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dpack

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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 21 9:06 am Post subject:
the boy sparrows are collecting nest diy materials young bracket had a beakful of nest material which probably means she is a girl as she is not a he paired up. boys do not start a nest but they will take materials to their lady's nest for her to use for final adjustments or maintenance plenty of food so setting up near mum should not be a problem

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:42 am Post subject:
The male pheasants that are around in the woods are in full glory and being rather vocal, so assume they have that sort of thing on their mind too.

dpack

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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 21 7:16 pm Post subject:
wow a very long time ago some folk in the mountaineering club could make a phib grow a new or extra leg grow a new body is a rather neat trick, bit of a mengele experiment though

dpack

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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 21 6:21 pm Post subject:
oops

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 21 8:59 am Post subject:
Yes, I saw that. I had heard that while they can soar for hours without a wing flap, take off and landing aren't their strong points.

dpack

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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 21 12:41 am Post subject:
tweed and young tweed are domestic fowl as are the bracks and young bracket as is fat ankles, and to some extent skinny ankles the others just exploit me as a food supplier when it suits them

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 21 8:37 am Post subject:

I wonder about our 'yard' robin. It popped out yesterday to see if there was any food going, but sometimes comes to visit at other times. Son is thinking of doing something about the dilapidated bird box on the end of his work shed. The wrens are eyeing it up, but he wants to do some work on the shed, and can't while they are in residence. He is also afraid that the bird box is going to collapse, so a nice new one on the fence might be an option. We just have to make one.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 21 10:45 am Post subject:
I had to discourage phoebes from nesting in my shed all last spring. They finally built a nest on the outside of it, which was fine by me. I wonder if there's anything I could do to convince them to nest nearby but not in the shed, or if I just need to expect to net the doorway again.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 21 8:42 am Post subject:

What are they please Slim? You may need to net the doorway I should think as most birds, particularly young ones, choose the most unsuitable (to us and sometimes also for them) places to nest. We have had them under the mudguard of the portable kiln, in the log frame for the processor and even on the back of a tractor. One year someone we knew had to give up moving his portable sawmill until the birds had finished nesting. Its not as if we don't give them enough other sites in the woods.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 21 4:38 pm Post subject:
I'm not great with identifying little birds, I only know these are phoebes because they bob their tails so much while perched. I'm happy to have them here to eat flies etc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_phoebe Wouldn't mind them in the shed if it wasn't for the pooping on things.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 21 5:28 pm Post subject:
Thanks Slim. Rather nice. I have heard thrushes, at least I think more than 1, and owls in the wood, and a blackbird in the next village to us.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 21 10:00 am Post subject:
The blackbird at home seems to be quite vocal at the moment. Husband was clearing a bit of untidy ground near the house and had a pair of robins round him quite a lot of the time.

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 21 8:18 am Post subject:
Went hunting for a couple of runners who invaded the private part of our wood yesterday. Didn't find them (although son did, but couldn't catch up) but did see a hare. It was far enough ahead of me up the track to not know I was there, so got a good view of it.

dpack

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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 21 5:38 am Post subject:
smarter than the average bear i have seen film of a few critters in hot springs etc, this one has a suburban answer to a wilderness issue this should probably crosslink to the garden uses of old bath tubs/hillbilly hot tub bit in gardening corner

dpack

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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 21 6:28 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Went hunting for a couple of runners who invaded the private part of our wood yesterday. Didn't find them (although son did, but couldn't catch up) but did see a hare. It was far enough ahead of me up the track to not know I was there, so got a good view of it.

part two first, at this time of year hares are full of spring and can be quite bold re people, tis a good season to watch them

part one, hunting fast people is a matter of predicting their route and getting to a pinch point before they do
if you know the woods it can be fairly easy to take the shortcut to an interception without having to chase them
the earlier you detect them the easier that is in a reactive situation, if you know their route and schedules it requires a nice quiet sit down rather than a scamper or sneak

most people are easy to hunt, even the semi trained ones are manageable if you know the landscape better than them
good uns are a bit challenging but they are quite rare

hunting slow people is a slightly different game but similar in that knowledge of landscape and target makes it easy if you do sneaky rather than fast

fit yourself into the timing of the enemy and defeat them, good advice from a long dead bloke

to hunt fast people, consider the rules of cross country running and then cheat big style:lol:

traps never sleep but are considered a bit naughty for intrusive joggers

a pile of logs or tangle of bramble can steer them to a chosen route without any legal issues

in woodland night is even more fun than daylight, but it does need daylight knowledge of the landscape to be easy
urban can be amusing as well

i must have gone to some strange schools

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