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    Eye Poking Hummingbird Feeder Helmet Is An Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers

    200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off

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    Image of Cupajo Cupajo
    10/15/09

    In reply to Eye Poking Hummingbird Feeder Helmet Is An Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers
    I have a patent pending on the same sort of thing, but for bears. It's a hat with a bucket for dead salmon on top. #hummingbirdhelmet
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment Cupajo was starred Cupajo was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/15/09

    In reply to Eye Poking Hummingbird Feeder Helmet Is An Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers
    They're very territorial little buggers. If you happen to cross a hummingbird and it's irritated that you're invading its "turf", it may get in your face for a second. I've had it happen a couple of times. It's amusing to see such a small animal posture the way they did. #hummingbirdhelmet
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/15/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Try pissing off a mantis sometime. Those bastards don't take shit from anybody. #hummingbirdhelmet
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/15/09

    In reply to Eye Poking Hummingbird Feeder Helmet Is An Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers
    I have a traditional hummingbird feeder for the few months of the year that they are around. I know for sure if I used this, that I could not sit still if one came up to feed. I would not be able to contain my excitement and would scare the poor bird to death. #hummingbirdhelmet
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/15/09

    In reply to Eye Poking Hummingbird Feeder Helmet Is An Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers
    They should have made it more complex, because it looks like you could make one with an old hat and some random stuff... and any sane person is going to do that instead of spending $80 on this. #hummingbirdhelmet
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    Image of LionelImperiosus LionelImperiosus
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    Rather, that is the difference between a Starling (34g) and a Canada Goose (6500g)
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    ReconToaster. approved this comment LionelImperiosus was starred LionelImperiosus was unstarred
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    09/30/09

    @LionelImperiosus:

    I promoted your comment simply for the fact that you said "CANADA Goose."

    Thank you. You have no idea how many times I've heard news anchors and every day people say "CANADIAN goose."

    It's very annoying.
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    Image of deadrobot deadrobot
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    Well, Clarice - have the Starlings stopped screaming?
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    EBone promoted this comment deadrobot was starred deadrobot was unstarred
    Image of pexy pexy
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    Starlings were here first
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    frigg approved this comment pexy was starred pexy was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    09/30/09

    @pexy: No they weren't:

    "Had the Bard not mentioned the starling in the third scene of "Henry IV," arguably the most hated bird in North America might never have arrived. In the early 1890s, about 100 European starlings were released in New York City's Central Park by a group dedicated to bringing to America every bird ever mentioned by Shakespeare.

    "Today, it's more like Hitchcock.

    "About 200 million shiny black European starlings crowd North America, from the cool climes of Alaska to the balmy reaches of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The enormous flocks endanger air travel, mob cattle operations, chase off native songbirds and roost on city blocks, leaving behind corrosive, foul-smelling droppings and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage each year.

    "And getting rid of them is near impossible.

    "Last year U.S. government agents poisoned, shot and trapped 1.7 million starlings, more than any other nuisance species, according to new figures, only to see them roaring back again.

    "Starlings are also responsible for the deadliest bird strikes in aviation: a 1960 civilian crash in Boston that killed 62 people and a 1996 military cargo plane crash that killed 34 in the Netherlands."

    [www.washingtonpost.com]
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    Image of GizMadone GizMadone
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    While we're all enjoying this photo, let's take a moment to remember that aviation photographers are not criminals or terrorists. Airport security, I'm looking in your direction...
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    Stitchopoulis promoted this comment GizMadone was starred GizMadone was unstarred
    Image of finite_elephant finite_elephant
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    The most disturbing thing I read about airport wildlife management after the Hudson River thing was that they're not only concerned about birdstrikes, but also about small animals getting sucked into engines while planes are on the ground.
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment finite_elephant was starred finite_elephant was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/30/09

    @finite_elephant: I've seen the effects of a caribou strike on a French Air Force cargo plane. Left a pretty big dent on the landing gear pod. They were doing touch and go's on an unimproved runway in Alaska.
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    Image of TannerVatia TannerVatia
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    I'd rather see 200 Vegans die than...well pretty much anything else
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    TheGuinnessTooth promoted this comment TannerVatia was starred TannerVatia was unstarred
    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    09/30/09

    @TannerVatia: I love vegans, I think there should be more of them. It just means more meat and cheese for me.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    Starlings being a terrible invasive species in the US, I was pleased by the article initially. But, then I saw this occurred in Germany, so I'm more neutral on the news. Glad the plane didn't crash. There's no shortage of starlings. If Germany's running low they can gladly have ours. Come get them as they're out-competing the natives here!
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    Image of ClarenceMoth ClarenceMoth
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    LOL. The vegan bird-lovers in this topic are single handedly making me dislike them more and more. I suddenly feel the urge to grab some KFC and go hunting. You're not helping your cause.
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment Bigbadbikernerd approved this comment ClarenceMoth was starred ClarenceMoth was unstarred
    Image of Bramsey89 Bramsey89
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    Why is 200 birds better than 80 humans? Just because we are part of the later? That's very shallow thinking.
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    frigg approved this comment Bramsey89 was starred Bramsey89 was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    09/30/09

    @Bramsey89: Because we're the ones able to think about it, however shallow it may be.

