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monica
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i am new to birdwatching, and here in our neighborhood we have mostly seen sparrows. lots of sparrows. but today i crossed a busy street and right there on the sidewalk were two sparrows, one on top of the other. wrestling? fighting? or doing what birds (and bees and all living things) do? i couldnt tell if they were male, female, or one of each. it was a busy street and i didnt want to stop to look closely. i have noticed a lot more activity in the bushes and vines where the sparrows hang out. squalking and fluttering and chasing. are they twitterpated or territorial or what?
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I vote for the birds and bees answer 
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I second the vote for the birds and the bees. A lot of that is going on around our bushes. We tell the small kids that the birds are "dancing". 
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last year we were passing a field that has goats and ponies
when i hear "hey mom- what are the ponies doing?"
 "umm celebrating the spring- hey look chickens!"
luckily they were way back in the field
this year it was the ducks...those darn birds and bees!
maggie- who is not ready for this! 
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CathinCoffeland wrote:
when i hear "hey mom- what are the ponies doing?"
"umm celebrating the spring- hey look chickens!"
maggie- who is not ready for this! |
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ROFL!!!
Oh, my...my sides hurt!
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What I got is, "Those cows are playing wheelbarrow."
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Having grown up around chickens and pigeons and being an avid birdwatcher, I can assure you that eggs usually follow the "piggy back ride."
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This reminds me of the time my ds (then 10yo) was intently watching something on our back deck. As I approached I realized it was 2 chipmunks. I said "Oh look at those silly chipmunks wrestling!" Ds, with a very serious face said, "No Mom, they are actually mating. It is very rare indeed to see chipmunks mating!". I had to giggle because of how serious he was, but at the same time wondered how he knew!
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*smile*
My eldest son (9 or 10 at the time) called it courting when we saw two neighborhood dogs mating...I thought that was a wonderful old fashioned way of putting it. *smile*
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My children usually say the birds are wrestling and we leave it at that! :)
They dont' call it the birds and the bees for nothin' :)
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What I got is, "Those cows are playing wheelbarrow."
That is too funny!!!
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