Comments on: Birds Really Really Like It When You Take Their Picture. Except when they don’t. http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/ It'll crack your shit up. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:14:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amy http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4529 Amy Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:39 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4529 Bats truly are the best at inducing a frenzied panic, but birds in the house are up there. Did you read this one: http://www.justbarely.net/2007/07/when-the-outside-comes-in/ Bats truly are the best at inducing a frenzied panic, but birds in the house are up there. Did you read this one: http://www.justbarely.net/2007/07/when-the-outside-comes-in/

]]> By: Sara http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4528 Sara Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:32:55 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4528 Oh, those are so much cuter than the bats that like to live in my front porch. Little buggers creep me out wicked bad, plus now I'm afraid to open the front door...even if it's to get any one of the bamillion packages that wing their way to my house from Etsy. Oh, those are so much cuter than the bats that like to live in my front porch. Little buggers creep me out wicked bad, plus now I’m afraid to open the front door…even if it’s to get any one of the bamillion packages that wing their way to my house from Etsy.

]]> By: Curt http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4527 Curt Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:37:00 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4527 I made the mistake of running over a nest of bunnies with the mower once too...din't hurt a bunnie, but somehow without the cover of nice tall grass, mom decided that raising a small herd of tiny little mice sized things with no eyes (ok, I think they had eyes, but they were always closed) was no longer a good idea, and she joined a bunny circus or something and never came back to the nest. Infortunately I had a 4 year old at the time and was not smart enough to think of flushing them and calling them aquabunnies...so I ended up nursing them with baby formula and an eyedropper, and making a nest on my heating pad....and then playing momma bunny as they got bigger and learned to eat grass (and run back to the 6ft bearded momma when evil birds flew near.) Had them for I think like 12 weeks as they got more fearless and completely weaned. Then we made a big deal of singing the "born free" song and letting them go in the field behind our house. I'm pretty certain 4 of the 5 were quickly food for someone, but one with a white stripe down his face did stick around for a few years...and created quite a few more bunny herds. As for the birds, I have an acre, so I have dozens of bird's nest. My wife however is a bird racist, and only lets certain birds (bluebirds, tree swallows --who never seem to swallow trees) live here. The non cute birds I am sent to evict. I made the mistake of running over a nest of bunnies with the mower once too…din’t hurt a bunnie, but somehow without the cover of nice tall grass, mom decided that raising a small herd of tiny little mice sized things with no eyes (ok, I think they had eyes, but they were always closed) was no longer a good idea, and she joined a bunny circus or something and never came back to the nest.

Infortunately I had a 4 year old at the time and was not smart enough to think of flushing them and calling them aquabunnies…so I ended up nursing them with baby formula and an eyedropper, and making a nest on my heating pad….and then playing momma bunny as they got bigger and learned to eat grass (and run back to the 6ft bearded momma when evil birds flew near.) Had them for I think like 12 weeks as they got more fearless and completely weaned.

Then we made a big deal of singing the “born free” song and letting them go in the field behind our house. I’m pretty certain 4 of the 5 were quickly food for someone, but one with a white stripe down his face did stick around for a few years…and created quite a few more bunny herds.

As for the birds, I have an acre, so I have dozens of bird’s nest. My wife however is a bird racist, and only lets certain birds (bluebirds, tree swallows –who never seem to swallow trees) live here. The non cute birds I am sent to evict.

]]> By: Amy http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4523 Amy Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:50:43 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4523 I really thought the shit was going to hit the fan when the dog LICKED ITS LIPS... and yet I kept watching. My dad accidently ran over a bunny nest when we were kids. None of the bunnies got chopped up, but while running for cover a bunch of them ran into the street and fell down the storm drain. I assume they gained super powers down there and are now aqua bunnies, living happy and healthy lives of crime fighting and under water carrot eating. I really thought the shit was going to hit the fan when the dog LICKED ITS LIPS… and yet I kept watching. My dad accidently ran over a bunny nest when we were kids. None of the bunnies got chopped up, but while running for cover a bunch of them ran into the street and fell down the storm drain. I assume they gained super powers down there and are now aqua bunnies, living happy and healthy lives of crime fighting and under water carrot eating.

]]> By: Wayne Fielder http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4522 Wayne Fielder Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:44:11 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4522 A couple years ago my wife found a nest of rabbits in our backyard. She thought how cute it would be to get a picture of our dog, the fearless(kinda) and ferocious(in her own mind) miniature Dachshund, with the bunnies. In my mind I saw blood and entrails scattered around my yard. Wasn't sure if it would be the bunny's or the dog's but was certain about the blood and entrails part. I submit to you here the final product of that little adventure... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcCBjaHteXI A couple years ago my wife found a nest of rabbits in our backyard. She thought how cute it would be to get a picture of our dog, the fearless(kinda) and ferocious(in her own mind) miniature Dachshund, with the bunnies. In my mind I saw blood and entrails scattered around my yard. Wasn’t sure if it would be the bunny’s or the dog’s but was certain about the blood and entrails part. I submit to you here the final product of that little adventure…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcCBjaHteXI

]]> By: Miss Yvonne http://www.justbarely.net/2010/04/birds-really-really-like-it-when-you-take-their-picture/#comment-4521 Miss Yvonne Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:09:03 +0000 http://www.justbarely.net/?p=1920#comment-4521 We are over run with baby birds at our house right now. There are three different nests in the shrubs right outside our front door. I'm afraid it might be catching, so I doubled up the birth control this weekend. We are over run with baby birds at our house right now. There are three different nests in the shrubs right outside our front door. I’m afraid it might be catching, so I doubled up the birth control this weekend.

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