Apr 2, 2012 8:37:10 GMT
Rob
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Post by Rob on May 18, 2012 16:01:00 GMT
well i've seen magpies......magpies and more magpies..... lol
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Post by samwiseg on May 18, 2012 18:31:09 GMT
Birds ive seen in my garden today. Blackbird sparrow ( don't see as many these days ) Blue tit Great tit Robin Thrush Jenny wren Great spotted woodpecker ( in my apple tree ) Nuthatch Coal tit Starling And circling above 4 Red Kites Happy days WOW Skysmum! A nuthatch and red kites! Bet I know where you live roughly I only saw my first treecreeper the other day and 2 GOLDCREST'S! As you say, happy days
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Post by skysmum on May 18, 2012 19:06:22 GMT
Red kites are getting more and more around us Samwiseg, a friend of mine stood in he garden and counted 15 playing in the thermals, and the noise they make, if you close your eyes you would think you were on some wild west film shoot. They are beautiful and huge, panicked the other day when i was out with my little JRT she was off lead and three started to circle, i thought they were gonna swoop down and cart her off .
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 18, 2012 19:33:47 GMT
Anywhere from around $100 to $500 untame to hand reared and proven breeder. So say 60-70 pounds to about 300 pounds. I am just going on ads I have had a quick look at just now. Here un-tame start from 400 pounds and above.
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Post by Hezz on May 19, 2012 0:58:44 GMT
well i've seen magpies......magpies and more magpies..... lol Do they get territorial around breeding time, Rob?
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Post by samwiseg on May 19, 2012 9:50:39 GMT
Red kites are getting more and more around us Samwiseg, a friend of mine stood in he garden and counted 15 playing in the thermals, and the noise they make, if you close your eyes you would think you were on some wild west film shoot. They are beautiful and huge, panicked the other day when i was out with my little JRT she was off lead and three started to circle, i thought they were gonna swoop down and cart her off . Oh my! I think I would have been a tad nervy too!
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Post by Hezz on May 19, 2012 11:05:46 GMT
Re red kites - they are making a sort of come-back with the reintoduction of captivity-bred birds, is this correct?
Treecreepers - how on earth did you spot it, Sam? They seem very well camouflaged from my pictures. Are they a little thing? Nuthatchs and goldcrests - they are little birds too? They have that tiny-bird look about them.
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Post by samwiseg on May 20, 2012 7:06:20 GMT
Not sure bout the red kites, perhaps that is best directed at Skysmum? As for spotting the treecreeper, we were most fortunate to see a tree that stuck out on its own from the rest and had no foliage. At first I thought it was a mouse running up the tree. Then I noticed it was "spiralling" up the tree which is the classic behaviour of the teecreeper! What they then do is once they get to the top of the tree the fly to the base of the next and repeat the spiral up. Cool eh? And the Goldcrest and Firecrest are the smallest birds in England! Not sure about the size of a nuthatch though, I just love that they climb all over trees instead of flying from branch to branch all the time! What birds are native to you tho Hezz, you must have quite a few being in the warmer regions?
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Apr 2, 2012 8:37:10 GMT
Rob
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Post by Rob on May 20, 2012 9:49:04 GMT
well i've seen magpies......magpies and more magpies..... lol Do they get territorial around breeding time, Rob? Sounds like it all I ever here are magpies fighting in the tree outside Sent from my E15i using ProBoards
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Post by skysmum on May 20, 2012 15:23:38 GMT
Yes Hezz, im not well up on it but they have been captive bred and re-introduced. I understand that someone not too far away from us also feeds them. Until about 5 years ago, maybe less id never seen one before now they seem to be everywhere. I saw one on the ground yesterday on my dog walk which is unusual, he had his wings out and was pecking at something, as i got a bit closer he took off and there was a dead crow which he had been feeding on . Cant be sure if he had brought it down or it was dead anyway, looked pretty fresh. Just wonder what the impact on the other species will be if they are starting to hunt other birds. I must start taking my camera out with me.
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Post by Hezz on May 23, 2012 0:30:11 GMT
:What birds are native to you tho Hezz, you must have quite a few being in the warmer regions?" Sorry Sam, I meant to come back to this when I had more time, but ............. forgot, didn't I? My favourites are our little olive-backed sunbirds. They love being around houses and often come to sit on the plants outside the window while I am on the computer. rainbow bee-eater peewees willy wagtails fig birds friar birds metallic starlings swallows woodswallows butcher birds kookaburras cockatoos rainbow lorikeets tawny frogmouth - he must have his hollow in the bush beside us somewhere as we will sometimes see him early evening, on his way out. torres strait pigeons collared doves white-breasted sea-eagle a couple of ground dwellers - our brush turkey (can fly but a bit like a domestic chook - lots of flapping for not much gain) and our orange-footed scrub fowl. There are many others native to the area and can be seen on the Esplanade, or just driving around, but these are just what I see from my deck or around the yard. Not all at once, of course. There are a number of others that I don't see very often - it is always a thrill to spot or hear something different. My favourites of these would have to the the double-eyed fig parrot - so shy and rather rare, gorgeous little guys and bite like the bejesus - a parrot after all.
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Post by samwiseg on May 23, 2012 7:23:01 GMT
Dont be daft! I knew you would never forget Hezz My oh my I have some research to do! Looking forward to checking out those double eyed fig parrots, they do sound interesting! And a tawny frogmouth? Well, put it this way the names of your birds do sound a lot more inventive than ours! I can't believe you have rainbow lorries too! They are one of my favourites - not just for the colours but their weird tongues!!!! ;D
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Post by samwiseg on May 23, 2012 7:32:14 GMT
Well what an array of birds! Just had a quick look on google and your PeeWee's look very similar to our Magpies. Yes, love the double eyed fig parrot, very pretty! Your Tawny Frogmouth looks very much like a Potoo - a kind of nightjar? Thank you for sharing though Hezz
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Post by Hezz on May 23, 2012 10:11:09 GMT
We have magpies too, but the peewees are quite a bit smaller. Still the black-and-white combo though. The tawny-frogmouth is a night bird and yes, just googles your potoo - they are very much alike! The lories come and go depending on what is in flower. We won't hear them for a few months and then they are back again. Can't miss them they are so noisy, and because I am up walking early, I get to see (and hear) them racing from one group of trees to the next!
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