Paging Cordwainer Bird....
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In 1954, Harlan Ellison moved to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn with the intent of joining a street gang, research for his next tome. His experiences as "Cheech" Beldone, from his ritual deflowering of one of the Baron Debs to an Indian knife fight with a fellow Baron, are harrowing and disturbing images of gang life in the 50's. Although the "when you're a Jet, you're a Jet" ideals are now "cute" compared to gang life in the new millennium, it's still horrifying. Memos From Purgatory is actually two books in one; Book One:The Gang deals with his gang life, while Book Two: The Tombs is an account of an occurrence six years later in which Ellison spends 24 hours in New York's jail system. Set up and tipped off to the police by a disgruntled acquaintance, Ellison is held on weapons possession (stemming from the weapons from his gang days that he used as display on his lecture tours about the book). It's at this point Memos From Purgatory loses me. Whine, whine, whine. That's all Ellison does in this second half. He does admit that there are those out there who would question his frenzied reaction at being incarcerated for only 24 hours (and acting like it's 24 years), and I suppose I'm one of them. The whole time I was reading Book Two: The Tombs, I kept thinking, "Man, Ellison, calm down." He gives a good overview of the miserable conditions of jail in the Big City and the screwed-up judicial system that accompanies it, but the overreacting is just too much. I heartily hand it to Ellison for having the nerve to join a street gang and write about it, but Book One: The Gang should have stood on its own. Book Two: The Tombs seems a senseless afterthought, more so when Ellison admits that the inclusion of a one-in-a-million chance meeting with the head of the Barons, a fellow jailbird, was a fictional device suggested by the original publisher because he felt there wasn't enough linkage between the two halves of the book. Well, there still isn't.
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Our backyard birds love it.  This morning I forgot to put a new one in and there were two northern jays, a woodpecker, a bushtit scout, and a robin-like bird (towhee?) all waiting for me to come out and replace it.  Glad I got the multi pack.
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hasn't brought in orioles yet but has some other birds
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??????? this book is all about little people from  a town called? hottbit?
i was trying to b uy a book about the habbitots of modern bird migration ?? (there.... annd back!) but had mysrfl a good read instead :_)

i hope Elbow the hotbit has a good many journeys!!! best of luck to him and his little flyingg froends :_) long live muddle earth!!!

please..... if you are trying to learn about birds who go... there and back...... tihs is not the right book for you . luckaly i have a free spirit and i enhoyed this lively modern tail! ;)
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I love the way this bird book is organized--by color,alphbetically.

Maybe it is like the joke about the way women would organize a car lot, but I love being able to go the "mostly black" section, then the "mostly blue and white" section, then "mostly blue".......

I can find the bird everytime.

JGR
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I've enjoyed watching the birds from my kitchen window.  It's pretty expensive for what it is (just acrylic), but it does let you get closer to birds to see them.  My girlfriend has a nice digital camera that she can operate from an App, so we set up the camera facing the feeder and got some really neat shots!  That way, we didn't spook the birds (cardinals are especially skittish; chickadees don't care).  It held up during a Michigan winter without cracking or falling off the window, so we got some enjoyment out of it.  It only took the birds a week to find the feeder and come back daily.

I filled it with black sunflower seeds on one side and safflower seeds on the other.  Cardinals eat both, chickadees like safflower, and finches like both.  I'm including some pictures to show some of the birds we saw.

Like I said, it's not a great "deal" because it's relatively expensive, but it does work.
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Awesome calendar and enjoy looking at each daily bird that is showng per month.  I see the person who took the photo's has their name listed ---nice!!  Have been feeding birds for 10 years now in my yard and it is a true joy to watch them.  My house finches especially are a true delight.
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I mounted it on a 4x4 post (with a stovepipe baffle) in place of the bluebird box I have there during nesting season. Checked the other day and found feathers inside, so some chickadee and/or nuthatch is clearly enjoying it!
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Just what about 20 finches, 6 doves, 4 sparrows,  2 chick a dees, and some other assorted birds wanted. Enjoy watching as they empty it almost daily. It looks good but wish it was really copper. No problems with it that others have reported.
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I just LOVE this cordage to make large parrot toys. The bigger guys are rather destructive,  and this cord holds up to the big parrots. It's easy to tie a knot in the bottom end, string your toy parts on it, and when the string is full...just tie a knot in the top of the rope with a small loop to add a quick link...and voila!...a new companion parrot toy.
Consider donating the toys you make to a parrot rescue, and deduct the costs from your income tax!! Just make sure it's a 501 (c)3 non-profit entity that you are donating to.
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I bought this feeder to bring more birds into our yard. The unit performs quite nicely and is attractive and modern in appearance.
The birds, once they found it are using it nearly all day.  So is a squirrel!  I have the feeder supported on a shepherds crook near a window for viewing the variety of birds that come to feast.  But a resourceful squirrel has found the ability to scoot up the shepherds crook and balance himself on the feeder, enjoying the birds' food mix.  I will take care of the squirrel's food as I look for a way to keep him fed as well without chasing the birds away.  Birdscapes needs to modify and re-test this unit, OR take away the "squirrel proof" moniker.

Gene Pedrazzoli
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ITS NOT PAPER .  WHY DO THEY CALL IT PAPER .ITS ONE PIECE OF CARD BOARD  .  TO MUCH HASSLE TO CHANGE OR CLEAN
 I CAN SEE THIS AS A TEMPLETE TO CUT YOUR OWN  P.A.P.E.R.  LINER  AND STACK  THEM IN THE BOTTOM OF CAGE
IN 2 OR 3 DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW MEANY BIRDS IN THE CAGE  ROLL OFF A SOILED PAPER AT A TIME AND PULL IT THROUGHT
THE FOOD DOOR.  SIMPLE . NO NEED TO TAKE THE HOLD CAGE APART . I DO ,ON THE OTHER HAND LOVE THIS CAGE VERY WELL DESIGNED TO KEEP THE MESS IN THE CAGE.
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This is "Just" OK.
I guess I'd prefer using a paper copy for this kind of reading and comparing various birds...
A paper copy of a field guide is by far a better way to go!
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I specifically wanted an audio of bird songs, in order to identify the various bird songs within my northern Montana area, and this item looked like a great purchase.  However, it is apparently not yet available to Kindle users as an audio, therefore, I am rejecting my purchase.  I do hope that this item becomes available as an audio through the Kindle system, as it would be VERY cool, to take the kindle, with actual bird sounds, and written bird descriptions, into the field.
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Attention Bird Songs; 250 North American Birds...
Please let me know when you have audio capablilities for Kindle, available.
Dmorberg@centurytel.net
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Fun. I have a similar camera on a longer cable ... this is a bit handier. My best images are of a hummingbird feeding and butterflies seeking nectar.
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This is a decent product and my two lovebirds have begun to warm up to it, too. My only reservation is that upon receipt I had to cut MANY hanging threads from it. This is a product for birds. Birds will preen and occasionally swallow thread, causing impacted crop and other health problems- or get tangled up in threads. I cut all the hanging threads off and have watched carefully to make sure my birds haven't preened or chewed at the seams- (they haven't) but if your birds are the sorts that like to tear their huts apart, perhaps you should look elsewhere. (Scooter Z makes a fleece/felt hut that is not as sturdily made as this one but doesn't have exposed seams.) I have no affiliation with either seller or manufacturer.

I do love the hut with the hammock style beneath it, one of my lovebirds likes to hang out on top of and beneath the main hut.
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I like that the cord is 7 ft long so that the birdbath can be in the shade and the solar panel can be at a distance in the sun. The birds should enjoy this.