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| Oxymel of Squill 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just
now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so
it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on
its chest.
I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it
or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
cheers
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| Emrys Davies 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| "Oxymel of Squill" <sasha42@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs,
just
> now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon
so
> it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow
splash on
> its chest.
>
> I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on
with it
> or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
> letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
>
> cheers
This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wi...GardenBirds.htm
may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner
you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest.
Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by
making sure that predators do not cause harm.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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| Oxymel of Squill 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
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> This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wi...GardenBirds.htm
> may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner
> you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest.
> Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by
> making sure that predators do not cause harm.
the letterbox is on a garden gate that gets opened and closed al the time,
and now and again we lift the lid and say hello, it seems perfectly happy
about all this
:-)
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| Des Higgins 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Jun 26, 10:57 am, "Oxymel of Squill" <sash...@lineone.net> wrote:
> A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just
> now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so
> it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on
> its chest.
>
> I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it
> or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
> letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
>
> cheers
Sounds like tits (says I with straight face and no sniggering). No
really! Great ones maybe? Google images of great tits ..... ehhhh
maybe not actually; oh dear; definitely do not do that; aaaaaaaaaargh;
Try googling Parus major and make sure to spell it with a U.
Des
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| shazzbat 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
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"Oxymel of Squill" <sasha42@lineone.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> the letterbox is on a garden gate that gets opened and closed al the time,
> and now and again we lift the lid and say hello, it seems perfectly happy
> about all this
> :-)
It might be an idea to tell the postie not to deliver anything like the
Argos catalogue. : -(
And if you really want to help with the feeding, a tray with a few mealworms
on it might be appreciated.
Steve
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| louisxiv 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
|
"Oxymel of Squill" <sasha42@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:4680e2fe$0$97252$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just
>now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so
>it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on
>its chest.
>
> I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with
> it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
> letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
>
> cheers
Sounds like a Coal Tit
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bir...altit/index.asp
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| Uncle Marvo 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| In reply to louisxiv (louisxiv@nothanks.com) who wrote this in
4680f2dd$0$8757$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, I, Marvo, say :
> "Oxymel of Squill" <sasha42@lineone.net> wrote in message
> news:4680e2fe$0$97252$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>
> Sounds like a Coal Tit
>
> http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bir...altit/index.asp
Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There are
loads of them about this year, where I am.
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| louisxiv 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
|
"Uncle Marvo" <paul.r@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk> wrote in message
news:5ecakaF37m037U1@mid.individual.net...
> In reply to louisxiv (louisxiv@nothanks.com) who wrote this in
> 4680f2dd$0$8757$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, I, Marvo, say :
>
>
> Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There are
> loads of them about this year, where I am.
Could be. Their backs are green though.
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| Uncle Marvo 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| In reply to louisxiv (louisxiv@nothanks.com) who wrote this in
4680f9b5$0$8711$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, I, Marvo, say :
> "Uncle Marvo" <paul.r@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:5ecakaF37m037U1@mid.individual.net...
> Could be. Their backs are green though.
True, but you don't see the back when you're loking at the yellow front :-)
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| BaldoniXXV 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| on 26/06/2007, Oxymel of Squill supposed :
> A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now
> hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not
> for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest.
>
> I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it
> or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
> letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
>
> cheers
I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go
short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something
similar on TV the other day.
--
Count Baldoni
BALDONI REX ROMANORUM
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| BaldoniXXV 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| Oxymel of Squill has brought this to us :
> A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now
> hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not
> for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest.
>
> I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it
> or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the
> letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not?
>
> cheers
10 eggs is a lot. It will get noisy if all them hatch !
--
Count Baldoni
BALDONI REX ROMANORUM
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| Martin 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV <baldoniXXV<nil>@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go
>short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something
>similar on TV the other day.
It made him short too?
--
Martin
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| Steve Wolstenholme 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV
<baldoniXXV<nil>@googlemail.com> wrote:
>I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go
>short then that is nature.
