No birds in Kansas City?
No birds in Kansas City?
It's sunrise on whatt will eventually be a scorching summer day in the Kansas City suburbs. The bedroom window is open a little bit, since it's somewhat cooler at night. The sound coming through the window ... nothing. Excepting the distant rumble of traffic, there are no other sounds. No chirping, no fluttering of wings ... no birds, unlike everyplace else I've ever lived.
Through the day, I don't see any or hear any birds. As the day goes on, some bird-like noises emerge, but they're the mating calls of large, loud insects. The ear-splitting buzz of cicadas kicks in about 3:00 PM, and continues through the night.
So ... where are the birds?
Through the day, I don't see any or hear any birds. As the day goes on, some bird-like noises emerge, but they're the mating calls of large, loud insects. The ear-splitting buzz of cicadas kicks in about 3:00 PM, and continues through the night.
So ... where are the birds?
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No birds in Kansas City?
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Seriously though, this heat has caused many of the beautiful birds that eat from my feeder to disappear. Same with the squirrels. With the exception of today's rain, we're in a serious draught. Kansas City does lie in one of the biggest migratory paths in the United States with Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge to the North and Marias Des Cygnes National Wildlife Area to the South.
Seriously though, this heat has caused many of the beautiful birds that eat from my feeder to disappear. Same with the squirrels. With the exception of today's rain, we're in a serious draught. Kansas City does lie in one of the biggest migratory paths in the United States with Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge to the North and Marias Des Cygnes National Wildlife Area to the South.
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No birds in Kansas City?
I still have crows and pigeons taking a dump on my windowsill when I'm not looking.
No birds in Kansas City?
we have some birds over here, I haven't been to KC recently with school.
Not many birds here either.
Not many birds here either.
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We have tons of them over here in the east metro (where we have dense trees and lots of lakes so they don't fry on the KS prarie )JK
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I'm up early, around 430. I hear a ton of birds here in Olathe.
I also see a bazillion of them flying overhead in the afternoons after work when I'm out in the back yard playing with the youngins' hoping they aren't going to drop a load or two on me.
I also see a bazillion of them flying overhead in the afternoons after work when I'm out in the back yard playing with the youngins' hoping they aren't going to drop a load or two on me.
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I saw a really odd lookin' one the other day when I was out for a bike ride...medium sized, but black with red-orange streaks thru its feathers & a BRIGHT orange beak. I have NO idea what the hell that thing was.
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It was a jayhawk that had taken a wrong turn. They aren't as "pretty" in real life are they?DiggityDawg wrote:I saw a really odd lookin' one the other day when I was out for a bike ride...medium sized, but black with red-orange streaks thru its feathers & a BRIGHT orange beak. I have NO idea what the hell that thing was.
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No birds in Kansas City?
Be careful with that kind of talk, you know that Jayhawks eat Tigers for breakfast!!! Yum, Tiger butter...........StL_Dan wrote:It was a jayhawk that had taken a wrong turn. They aren't as "pretty" in real life are they?DiggityDawg wrote:I saw a really odd lookin' one the other day when I was out for a bike ride...medium sized, but black with red-orange streaks thru its feathers & a BRIGHT orange beak. I have NO idea what the hell that thing was.
Here in my yard and subdivision in the Northland, there are plenty of birds. We have 2 Cardinal couples, 2 BlueJay couples, countless sparrows, zillions of hummingbirds, doves, robins, and of course those pesky starlings/grackles.
My favorites are the finches-they are so pretty. We have at least 8 pairs who feed regularly at our feeders.
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True- but it is important to note that they actually only eat the parts of the tiger that are left over from the Wildcat's breakfast- if a Jayhawk found a live Tiger, it wouldn't dare to get close to it!Be careful with that kind of talk, you know that Jayhawks eat Tigers for breakfast!!! Yum, Tiger butter...........
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Funny how noone knew the "Wildcat" existed and/or paid any attention to it before the 1990's.phxcat wrote:True- but it is important to note that they actually only eat the parts of the tiger that are left over from the Wildcat's breakfast- if a Jayhawk found a live Tiger, it wouldn't dare to get close to it!Be careful with that kind of talk, you know that Jayhawks eat Tigers for breakfast!!! Yum, Tiger butter...........
What an unusual phenomenon indeed.
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Dan.....KSU has one of the most successful men's basketball programs in Big 8/12 history.....the football team was pretty much unknown until the 90's....some schools still aren't sure if they have football (mu/ku to name a couple)
No birds in Kansas City?
Yea, sure...
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That can be reduced to 2/3 history.KC wrote:Dan.....KSU has one of the most successful men's basketball programs in Big 8/12 history.....the football team was pretty much unknown until the 90's....some schools still aren't sure if they have football (mu/ku to name a couple)
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I know that all schools (inluding KU and MU) have bandwagon fans, but just so you know, I was there when K-State beat North Texas State in '89.Funny how noone knew the "Wildcat" existed and/or paid any attention to it before the 1990's.
That's because they need some edumucation.but half the fans in MO still call K-State, KU
Good question! Going back to Bleeding Kansas, I guess it should be ferocious, then somone put those yellow boots on it and now who knows what it is? Ranks right up there with the Oregon Ducks in the fear category.WTF is a Jayhawk and why would you want one on anything you own?
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Uhh Grid...Jayhawkers were people from Kansas that were fighting slavery. I think there's something noble and empowering in the image of the Jayhawk.
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I know, we went throuth this before .trailerkid wrote:Uhh Grid...Jayhawkers were people from Kansas that were fighting slavery. I think there's something noble and empowering in the image of the Jayhawk.
I do wish that KU would build up a KC campus so I could get my Master's faster. UMKC isn't cutting it.
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You mean you would attend a branch of KU??? Wouldn't that be against your moral code?
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duuuuuhKC wrote:.....the football team was pretty much unknown until the 90's....
Listen to this!....a Bandwagon Stater trying to convince fans of football tradition rich MU and others that MU Fan isn't sure they have a football team....BWA hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....that's almost as entertaining as listening to the Iraqi's claim they had the American forces well in check and that Baghdad was secure from any threat......ROFLMAOKC wrote:some schools still aren't sure if they have football (mu/ku to name a couple)
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the next thread that is turned into this KU/MU/KSU b.s. by the way will be closed...this is getting crazy...EVERY topic takes this turn.
but since this one is already lost.....
Dan...call us Bandwagon St. or whatever you wish.....why would anybody bandwagon a school like KSU...if you listen to KU/MU fans we have nothing so what is there to jump on?
Fact is we've experienced success since the 90's that you can only dream of at MU. It's sad you have to resort to name calling instead of demanding that YOUR school get better.
I was born purple, my family made sure of that.
but since this one is already lost.....
Dan...call us Bandwagon St. or whatever you wish.....why would anybody bandwagon a school like KSU...if you listen to KU/MU fans we have nothing so what is there to jump on?
Fact is we've experienced success since the 90's that you can only dream of at MU. It's sad you have to resort to name calling instead of demanding that YOUR school get better.
I was born purple, my family made sure of that.