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gz
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Mistress Rose
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gz
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dpack
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dpack
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the "wet pot tray"/birdbath is about 2C, tweed jumped in, jumped out and then took a leisurely spa and bath for 5 mins
she may be slender with thin red legs, but she showed remarkable cold water immersion skills
if that had been me i would want my chums to drag me out horizontally and to follow normal re warming procedures
she is a sparrow, the others think she is a sparrow, i am reminded of darwin's finches as she is a "different "sparrow who has exploited a niche(she has me trained etc)the others have not
if young tweed is her offspring or even a similar very close relly/phenotype am i seeing how species evolve?
it does seem plausible
i spose can they breed? and do the offspring thrive? is a relevant set of data to look for.
as an individual she has a rather different phenotype to the colony but she is successful, socially with them, in terms of having food and especially in avoiding predators, with that stuff she out performs them on every metric
12 months ago i did not expect her to thrive, now i am wondering if i am watching a Galápagos Islands moment
after we both hid from grin in the same bit of bramble we have had a very close bond
maybe "interfering" with wildlife is of dubious ethics but a bird feeder is just an available niche to them and an amusement to me. |
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gz
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dpack
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