But we are part of nature too! Maybe some species are adapting to take
advantage of our generosity.
Steve
--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd
EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com
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| louisxiv 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
|
"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV
> <baldoniXXV<nil>@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> It made him short too?
> --
An an irritating little fcuk to boot.
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| Martin 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:00:27 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com> wrote:
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:8t1283t4liv9ks0piq8j3pti37qm8upg72@4ax.com...
>
>An an irritating little fcuk to boot.
>
Especially when an expert was employed by the BBC to teach him to play the
guitar. It was only then that I realised just how much I loathed him and why.
--
Martin
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| Bob Hobden 2007-06-26, 1:25 pm |
|
"Martin" wrote
after, "louisxiv"> wrote:
...
BaldoniXXV[color=darkred]
>
> Especially when an expert was employed by the BBC to teach him to play the
> guitar. It was only then that I realised just how much I loathed him and
> why.
Regarding "Springwatch" I can't understand why we need to see the presenters
on these programmes when there is so much wildlife about, a talk over would
suffice, as practiced by David Attenborough mostly.
It's like the Glastonbury broadcasts, where the rather annoying and
irrelevant presenters were on screen more time that the musicians, damn
stupid and not what this viewer wants at all.
BTW Anyone else think Lily Allen was the star of the show?
http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK
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| On 26/6/07 17:19, in article 5ecskrF37s7j0U1@mid.individual.net, "Bob
Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> "Martin" wrote
> after, "louisxiv"> wrote:
> ..
> BaldoniXXV
>
> Regarding "Springwatch" I can't understand why we need to see the presenters
> on these programmes when there is so much wildlife about, a talk over would
> suffice, as practiced by David Attenborough mostly.
I think it's because it's live to camera and there *isn't* always that much
wildlife there, right on cue, so the presenters have to be able to flannel!
>
> It's like the Glastonbury broadcasts, where the rather annoying and
> irrelevant presenters were on screen more time that the musicians, damn
> stupid and not what this viewer wants at all.
> BTW Anyone else think Lily Allen was the star of the show?
> http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/
Who? ;-) Guess who does NOT keep up with the pop scene!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
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| ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ 2007-06-26, 5:25 pm |
| On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:10:57 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote
and included this (or some of this):
>On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:00:27 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com> wrote:
>
>
>Especially when an expert was employed by the BBC to teach him to play the
>guitar. It was only then that I realised just how much I loathed him and why.
He has the most irritating voice and manner on Tv.
I could kick the living SHoneT out of the little useless twat at short
notice.
--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³
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| shazzbat <shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>
>"Oxymel of Squill" <sasha42@lineone.net> wrote in message
>news:4680ea0f$0$97263$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>It might be an idea to tell the postie not to deliver anything like the
>Argos catalogue. : -(
>
>And if you really want to help with the feeding, a tray with a few mealworms
>on it might be appreciated.
>
Placed nearby not adjacent
I really do think it would be a good idea to try and keep away as much
as possible. They may be happy about your presence now, but if something
else scared them, then your visit might become the last straw.
--
Kay
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| Oxymel of Squill 2007-06-27, 9:25 am |
| >>[color=darkred]
they do it all the time, apart from the famous "blonking", at wimbledon the
camera is forever on faces in the crowd trying to ham up a bit of dramatic
tension, if Delia makes a complicated quiche the camera isn't on her fingers
it's on her face, when the Mitchell & Kenyon films fetched up there was as
much footage of Dan Cruickshank watching them for us as there was of the
films themselves
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| Beryl Harwood 2007-06-27, 5:25 pm |
| The message <5ecd9vF38cuomU1@mid.individual.net>
from "Uncle Marvo" <paul.r@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk> contains these
words:
> In reply to louisxiv (louisxiv@nothanks.com) who wrote this in
> 4680f9b5$0$8711$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, I, Marvo, say :
[color=darkred]
> True, but you don't see the back when you're loking at the yellow front :-)
Greenfinches???
Beryl
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