Edgun Bird Watching

I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but I am 99% sure that most of those birds you shot are house finches ( especially the males with red heads and the females look more grey than sparrows ) which where I live are protected song birds. Just wanted to let you know I don't know where you live but you might not want to shot those. 
 
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"MattChastain"I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but I am 99% sure that most of those birds you shot are house finches ( especially the males with red heads and the females look more grey than sparrows ) which where I live are protected song birds. Just wanted to let you know I don't know where you live but you might not want to shot those. 

Ahhh poop, my bad. Stick in the mud or not, thanks for the heads up. The little SOBs all look alike to me, especially through the camera display screen. Like I've had to say a few times before, "Sorry, it will never happen again......officer." Think I'll stick to the bigger stuff that I can identify. I guess I was going through air gun withdrawals...may have to change my handle to airgunjunky. :)


 
"Michael"Nice job, very clear. Interesting to see 1 mil-dot hold-under. You must have your scope zero'd at least 75 yards?

Good observation, Mike. Actually, my first zero is @ 20 yds and second @ 50, roughly. The apex of my trajectory falls in between 35-41 yards approx. and dictates to a .4 to .5 mildot hold under. Note that each mark on that reticle represents 1/2 mildot. Where these little guys were right around 35 yards, I was utilizing my max required hold under of .5 mildot @ 20x or 24x and it looks to me like the POI is just about that. Thanks for watching and by the way, your forum rocks! Nicely done.




 
"MattChastain"I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but I am 99% sure that most of those birds you shot are house finches ( especially the males with red heads and the females look more grey than sparrows ) which where I live are protected song birds. Just wanted to let you know I don't know where you live but you might not want to shot those. 



Yah it's a finch, either house or purple finch. Native, not introduced like the English House Sparrow the op probably thought he was shooting. Just my opinion but this is the kind of stuff that gives hunters a bad name.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/purple_finch/id
Red.
 
I wasn't going to pile on, but. some thee million red house finch's have died of an eye disease in the last two years from coast to coast. so give them a pass they had it rough enough already. pigeons now that's a different story, try some crushed corn or chicken scratch, the quail like it more than bird seed and you should get some pigeons with using it too and it's cheaper than bird seed.
 
"Robonline"Another opinion that I have is that it takes a good deal more toughness to offer a sincere apology than to gruff and puff and not admit one's error. We all make mistakes, what we do about them sets us apart. Good one huntjunky.
Red.

Oh, I come from a pretty rough cut and a thick skin is part of my M.O.
Thanks for sharing the link to "all about birds"...I think all of us would find this not only helpful but quite interesting. I have this one in my favorites, now, along with federal/state regulations and city ordinances for my local townships, as they pertain to all that may associate with airgun hunting. My intentions were good but your point, that this may "give us all a bad name", has forced me to remove this clip, so as not to put the haters in an uproar. Sorry fellers. While acute color blindness helps me be more prone to pick out static quarry in a busy background, it kind of bit me in the ass, in this instance...red, brown, green, grey...all looks the same to me. This affliction is also why I can't pilot an aircraft at night. Apparently, the FAA is concerned that my identification of airport lighting is as bad as identification of flit birds. ;-)