Subject: [Tweeters] Stories of birds borrowing things.....
Date: Jan 13 19:12:00 2011
From: Barbara Deihl - barbdeihl at comcast.net


A great story, Jim, though I imagine to the photographer, this turned
out not to be much of a "Joe-k"!

It seems that the "return" of the borrowed item, in both yours and
Gary Bletch's stories, was much aided by a shouting, stick-wielding
human - I guess the concept of "borrowing" is not necessarily a part
of a bird's behavior repertoire!

Thanks to both of you for sharing - any more bird "borrowing" or
"theft" stories out there?

Barb Deihl

North Matthews Beach - Seattle

barbdeihl at comcast.net


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On Jan 13, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Jim Danzenbaker wrote:

> Hi Barbara and Tweets,
>
> I have a story of a bird borrowing an item - it wasn't my property
> nor am I the lead in the story but I was certainly witness to it.
> The names have been changed to protect the innocent...........
>
> Location: On an island somewhere off Tierra del Fuego...... Our
> lead character, we'll call him Joe Smith, is a photographer who
> wanted a great photo of one of the island's very inquisitive
> raptors. This Caracara, we'll call him Johnny Rook, was known to be
> very bold and would always come and check out any foreign object
> left unattended. Problem, Joe didn't have any interesting objects
> on his person other than his $1,000 Leitz binoculars so he took them
> off from around his neck and placed them on the ground. Joe backed
> up and waited for the action. It only took several minutes before
> Johnny came in to investigate. Joe was in heaven taking many photos
> at all angles until Johnny started pecking at the wrong part of the
> bins. Joe decided he had had enough and approached Johnny. Johnny,
> however, had different plans and decided that he wasn't finished
> playing with the bins so grabbed the bins by the strap and flew
> off. Of course, Johnny wasn't able to gain much altitude so he only
> cleared the rocky ground by 6 inches or so. He didn't have much
> time to think about things either since Joe was chasing him with a
> stick calling out "Stop....Stop....!" The sound of $1,000.00
> binoculars being borrowed and bounced along rocky terrain for 30
> yards by a raptor is somewhat sickening although one I couldn't turn
> my head from.... Johnny: 1, Joe and his bins: yes for photos, no
> for perfect bins - lenses were cracked and waaaaay out of alignment!
>
> Keep those bins around your neck at all times.........
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Danzenbaker
> Battle Ground, WA
> 360-723-0345
> jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Barbara Deihl
> <barbdeihl at comcast.net> wrote:
> This story is for all the world-travelers, cat-lovers, photographers
> and probably even bird-watchers as well. Ever had a bird "borrow",
> play with and get bored with, or even return, an item of yours?
>
> A friend sent this to me. Enjoy.
>
> Barb Deihl
>
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>
> Barb,
>
> This is from our friends Jack and Rikki who still work with Lindblad
> leading photo expeditions.
>
> Rikki submitted her story to the Buckys people and of course they
> put it on their site...
>
> http://ilovemybucky.com/2010/09/23/bye-bye-bucky-2/
>
>
> Cheers !
>
> Lisa and Keith
>
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>
>
> Barb Deihl
>
> North Matthews Beach - Seattle
>
> barbdeihl at comcast.net
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