Category Archives: Search Terms

Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during March 2011. This is part of an ongoing monthly series on blog search terms.

There seemed to be a greater-than-usual assortment of searches related to Magnificent Frigatebirds. In case the searchers didn’t find what they were looking for, here are the searches and the probable answers they were seeking.

Whats the red thing hanging from the frigate bird? Male Magnificent Frigatebirds have a bright red inflatable gular sac. This is used as part of the courtship ritual.

What humans have done to magnificent frigatebird? Like many bird species, the population of Magnificent Frigatebirds has been negatively affected by humans. Various colonies have been devastated by development and by predation and habitat destruction by non-native species introduced by humans.

Scientific name for magnificent frigate birds? Fregata magnificens

How frigate bird are born? Not sure what this searcher was after; no birds are born. Birds are hatched. Magnificent Frigatebirds lay one egg per breeding season. The egg is incubated by both parents for a period of about 56 days. Both parents care for, brood and feed the growing chick.

Long distance migration frigatebird? Unfortunately, little is known about the movements of Magnificent Frigatebirds outside of breeding season. The birds generally are thought to disperse rather than migrate.

Magnificent frigatebird song? Magnificent Frigatebirds are generally silent. Chicks do have a food-begging call, and adults will call when coming in to land. They don’t really have a song.

Besides these Magnificent Frigatebird inquiries, there was a small selection of mildly amusing typos and spelling goofs: storaks in alsace region of france; berds trading in nethrland; and a variation on an old classic: funny pics of squrls.

Most disturbing searches for March: cormorant abuse; foto van pigeons how to poop on cars; testosterone from america; and why do stunned birds lie on the ground for hours (Hours? Really? Call a rehabber! Come on!).

And finally, the March search term voted most likely to inspire a t-shirt design: falcon candy. 🙂

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during February 2011. This is part of an ongoing monthly series on blog search terms.

There were fewer typos than usual last month. In fact, only one really made me chuckle: starfed rock eagles. Think they were looking for Starved Rock Eagles.

While there were fewer typos of note, there was a plethora of searches related to this blog’s namesake bird that I hadn’t seen before. Are Magnificent Frigatebirds becoming popular? And why haven’t I written that long-overdue post about why this blog is named as it is? The search terms that stood out last month: magnificent frigate bird collectiven noun; Why is the frigatebird considered good luck; frigate bird collection; why are frigate birds endangered; great hawaiian frigate bird stuffed animal; how to help endangered frigate birds; and longest migrating frigate bird.

Head-scratcher of the month: birds of florida nicknamed aw aw. Does anyone know to what bird this might be referring?

Disturbing searches of the month: spoonbill pet (again with wild birds as pets?! Come on, people!) and squirrel in thong.

I did have a few favorite searches for the month. First, someone probably searching for the Ruby-crowned Kinglet typed in the query full name of bird called ruby crown? Next, I wonder what the searcher who typed in giant wood duck call was really looking for. Probably not the Wood Duck Clock they found on this site. Oh, well. Finally, someone searched for bandermen, which kind of sounds like a roving gang of bird-banding superheroes. Sign me up!

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during December. You can see previous editions of this monthly post here. I started this monthly round-up post last year, and with this 12th entry I’m retiring the series.

For a change there weren’t too many funny or weird typos or misspellings. I only found two: is the frigate bird endaged and fummy google autocompletes (gosh, the Firefox spellchecker doesn’t like any of those last three words).

The blog ranks fairly high for the topic “google autocomplete” on a variety of searches. A couple of odd ones last month were crazy google autofill about pterodactyl and dirty google autocomplete.

My favorite search of the month was for mini kingfishers. Second favorite goes to ancient murrelet illinois. On that last one — maybe if we’re super lucky.

Odd merch searches included whimsical bird feeders made in texas; unisex boxer shorts; the curse of the squirrel book; birds (ornamental); and stocking paradise nylon.

Queries that weren’t answered here (sorry, blog visitor): mchenry birder wanting to bird with others; are there any laws to protect the red-shouldered hawk; how people harm the frigate bird; what the state bird of washington looks like (here ya go); are there bald eagles in the netherlands and holland (not in the wild); strange bird behavior december 14, 2009 (specific & spooky!).

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during November. You can see previous editions of this monthly post here.

