So, there's this bird that I keep hearing that sounds like Nelson Muntz from the Simpson's laughing. So I just called it the Nelson Bird. I would say Nelson Bird to a friend, they'd think about it and go, "Oh yeah! I know what you're talking about!" Well, I was hearing a Nelson Bird today, and I thought, "Fuck it, I have to know what bird this is!" Well, I go to google and type in:
what's that bird that sounds like nelson laughing
And fuck me, something came up.
The bird in question is Poecile atricapillus, or the Black Capped Chickadee, which, incidentally is Massachusetts' (and Maine's) state bird.
This whole time I've been wondering about this bird, comparing it to a cartoon character, and it turns out that it's one of the official symbols of my Commonwealth. I recognize it's other call too. I just never figured it to be the same species.
Well, I think it's time that I started figuring out more about the life-forms around me. In the Medium City, it's easy to largely ignore them except for a small quirk, like the Nelson laugh. Consider this a "Monster of the Week" thread. You are welcome to comment on it, or to provide your own local monsters of the week. Don't limit yourself to animals either. If you can get a really nasty bacterium or a fungus, go for it!
Has birdsong, starts of with the HA-ha!
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=12
Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
I love black-capped chickadees! My grandpa used to call me Chickadee.
:lulz: And it never occurred to me that their call sounds like Nelson's mockery.
Quote from: Nigel on April 16, 2012, 04:40:52 PM
I love black-capped chickadees! My grandpa used to call me Chickadee.
looking at pictures of them, I don't think I've actually seen one before, just heard them. But they're friggin cute!
Player doesn't work for me. :sad:
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 16, 2012, 10:58:39 PM
Player doesn't work for me. :sad:
The HA-ha is at the beginning of this one too.
You can also hear the call it's named after: chicka-dee-dee-dee (predator warning. The more dees, the more dangerous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjl9MUojYzY
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 16, 2012, 11:22:33 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 16, 2012, 10:58:39 PM
Player doesn't work for me. :sad:
The HA-ha is at the beginning of this one too.
You can also hear the call it's named after: chicka-dee-dee-dee (predator warning. The more dees, the more dangerous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjl9MUojYzY
Though, I must say it sounds more like ticka-ha-ha-ha to me.
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 16, 2012, 04:22:12 PM
So, there's this bird that I keep hearing that sounds like Nelson Muntz from the Simpson's laughing. So I just called it the Nelson Bird. I would say Nelson Bird to a friend, they'd think about it and go, "Oh yeah! I know what you're talking about!" Well, I was hearing a Nelson Bird today, and I thought, "Fuck it, I have to know what bird this is!" Well, I go to google and type in:
what's that bird that sounds like nelson laughing
And fuck me, something came up.
The bird in question is Poecile atricapillus, or the Black Capped Chickadee, which, incidentally is Massachusetts' (and Maine's) state bird.
This whole time I've been wondering about this bird, comparing it to a cartoon character, and it turns out that it's one of the official symbols of my Commonwealth. I recognize it's other call too. I just never figured it to be the same species.
Well, I think it's time that I started figuring out more about the life-forms around me. In the Medium City, it's easy to largely ignore them except for a small quirk, like the Nelson laugh. Consider this a "Monster of the Week" thread. You are welcome to comment on it, or to provide your own local monsters of the week. Don't limit yourself to animals either. If you can get a really nasty bacterium or a fungus, go for it!
Has birdsong, starts of with the HA-ha!
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=12
Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
Chicadees are one of those badass birds too. They're the sort you see flying around and chirping in a winter storm, as if to say "Weather? What weather?".
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on April 17, 2012, 03:00:17 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 16, 2012, 04:22:12 PM
So, there's this bird that I keep hearing that sounds like Nelson Muntz from the Simpson's laughing. So I just called it the Nelson Bird. I would say Nelson Bird to a friend, they'd think about it and go, "Oh yeah! I know what you're talking about!" Well, I was hearing a Nelson Bird today, and I thought, "Fuck it, I have to know what bird this is!" Well, I go to google and type in:
what's that bird that sounds like nelson laughing
And fuck me, something came up.
The bird in question is Poecile atricapillus, or the Black Capped Chickadee, which, incidentally is Massachusetts' (and Maine's) state bird.
