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Do the birds know bird watch thread
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 4 Sep 2010 19:35 |
Blame OH, Ann, he would give a home to anything including an elephant!! |
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Jane | Report | 4 Sep 2010 20:15 |
Well I saw a sight this morning.7 Buzzards!!!.I got a photo ,but only got 4 in the frame.I have never seen a sight like that before.They were quite high up and I could hear all the squawking going on. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 4 Sep 2010 21:25 |
Hello, Strangers! Haven't been on for a looooooong time. This morning I had a real fright: we were having breakfast in the conservatory which overlooks the patio, on which is our bird feeding station. I heard a flapping, looked out just in time to see a bird roughly the size of a wood pigeon, fly off from the feeding station. I only saw the underside; after the bird had flown off, the feeding sparrows started screeching. Because they did that, I thought maybe a sparrowhawk? Looked it up, and sure enough, the markings I saw matched those of the female sparrowhawk. It all happened in seconds, but made me jump! Poor birds didn't come back for a while, so they were obviously spooked. :-(( |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 5 Sep 2010 22:03 |
Hello Glenys the Menace:o)) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 5 Sep 2010 22:23 |
We have had a female sparrow hawk on our trellis just outside our conservatory. I hate to see them, magnificen as they are because afterwards we don't see the small birds for ages. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 5 Sep 2010 23:11 |
You should be honoured to have them on the trellis Ann......the small birds come back and its nature......but l know what you mean. |
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DizzieLizzie | Report | 10 Sep 2010 09:21 |
I've just had a tiny little wren bobbing backwards and forwards along the fence outside the kitchen window making a lot of noise. I don't know what it's about but she keeps looking over the other side of the fence. Nothing I can do to find out really because if it's anything to do with fledglings the other side I'd have ended up making her fly off as the back door is right by where she is. I just hope it's nothing to do with next door but one's grey cat. I know my 3 are innocent, they're all in and on beds at the moment thank goodness. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 10 Sep 2010 09:55 |
Hope little wren is OK Dizzie. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 10 Sep 2010 10:11 |
Hope the wren is ok, could well be a fledgling being harrassed:o(( |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 16 Sep 2010 19:06 |
Blinky heck...nearly a week since anyone reported on here...:o(( |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 16 Sep 2010 19:46 |
Jude, try Jersey plantsdirect, they usually have a good selection, free delivery. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 16 Sep 2010 20:47 |
Ordered Pansy Can Can to share with sister:o) |
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Jane | Report | 16 Sep 2010 20:58 |
What is a pansy can can Jude ? LOL |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 16 Sep 2010 21:52 |
Go to.....Pansy Can Can on google...lol.... they are beauuutiful:o))) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 16 Sep 2010 21:55 |
Bites gone now Jude. sat watching and listening to the parraqueets as they flew home tonight while we were having a meal in a local bar. |
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Jane | Report | 16 Sep 2010 22:08 |
oooh! Frilly Pansies!!!!.They look lovely .Will have to get OH to order some. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 17 Sep 2010 11:10 |
My sister still has an itchy patch from her bite...pleased yours has gone:o)) |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 17 Sep 2010 19:40 |
Jude, we have 72 of those miniature wallflowers to plant out! Hope they will all go in the front border! |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 18 Sep 2010 16:40 |
Jean.....l think l have about 30! |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 18 Sep 2010 19:13 |
That drop of rain came just right for our wallflowers to settle them in. Still not a bird in sight. This time last year I was worried that the birds were so numerous we wouldnt get to taste the grapes! This year, not a bird in sight. |