    I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing the starlings haven't been blogging about the incident, and aren't arguing the relative merits of interspecies death. The starlings that died died. After intensive therapy and an appearance on Larry King, the starlings that survived have gotten on with their lives and haven't given the incident a second thought.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    09/30/09


    @Bramsey89:
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    weatherman promoted this comment Daveinva was starred Daveinva was unstarred
    Image of banmojo banmojo
    09/30/09

    @frigg: your points well taken - I'm hoping the troll alert is for the idiot asking why human life is more valuable than aviarian life - good Gosh almighty!
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    weatherman promoted this comment banmojo was starred banmojo was unstarred
    Image of mdn mdn
    09/30/09

    @Bramsey89: I don't think these 200 birds have family, friends or relatives that now has to attend to a funeral. They are birds... they are not self aware in the same way as we humans are... not sure why I even have to type this down.
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment mdn was starred mdn was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @frigg: "I'm guessing the starlings haven't been blogging about the incident" If that's your proof of human life being more valuable than that of starlings, I'm afraid you're going to have to do better. :)
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    09/30/09

    @weatherman: Starlings don't have porn. Case closed, we're better.
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    weatherman promoted this comment SEDAGIVE?! was starred SEDAGIVE?! was unstarred
    Image of rhoderickj rhoderickj
    09/30/09

    @Bramsey89: Just what I was thinking. Frigg's reasoned response is correct, of course. Sentience is really what differentiates us from most other species but I still find it disturbing that we humans are so willing to dismiss other forms of life just because they don't keep a blog.
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/30/09

    @Bramsey89: It is not whether one is more valuable than the other. The question is if you were on that plane, which outcome would you choose?

    I'm pretty sure which you would pick.

    BTW...we also are not of the camp of rabid starling-haters neither. Those guys' comments are pretty whacked.
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    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 09/30/09 10:16 AM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!: Others might actually reach the opposite conclusion...
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    09/30/09

    @weatherman: Kinda like the old humans vs dolphins debate?
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    What a sickening waste of life.
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    Image of steve. steve.
    09/30/09

    @Lukasz Fabis:

    Hahahaha. You need to chill, dude. This "sickens" you?
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    09/30/09

    @steve.:
    Just, FYI, you're telling a vegan to chill about the needless slaughter of a couple hundred innocent birds by a fuel-guzzling monstrosity.

    Don't push my buttons, jerk.
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/30/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Freaking granola munching hippy, go back to your hut.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/30/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: It's not needless slaughter. The birds weren't herded to the mouth of a jet engine; they flew there of their own volition.

    Would you consider it needless slaughter if me and my friends willingly jumped into the mouth of a wood chipper?
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    Edited by Heliophage at 09/30/09 8:27 AM Heliophage was starred Heliophage was unstarred
    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    09/30/09

    @Heliophage:
    Do you wish to imply those starlings wanted to get sucked in by a huge roaring jet engine?

    I think a more fitting analogy would be you and your friends getting mauled by a bulldozer that came too suddenly and too quickly. That, I'd say, would be needless slaughter.
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/30/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: by their comments, some would differ on the "needless" part.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/30/09

    @Lukasz Fabis:

    Let's come to a middle ground. Me and my friends ran in front of a bulldozer that was moving too quickly to stop. Still needless slaughter?
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/01/09

    @Heliophage: The distinction is moot. Whether the starlings were already flying or were startled into flying doesn't change the circumstance of their deaths.
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    Edited by Lukasz Fabis at 10/01/09 7:36 PM Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of lexxx lexxx
    09/30/09

    In reply to 200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine on Take Off
    I seriously disagree with the comparison , how is it better for 200 birds to die than 80 people???
    That's why we are in an energy/food/climate crisis , we are too darn selfish to deserve a second chance .
    We overpopulate this planet , consume every bit of resources that we can , pollute the air , water and soil , treat animals and other humans terribly and in the end of the day its OK to say that 80 people are more valuable than 200 birds!?
    Our sorry lives are worthless if we don't use our self claimed consciousness and really take a good look at what we are!

    Try to imagine a supreme court of the "Natural World" ... If humans were on trial , what do you think would be our sentence?
    I would say at the very least , we would lose the right to procreate.

    The same could be said for humans ...
    We are a pest that carry so many diseases that kill off native populations.

    Sorrow.
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    qbrad promoted this comment lexxx was starred lexxx was unstarred
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    09/30/09

    @lexxx: A supreme court of the natural world. Sounds like a tribunal of birds that would indict a man for bird slaughter.
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    09/30/09

    @lexxx: Starlings were made for me to test my shotgun...
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment Jesus Diaz approved this comment CraigJ was starred CraigJ was unstarred
    Image of ibelli ibelli
    09/30/09

    @lexxx: Imma go ahead and say that I'd rather 200 birds get blended, than even one human being die. Call me a human lover.
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment ibelli was starred ibelli was unstarred
    Image of 89macrunner 89macrunner
    09/30/09

    @lexxx: you are retarded.

    i hope you get high by a tanker truck carrying used motor oil and everyone blames you for the environmental detriments.
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment 89macrunner was starred 89macrunner was unstarred
    Image of Conrad Conrad
    09/30/09

    @lexxx: Really? Really?
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/30/09

    @lexxx:

    I wonder how you get on Thanksgiving.
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    Heliophage was starred Heliophage was unstarred
    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    09/30/09

    @Heliophage: You grab hold of her saddle horn, left foot in the stirrup, then while simultaneously pulling and stepping, you throw your weight over her.
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    Heliophage promoted this comment avconsumer2 was starred avconsumer2 was unstarred
    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/30/09

    @avconsumer2:

    I had to read it twice, and felt slow and dumb for not getting it the first time, but I enjoyed it.
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