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burntwater Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 454 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Any “ Twitchers “ Here Mar 29^th, 2025 at 2:12pm	Print Post
	Twitcher the British name for bird watchers. Anyway Cornell has an AP called ‘ Merlin ‘ it’s a free download to your phone that picks up bird calls and songs even from a ways out. ID’s the birds, provides you with a photo and description. I find it addictive especially now in Spring. Probably not new to many here but it’s fun Rick


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1999 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #1 - Mar 29^th, 2025 at 4:04pm	Print Post
	I use it to identify birds by their call, and to attract some close. I have house wrens that nest near my front porch, and they will respond and come close enough to touch if I turn up the volume. I find it a rather peaceful way to start ones day.

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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1999 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #2 - Mar 30^th, 2025 at 10:32pm	Print Post
	I would have guessed more than just the two of us burntwater. Perhaps the others are out twitching? The wrens have not arrived yet, but expect them any day. Thanks for posting.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #3 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 1:50am	Print Post
	Interesting. Starling season has begun here. Found myself chasing one out from above my front door twenty times a day for several days. Thought I'd never get rid of that bird. Those pesky Starlings are persistent and hard headed. Finally shot a big woodpecker and set it where the Starling was trying to make a nest. That cured the problem. Now I have a dead bird above my door.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 896 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #4 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 10:48am	Print Post
	I'm tempted to download that app, but doing so wouldn't fit in with my objective of slowing my descent into digital slavery. Armed with my Audobon field guide and Leica binoculars I go forth into the avian world of my backyard!


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #5 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 11:15am	Print Post
	Starling is back. Mouse traps set.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #6 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 11:22am	Print Post
	How fast do Northern Flickers fly anyway?

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 896 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #7 - Mar 31^st, 2025 at 1:16pm	Print Post
	Federal .22 shotshells work pretty well out to around ten feet - rather tight pattern out of my S&W K-22 that chewed up an empty cigarette pack at that distance. Just saying.... That Flicker must've been hauling the mail! I'm plagued with Cardinals (mostly females) body slamming a picture window but haven't suffered broken glass. Annoying but not bad enough to organize a safari, but the day may come....


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Crown-C Oldtimer Offline Posts: 524 Location: St. Marys Kansas Joined: Apr 6^th, 2009	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #8 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 11:43am	Print Post
	It probably has been 40 years ago now we had Redheaded Woodpeckers invasion trying to make dinner out of our cedar siding on the house. Took several days with my Browning o/u 20 gauge to solve that problem! I did wait until they were in trees by the house. Didn’t think the wife would appreciate pellets in the wood siding. Must have shot about 25 of them, haven’t had a problem since!

	Richard Crown-C Ranch in the Flinthills NRA Life Member ASSRA Member # 10366 Member & Founders Society, Cody Firearms Museum Veteran
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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3677 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #9 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	this is a real doozy of a thread to illustrate thread drift- the first few posts were fellows discussing the beauties of bird watching. the latest posts are tutorials on how to murder as many woodpeckers as possible. great site here. I love it. Carry on


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Crown-C Oldtimer Offline Posts: 524 Location: St. Marys Kansas Joined: Apr 6^th, 2009	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #10 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 6:47pm	Print Post
	Okay, back on thread! I put out about a dozen bird feeders on the house decks and in the trees in the yard. She buys hundreds of dollars of bird feed each winter. She loves watching and identifying the birds. I sorta do the opposite.

	Richard Crown-C Ranch in the Flinthills NRA Life Member ASSRA Member # 10366 Member & Founders Society, Cody Firearms Museum Veteran
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #11 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 7:21pm	Print Post
	I love birds as much as anyone else but Starlings, woodpeckers and feral cats are in one category and that's varminks. You townies probably don't understand that. Let us not forget that this is a gun forum first not a bird watchers forum. The Starling has now learned how to push the mouse traps and woodpecker cadaver out of the way. This is a test of wills I got going on here. I am determined to prevail come hell or high water. Water, water? Hmmmm...

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 978 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #12 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 7:28pm	Print Post
	Just so everyone knows, woodpeckers are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11697 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #13 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 7:35pm	Print Post
	I actually shot a Eurasian dove not a woodpecker. I thought it was illegal to shoot the dove so I said woodpecker. I have the evidence above my front door. Is that one happy looking woodpecker or what.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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burntwater Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 454 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Re: Any “ Twitchers “ Here Reply #14 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	My a wife is a natural offhand shooter. She breaks the trigger on a wobbly rifle almost every time for a dead hit. Five years ago we moved into a 20 acre house overrun with Chipmunks that were tunneling into her gardens everywhere. I gave her a slicked up a Ruger 10-22 with a trigger job and Hogues over-molded stock. She instantly became a chipmunk assasin taking two or three a day. The funny thing was that every time she let a shot go the crows would show up and grab a dead chippy. They came in literally minutes after the shot, known as Peggy’s ‘ Steak House ‘ Rick


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