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oh that's a brutal question
the most overrated bird is the european
starling
a lot of people look at them and they
think oh they're so pretty they're
glossy and iridescent and
shiny not a fan um they're an invasive
species
um hurting our native species don't
belong here
not all that pretty most underrated
i'm gonna go with the morning dove
they're not spectacularly colored
but when you really take the time to
notice them they're like
like they're made out of satin and all
these delicate shades of
beige and browns and a hint of blue on
the crown
and the back of the neck mourning here
is morning as in
sadness for the dead m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g
and that's because of the sound they
made that
and a lot of people here and they think
oh what's that owl i'm hearing an owl in
the daytime but they're actually hearing
a morning dog
but the other reason why i think it's so
underrated is because
it's everywhere i mean this bird thrives
in the middle of manhattan
it thrives in the deep woods uh north of
here in the hudson valley
it thrives in the deserts of california
it finds a way to survive everywhere it
seems and
and i find that spectacular and
fascinating
bird with the most attitude hummingbirds
they just they don't take crap from
anybody
you walk into their territory and
they're like
who are you why are you here i had uh um
a hummingbird feeder
and i had to change the hummingbird
feeder you know with the
with the liquid in it for the
hummingbirds so i took the hummingbird
bird feeder down i started to walk away
with it and the hummingbird as i'm
walking away is
flying over and eating from the feeder
because he's like no no i'm not done yet
i'm i've still got more eating to do so
i'm like okay waiting for you
waiting for you and then the best
hummingbird story ever
i was in palm springs i was sitting in
the courtyard and so i was spending
hours in front of my computer uh
not not moving and all of a sudden i
feel this
kind of tingling electric feeling going
up and down my leg
and i'm like what the heck is that i
looked down
there was a female costas hummingbird
running its bill up and down my leg
as it flew along my leg the only theory
i can come up with
is that it was the nesting season she
decided to check out my leg hair as
potential
nesting material to build her nest with
it was the most awesome thing it was the
best ever i was just
enthralled i think she was like oh this
soft downy stuff
is it would be great for building my
nest thank goodness i don't shave my
legs
oh most mysterious bird
in nighthawks uh they strike me as very
mysterious because they they're so easy
to overlook in the daytime
and yet at night they're flying around
on these
you know big flapping wings um almost
like a ghostly presence
least bird-like bird i mean i gotta go
with penguins
you know they're kind of waddling along
making their way down to the ocean
and then flopping throwing themselves in
and they don't fly
they they look like they're wearing
tuxedos and they spend most of their
time in the ocean you know they've
adapted their
their wings into flippers and their feet
into paddles
and that's where they that's where they
thrive is in an aquatic
underwater environment a nemesis bird
is a bird you really really really want
to see
and you've come really really close to
seeing it a couple of times
but you haven't seen it yet and it's
almost like the bird is going
in you can't see me
but the jer falcon um is the largest
falcon on the planet
and it can uh take down gulls it can
take down
ducks you know really big birds but i've
never seen one
they are restricted to really really
northern places like sub-arctic regions
i hate cold weather i hate it they
didn't hate it so it's hard to get me
out there birding in those places i've
just never made a trip up there to find
one though i have been to iceland
twice still haven't seen the gear falcon
and they're certainly in iceland so
that's incredibly annoying
i've seen captive jeer falcons i've seen
falconer's birds
um but i've never seen one in the wild
and that's what counts
well the good thing is that birds are
everywhere whether you have binoculars
or not
you've got to start tuning into the
birds and try to figure out what you're
seeing
and once you start tuning into it then
you're going to really want to know more
just to keep your ears and your eyes
open
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