As usual, there were a few cringe-worthy typos or misspellings that made me chuckle: sawet owls; squrrile feeders; anartica bird; […] forest in illinoise; cominly found birds of illinois; and ny pidgeons t-shirts.

And the regular collection of funny or unusual product searches were present too: t-shirt there real & there magnificent (not really a birder shirt idea!); owl thong; duck boxers and birder boxers. Actually already gotcha covered on those last ones.

There were a few “magnificent” searches, like high magnificient binocular; magnificent mealworms; and great magnificent frigatebird difference. There were a few “frigate bird” searches last month, too: where can i buy a stuffed frigate bird (oh noes! hope they mean a toy!); advantage for frigate bird; and turkey vulture or frigate bird? (that’s easy).

Questions of the month: are vultures aggressive to humans? (dead ones, I suppose?); should chickadees and wrens houses be multilevel; and can birds interbreed.

My favorite search of the month was the bird that was always right, which really has me curious. I am not sure what the searcher had in mind. They landed on The Bird is Right.

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during October. You can see previous editions of this monthly post here.

There were goofy typos aplenty! figate bird siting in ohio; orinemental wood birdhouses; birdhouse hole sise for robins; magnet of pennasylvania; silloutte of a cardinal bird; and bird reserch on humingbirds.

We also had intriguing questions for inquiring minds! what is a bird?; which birds live in florida and the anartica?; and can pigeons and doves have offspring.

People looking for a new pet came to the site via searches for barred owl pets and pet ivory billed woodpecker.

And then there were some searches that sound like band names to me: invasion of rectangles; the magnificent frigatebirds; and cutebird.

October’s most disturbing search term was long pecker in women.

This one made me sad: left my power shot camera in the rain.

Someone with a much bigger squirrel problem than I have searched for 20 squirrel baffles.

And my favorite was red breasted nuthatch illinois backyards. This search brought someone to the site two days before we had our very first yard Red-breasted Nuthatch.

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during September. You can see previous editions of this monthly post here.

There were lots of unusual searches for t-shirts & tops last month: 3 ad bird t shirt; spoon hoodie; hard core tank top; i live in oklahoma t-shirt; you hoodie; identify bird silhouettes t-shirt; spoon shirt beefy; and proud hawaiian tank tops. I don’t know what some of these mean, but these type of searches are often a good source of inspiration for designing new t-shirts for birdwatchers.

A few other apparel searches came up: owl sweatpants and womens panties penguin. Happily, one of those is already available in my shop.

At first I thought the search for hat bird house was another apparel search, but the person was probably actually looking for this funny novelty bird house.

Another oddball product search was child mountable binoculars. It would be handy to bring a young sherpa with you when birding, I guess.

I always find a lot of searches for terms related to Magnificent Frigatebird, but the term magnificent frigid bird was a first last month.

My favorite questions for last month were what birds hang upside down to feed? and what’s the difference between hummingbirds and penguins and how to carry a bird id guidebook? I really like that last question because I’m going to post a review of my birding bag very soon, so stay tuned dear searcher!

My old friend foto butts made another appearance. *sniff*

And finally someone searched for stuffed barred owl toy, which does not seem to exist anywhere. That’s too bad; the Barred Owl is my favorite owl and I think it would make a great stuffed animal. Have you ever seen a Barred Owl toy?

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Here are some of the more interesting search terms that brought visitors to this site during August. You can see previous editions of this monthly post here.

I guess this one was looking for photos when they searched for naked yard. Someone else searched for naked.in.yard. So sorry to disappoint. In unrelated news, the search for butts foto returned, and I’m proud to say this site is still #1 in Google for this term!

Typos of the month: magnifficent shirts design; birds of north anerica book; owl thorw pillows; identifying minnesota waterfoul; fatest women; and pinguine. Luckily Google is pretty good about bringing these searches to the appropriately spelled results.

Strange product searches last month: turkey golf headcover; i love water bottles; golf spoon; pigeon whistles; naked clock; spoon ornament; rain day greeting cards; pigeon travel accessories; vulture culture greeting cards; and my favorite, owl teddy toy. I suppose they were searching for a stuffed owl toy, but I’m picturing an owl wearing a teddy.

No comment searches of the month: panty lovers paradise and pecker merchandise.

Spookiest search of the month: highland park, illinois man killed by red wing blackbird. This actually happened, I totally forgot about it. Be careful out there, people!

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