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Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will fly t... - 9/21/2007 4:14:59 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline We have a gang of black caps at our work that are like pets,almost,we have been feeding these birds for years. Feeding them kills the half hour we have to wait to punch out! we feed them through out the winter to.    Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ Post #: 1

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 4:18:12 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Me with  (slick)  he looks plain next to the rest so we named him slick haha Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 2

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 4:23:12 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline This is OPey he likes open pontils    thats a Hooflands German bitters we found Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 3

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 4:27:33 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline These guys are pigs! Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 4

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 4:32:45 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline pauly my digging buddy and co worker with  Eagle. When thay do tricks I will send pix Attachment (1) < Message edited by RICKJJ59W -- 9/21/2007 4:38:31 PM > _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 5

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 8:01:23 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1726 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: offline I'm impressed. How many years did this take? When I get up in the AM I'm probably gonna find Paula trying this. Thanks for the pics it's the little things that are so cool. I'll bet others here have some neat stuff too that we can see. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/21/2007 9:57:06 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline HI osia. Well it really didn't take years from them to land on our hands, we fed them for 10 years, after work at the picnic table a few of us sit at. But it only took a few days for them to start trusting us and landing on us. If we don't put any food any where else they come right to us. Its fun and they are so cute when they are that close, sometime I think they are talking to us. Its weird how trusting these little guys can really get. I guess  this is a normal  occurrence to a lot of people because your the only one who thinks its  different  for wild birds to fly out of the sky and land on a humans hand haha!  no matter how many times we see it its still a trip.Rick < Message edited by RICKJJ59W -- 9/22/2007 6:19:41 AM > _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 7

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 2:59:36 PM    logueb   Posts: 1382 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Great story and pics Rick, Just shows what a little patience and trust can do. Wifey has a finch feeder and regulars who feed there.  I wonder if they would still feed with me sitting nearby. Ireally liked this post. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 8

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 4:53:00 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Thanks Buster yea I think the finches will come close,thay have the same friendliness as the black caps although the black caps are extra trusting. If you sit there every day and get closer and closer thay will come (if you bring good food they will come!!) that's from movie aint it?  hahah _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to logueb) Post #: 9

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 5:12:02 PM    Jim Posts: 2294 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Very cool, Rick! I'll have to try that with my black-caps that frequent my feeders. I have house sparrows that hang out right outside the front door. They won't fly unless you get really close, a little food would probably go a long way towards earning their trust. It might also work with house finches. I stuck some big pieces of broken local stoneware in the ground under the feeder for the birds. I didn't know if they would use them at first, but they love them. I'll have to try something with bottles in my bird feeder garden. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 10

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 5:29:05 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Yea they make that half hour we wait to punch out go quick   Hey Jim any pits goin? Mabey ill give you a ring tomorrow night. Rick _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to Jim) Post #: 11

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 5:34:51 PM    Jim Posts: 2294 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline We started something today. It probed like a pit, and is located right off an old sidewalk. We got a test hole down to about 2 feet. It's a mix of hard clay, ash and OLD glass/stoneware pieces. We're also finding a good many square nails, but no stone or brick liner yet. It's either down deeper, or it's a barrel liner, or it's just a small ash pit. We'll see tomorrow! I did find one little damaged 1860s bottle, so that was encouraging. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 12

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 9:32:10 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 468 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline We had a California Acorn Woodpecker that would fly over and wait for me to toss a peanut into the air so he could catch it. If I wasn't payin' attention to him he would land on my head. Wild birds are really characters. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to Jim) Post #: 13

Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/22/2007 10:23:25 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I used to have 2 pet crows, I found them on the ground in a park, they fell from a nest. If I didn't take them dogs would have got them. They where NUTZ   Ozzy & Joe where there names. Hey we know a Joe, will the real Joe The crow please stand up hahaha! I raised them and let them go, they stayed around for a long time. sometime they would fly down to me when I got home from work, all I had to do was sing Fairies wear boots by Ozzy Ozborn hahaha and and they would fly in.thay liked that song I guess. They never came back one day, I guess they found mates or what ever and where gone, It was cool while it lasted, I was going to buy some African crows once 800 bucks apiece, I never did. I still may one day, they are fun birds the smartest of all birds except for the raven. I have some pix of them, and the crazy stuff they do. Rick Me holding Ozzy & Joe sunning him self on my leg  Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 14

RE: Tame Black Cap Chickadees at work. Soon they will f... - 9/22/2007 10:24:45 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Thats cool landing on your head!  hope he didint peck it hahah _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 15

RE: Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/22/2007 10:28:46 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Thats both of them in my basment. I raised them there. & Joe with a dog bone Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 16

RE: Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/22/2007 10:32:23 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Ozzy taking a bath Attachment (1) _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 17

RE: Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/23/2007 3:34:00 AM    capsoda Posts: 7718 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Very cool. I would have never guessed you were a bird lover. Never had a crow but had a pet Magpie in Colorado. Did have an assortment of wild birds for pets when I was  kid. English Sparrows, Cedar waxwings and a few Blue Jays. Alot of kid kept Bluejays when I was a kid. I have a bud that has a pair he keeps in his living room. Bluejays and Sparrows can sure be charictures but I think Joey the talking Magpie had them beat. Joey was all he could say clearly but he tried really hard to say other things. < Message edited by capsoda -- 9/23/2007 3:52:12 AM > _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 18

RE: Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/23/2007 6:54:31 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3352 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Yea as a kids my brothers and I all ways had wild animals for pets you name it we had it. We raised 3 cardinals from babies to full grown birds,thay where really tame had them for years until one day the cat got in and that was that. There where some kids in the neighborhood who would kill baby birds, knock the nests down and we would save them take them home and raise them. Those kids where my friends, thay grew up half normal  hahaha Why wouldn't you have never thought I was a bird lover? Oh my weird demeaniner  hahaha  got ya. _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 19

RE: Here are some Crows I raised and set free - 9/24/2007 7:53:17 AM    towhead Posts: 884 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Hey Rick....don't forget to give your chickadees some water.  I put out a large plate with a small edge.  It is cool to watch them drink.  THEY LOVE IT!  Now I just hafta' figure out what to do about the water when it is 20 below..... _____________________________ J (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 20

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