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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."

"Haha! Yeah, I'm buying a kilo of live mealworms a week, too."

"Haha! Yeah, I'm buying a kilo of live mealworms a week, too."

"Afternoon all..usually ,I have two feeders out - One is supposedly starling proof working on a weighted feeding hatch but the little bastards still empty a feeder in 4 hours. I have resorted to a tupperware bowl in a cage which I fill with live mealworms -I manage to get through a kilo a week (mealworms not blow) I thought I'd pad their portion out by doing half dried mealworms and half live. Now, they go in pick up a mealworm and if it's a dried one they drop it on the ground for a starling and go back for a live one - I despair!"

"It would be interesting if we could persuade some WHOers in different regions of the world to download the app and let it record 5 or so minutes in their back garden, then tell us what it picked up. Manuel? Coffee? Sydney? Capitol Man?"

"Great find, Nurse, thank you. It does seem to be a whole lot better than the others, agree totally."

"Enjoy, Pickle!"

Installing now Nurse - thanks a lot.

"You're welcome, Turk It's lightyears ahead of similar apps. I can't stop using it ?üòÅ"

Nursey

Loving that new app Nursery. Picking out multiple species at the same time whereas previous apps I've used have just focused on the noisiest. Thanks for sharing

"Meanwhile, I have a new bird ID app (for birdsong, photos, etc) It's called Merlin. It's MUCH better than its predecessors. It's even free! After you've downloaded it, it gives you the option of downloading a 'pack' of data according to your region in the world. This is really useful, so you don't get told you have a red cardinal in your garden in Chertsey."

"Brilliant clip, geep."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9mrTdYhOHg Animal tool-use for pleasure (at least on the surface of it)

I get loads of greenfinches (sorry). Beautiful singers.

"Not seen greenfinches this year on the feeders, just the usual suspects ,great tits ,blue tits,long tailed and a nuthatch last week.Always a few robins about and the odd wren. Wood pigeons en masse so I shall be taking a few out shortly with my air rifle.Not many magpies which is unusual, managed to whack half a dozen last year but only one so far.I don't like shooting them but they are a menace to young fledglings/nests etc."

"Like it Aalborg, not seen one for a long time sadly. Service stations are often weirdly good for birdspotting."

I was in the queue for drive thru coffee at Rownhams services near Southampton and was delighted to see (at least) half a dozen greenfinches in the bushes not having seen them for years (due to a virus I believe)

"It very rarely happens. And when it does...well they're tiny creatures. If rhinos had wings, I certainly wouldn't invite them. But this way, I get to see the beautiful little buggers up close, and I can ensure their nestlings have plenty of food to go round."

Guess birdshit on the teapot is this season’s blue tit Instagram hit.

"Oh, and this is the first spring that the bluetits have plucked up the courage to join the robins and great tits to feed inside my sitting room."

"Good few days spotting: housemartins, chiffchaff, pied wagtails, swifts and...a RED KITE! First one I have ever seen and it was at the end of my road in urban north London. Surreal experience."

Can confirm the swallows are early this year. There seem to be plenty of bugs and midges around for them as well. Perhaps inflation isn’t such a bad thing after all as farmers have to be more sensible about pesticide use.

Can confirm the swallows are early this year. There seem to be plenty of bugs and midges around for them as well. Perhaps inflation isn’t such a bad thing after all as farmers have to be more sensible about pesticide use.

Tomshardware 11:33 Fri Apr 14 Re: For WHO's birders Saw my first Swallow of the year yesterday. Pleased for you Tom it would have been bad manners for her/him to spit it out.

Put up a couple of nest boxes at the start of the year and pleased to see that blue tours are nesting in them. Still way down on the number of birds around this year but have a pair of chaffinches and greenfinches nesting nearby. Best though is a pair of marsh harriers that are nesting nearby.