This whole time I've been wondering about this bird, comparing it to a cartoon character, and it turns out that it's one of the official symbols of my Commonwealth. I recognize it's other call too. I just never figured it to be the same species.
Well, I think it's time that I started figuring out more about the life-forms around me. In the Medium City, it's easy to largely ignore them except for a small quirk, like the Nelson laugh. Consider this a "Monster of the Week" thread. You are welcome to comment on it, or to provide your own local monsters of the week. Don't limit yourself to animals either. If you can get a really nasty bacterium or a fungus, go for it!
Has birdsong, starts of with the HA-ha!
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=12
Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
Chicadees are one of those badass birds too. They're the sort you see flying around and chirping in a winter storm, as if to say "Weather? What weather?".
That's awesome! I saw that they lower their body temperature in winter, but I never hear them around then. Probably too busy being bad-ass to talk.
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on April 16, 2012, 11:22:33 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 16, 2012, 10:58:39 PM
Player doesn't work for me. :sad:
The HA-ha is at the beginning of this one too.
You can also hear the call it's named after: chicka-dee-dee-dee (predator warning. The more dees, the more dangerous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjl9MUojYzY
Thanks for that!
I miss those birds you have up there. Especially the bigass ravens.
I saw a big bird's head in the middle of Flax Pond in Lynn, once. It went underwater and didn't come up anywhere that I could see. Somebody told me it was a comorant. :fnord:
I saw a wild turkey running through somebody's yard in Lynn, too.
There was a turkey in villagers yard three weeks ago. Fuckers are big.
There was also a peacock chilling outside a starbucks on beacon st in brookline when i lived there. Still dont know what that was about.
In Texas we have buzzards downtown.
Wow. They must love the odd murder.
They take their time. Circle, land, hop around, pick the shirt open, hop around, pick the eyes...
I've only seen them with animals, but I knew somebody who found a body and had to shoo them off.
Cleanup in Mass is all seagulls, am I right? Don't remember seeing any buzzards.
I saw a huge flock of cormorants on Saturday! I love those guys. Also there was a shit ton of Gray Herons in a field, and then Space Cowboy told us about the time he got shat on by one. Apparently one landed on the port above his room on a boat, and when he tried to open it, it shat and flew off, and the shit slid into his cabin and got all over his bed. It reportedly smelled like rotten fish and had the consistency of snot.
Anyway, Gray Herons. Also a shit ton of bald eagle nests on top of telephone poles. I love Portland.
My dad hooked a cormorant once when we were out deep sea fishing. The fucker dived under to snag the bait. :lulz:
Yep. Seagulls are nasty creatures. Theyll hover over you if youre eating fries on castle island. And by over you i mean like two feet above you. I imagine pigeons to a degree as well.
Yeah, and up there they come a long way inland and hang around dumpsters, crapping on cars at the supermarkets. :lol:
Ours pretty much stay on the beach. I think we have a different kind, they have little dark caps and seem to be smaller. They sound like they're laughing at you. :p
Quote from: Guru Coyote on April 17, 2012, 10:56:50 PM
My dad hooked a cormorant once when we were out deep sea fishing. The fucker dived under to snag the bait. :lulz:
:lulz:
What did he do, cut the line or reel it in?
had to cut the line. i'm not sure that even if we had been on our own boat, if he would hav reeled it in.
Quote from: Guru Coyote on April 18, 2012, 02:11:37 AM
had to cut the line. i'm not sure that even if we had been on our own boat, if he would hav reeled it in.
He's smart. Probably best not to reel in a pissed off, freaked out cormorant.
I imagine some people have, though. :lol:
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 17, 2012, 10:49:06 PM
They take their time. Circle, land, hop around, pick the shirt open, hop around, pick the eyes...
I've only seen them with animals, but I knew somebody who found a body and had to shoo them off.
Turkey vultures are awesome. They are much bigger than they look from a distance.
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on April 18, 2012, 03:04:39 AM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 17, 2012, 10:49:06 PM
They take their time. Circle, land, hop around, pick the shirt open, hop around, pick the eyes...
I've only seen them with animals, but I knew somebody who found a body and had to shoo them off.
Turkey vultures are awesome. They are much bigger than they look from a distance.
Yes, some of them look at least knee high. I think they're the biggest birds we have around here.
The only way you can tell them from the eagles when they're gliding is they bend their wing tips.