For WHO's birders

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 27 Mar 2020, 12:27

"I thought you might like this video.

It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

Post **gph** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:48

"You're going to use that on non-chickens, aren't you?"

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:48

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170110-despite-what-you-might-think-chickens-are-not-stupid

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:46

"Ha! Good, that."

Post **gph** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:45

Do chickens play? They've always struck me as having intelligence very slightly above chicken feed.

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:40

"Nurse Ratched 1:38 Sun Apr 19 Fair enough, that was me for years. Read the lyrics then, you'll probably enjoy the message."

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:38

Country: nope.

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:32

"Reminds me of a song Big ol Buzzard sitting on a fence, watchin them chickens play... Has fun if dark ending. https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Mike-Cross/The-Lord-ll-Provide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRFa8qlEZlQ"

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:22

"Turkey vultures are great. They sometimes put in an appearance in my favourite YouTube channel, Mousetrap Monday."

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:19

"Coffee 1:14 Sun Apr 19 Yeah, another name I guess. Not sure I knew they were interchangeable."

Post **Coffee** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:16

"Yes, the fearful aspect is clear."

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:14

For reference https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PSkwWFLNaaR33Co9e7e5nh-650-80.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YVXgsRUv3AXDTW5W6oMpqZ-650-80.jpg

Post **Coffee** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:14

That sounds like a vulture.

Post **Coffee** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:14

That sounds like a vulture.

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:13

Coffee 1:06 Sun Apr 19 The scary-looking turkey ones. (In the Southwest states and near a place call Cyprus Hills kind of near where my mom is living)

Post **Coffee** » 19 Apr 2020, 13:06

"An uncommon one, then?"

Post **ironsofcanada** » 19 Apr 2020, 12:42

"There has been a hawk patrolling around here for a few weeks I say hawk, but looking it up it might be a common buzzard, apparently very different from the buzzards I had seen."

Post **WHU(Exeter)** » 19 Apr 2020, 12:10

"Couple of Jays in our street in the last few days, not sure whether they are a rare sight in a city centre, but never seen them round here before. Love the shade of blue on them..they look 'casual but smart'..."

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 11:42

Lovely stuff.

Post **gph** » 19 Apr 2020, 11:42

"If it was a(n Alan) Taylorbird, it would only have two chicks..."

Post **Aalborg Hammer** » 19 Apr 2020, 11:36

"Working from home has made me appreciate or garden here in deepest 'ampshire..I finally repaired our feeder and have had nuthatches , great tits , blue coal =and long tailed tits , blackcaps ,chiffchaffs , goldcrests (or Firecrests) treecreepers thrushes, willow warblers, all three woodpeckers ,goldfinches linnets and siskins on the niger seed feeders - disappointed that the greenfinch numbers are still down,haven't seen one for years...I was pleasantly surprised to see how many of our native species are doing very well down in New Zealand having been introduced by settlers"

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 19 Apr 2020, 11:33

"Nurse Ratched¬†10:38 Fri Mar 27 Re: For WHO's Birders Perhaps a type of sunbird, or maybe a common tailorbird? I know bugger all about the tropicals, though, sorry ?üßê"

Post **Coffee** » 19 Apr 2020, 08:31

"Coffee 7:19 Fri Mar 27 For anyone who knows about tropical birds: I saw a small bird the other day, about the size of hlaf a sparrow, but with a long, pointed beak and a yellow/greenish hue. Any ideas what it is? ______________________________ I've found out what it was -- a Tailor Bird, apparently. Wiki: ""Tailorbirds get their name from the way their nest is constructed. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider's web to make a cradle in which the actual grass nest is built."" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfWUsU8VEo"

Post **Nurse Ratched** » 15 Apr 2020, 12:38

"Mex The RSPB Shop delivers products to the EU (postage is ¬£15, but that might be per package, not per weight, so stock up) https://shopping.rspb.org.uk"

Post **lowermarshhammer** » 15 Apr 2020, 12:33

Mex You could try making your own feeders https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scotland/posts/do-it-yourself-bird-feeders

Post **Mex Martillo** » 15 Apr 2020, 07:57

"Ok, thanks for the advise. I have cleaned all old food of the table and put just hamster food. It is a bit exposed, but difficult to move, I made it a bit too permanent, right near my kitchen window so I could see them every morning. Certainly is different here in Spain. Never seen feed or feeders for wild birds on sale in my supermarkets. I am not sure how frequent it is done now, but tradition was to catch these little sparrows and the like and put them in the paella. I‚Äôve seen old film of how they did it, putting out a bit of seed to attract the little birds and then throwing a net over the area to catch them all. I‚Äôm sure the previous owner of my house was up to something as I was astonished when I first moved in, sitting in the garden there were no, absolutely no birds, it was really weird. Now in the morning I have a dawn chorus as you‚Äôd expect, but they are very timid, never really come close. They are always flitting about though and I thought they would appreciate a bird table. Patience..."

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