancy raises a good question. Where DO birds go to die? I too rarely see a dead bird. I also wonder what is the typical lifespan of most of our common birds.

By: Jonah Blaustein

Jonah Blaustein — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:22:40 +0000

Nighthawks? I’ve been missing them. Used to see them lots, mostly in cities, doing their acrobatic stunts way up in the air. Where’d they go? And how’d they get the name ‘nightjar’ or ‘goatsucker’ I’d like to know.

By: Jim Z.

Jim Z. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:06:26 +0000

Some amazing photos!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:28:24 +0000

I’ve sometimes wondered the same thing about filling the feeder—thanks for expressing it so well. Another, sadder, question I have is, where do birds go to die? Aside from an occasional bird struck by a car and lying in the street, I never see dead birds. Surely they don’t all survive our winter, but what happens to them?

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:53:01 +0000

Thanks, April. Up here on the 12th floor I don’t see birds up close very often, although we do see flocks of pigeons, and nighthawks on summer evenings. We did get out in the country over Christmas and it was a delight to walk in the snow and see the birds up close again. Be well.