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Nurse Ratched
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"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."
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"Who is eating my bulbs. Squirrels, rats, foxes? Any ideas?"
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Nurse Ratched
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"NO POLITICS, PLEASE."
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The Corn Crake just has to be a Labour Leftie... hardly stops for air.
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"Just saw a couple of Jays in the garden. Highlight of the morning. On the flip side, some little rascal has stolen the spring bulbs I just planted. Nature gives, and nature takes away."
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"blueeyedhandsomeOWL http://www.sci-news.com/biology/article00533.html They DO exist, but are very rare"
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No! ffs.
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"Where’s blueyedtwat, need his input."
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"Ahh, the fabled bearded vulture. If you happen to be strolling along minding your own business and you get totalled by an incoming fumer, you’ll know what to blame."
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"Lammergeier, a type of vulture, invented cosmetics. Their body plumage is white, but they dye it orange by bathing in iron-rich pools or by rubbing against ochre deposits. Lammergeier which succeed in dying themselves deeper orange achieve greater reproductive success, although ornithologists are unsure whether this is because orange lammergeier look sexier to other lammergeier, or because ochre has anti-parasite properties. It is at least possible that the use of ochre by our ancestors was inspired by lammergeier, as there is a great overlap between the ancient ranges of Homo sapiens and neanderthalis and lammergeier. Source: one of Clive Finlayson's talks"
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"Lockdown birdsong Sexier, apparently. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54285627"
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Aalborg Hammer 1:32 Mon Sep 7 Lovely video.
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Sarcasm? I can't tell ?üòï
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I pronounce this Thread of the Decade
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"Two massive keys of black crane flew over yesterday on the way to their wintering grounds on the Nile delta (I suppose, though it could be the Danube estuary maybe). Must have been at least 200 individuals. Made a right racket as well."
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"Belarusian wildlife photographer does it again. Great white heron breeding season (don't do it to yourself, gank). The chicks are comical and utterly voracious. https://youtu.be/9l9xh5NI1OM"
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"The house martins are grouping for their nightly flight here, a sure sign that the summer season is closing as they ready for migration Have a soft spot for the little buggers, reminds me of my youth Meanwhile, it is still feeding frenzies on the feeders, tits galore, sparrows and the usual woodies and robins clearing beneath Thanks to all who ignited my extended interest, I have really enjoyed watching the birds through the seasons and their behaviours"
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Wonderful video. I have seen a few swifts (they are still around here). Not may swallows at all though.
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Not seen a swift yet ...
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Impressive Congratulations for Matt Thanks Aalborg
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AH Thank you - lovely to watch
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Great video
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Great video
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Nurse Ratched
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It's an absolutely beautiful video.
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Morning all...thought you'd like to see this little video that our son-in-law-in-waiting during lockdown...filmed in our garden and took a good four weeks to do.. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCScp5lHxRFgnvl-bP5O6jdQ
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"Dunno, didn't come up in my cataract reading!"
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