9/28/2023 0 Comments Rainy daze absurd birdI’m so relieved that our baby birds survived that hail storm. I hope that after our storms cease our native Texas bird population mortality rate falls way below the ~20% that the article postulated.Īlso, I haven’t discovered any nearby bird nests to enable me to report to you any anecdotal observations however, I have heard the incessant “cheeps” of baby birds very nearby. I was pleased to observe that after the hail storm there were only a very few dead birds (small sparrows mostly) on the ground. No matter how incredulous that 1 sentence was, overall it was a good article, especially as you wrote “It’s hard for humans to be out observing birds when it’s heavily hailing.” (my observations of the hail storm were made from my living room window – I don’t know of anyone crazy enough to go out in that kind of weather), & I’m sure it wasn’t easy for you to find even that 1 article (as I couldn’t find any at all). The pictures, however, didn’t illustrate the article very well, & the article was so filled with typos that I had to re-invent what they were trying to convey quite often – I was made ihopeful when I read that “Four dead birds recovered…” (lol). The article was interesting & presented scenarios & thoughts I hadn’t considered. Many thanks for your knowledgeable reply email & the article within the link. Thank you in advance for answering my questions And, I was so surprised & pleased to see that so many other people wondered & worried about our fine, feathered friends. I so enjoyed seeing answers to the original question – very educational. My questions run similarly to the above questions: where do birds go when it’s hailing /what do they do to avoid being injured? My next questions are: do they leave their nests when trying to keep eggs warm during hail storms/heavy, rapid rain that may injure them do they stay & protect the eggs or seek cover? also, do they leave a nest of helpless chicks when this kind of hail & rain occurs? ![]() The heavy, rapid rain that accompanied the hail storms went on for more than10 hours & it was ice cold rain. We recently had a very heavy & very, very rapidly falling hard hail & rain storm, with very large (golf ball-baseball size) hail – at one time. Another question, or two or three, or more.
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