Big Garden Birdwatch

[angieh]

It's the 30th year for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. A really good time to get your family interested in the birds in your garden or local park.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/index.asp

Do take part if you can - it's such a good indicator of how local populations are doing.

[Natalie]

It's the 30th year for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. A really good time to get your family interested in the birds in your garden or local park.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/index.asp

Do take part if you can - it's such a good indicator of how local populations are doing.

*Shudders*

Really sorry but I wont be taking part in this. Excellent idea though. I so wish I could like birds :cry:

[angieh]

Sorry Nat! I watch them for pleasure!!!

[dinahsmum]

So thatwas what Bentley was doing this morning, looking out of the window and going "week week, mrarp" :D

Yes - do do it, unless you are phobic. The information is very useful to the RSPB

[dandysmom]

We have that too here; always mean to do it, but usually find out too late..

[angieh]

That's a shame Eileen. I'm an RSPB member, so get reminded in our quarterly magazine. I'm sure there is RSPB equivalent in USA - sorry, don't know it's name - ASPB, perhaps?

[calismum]

It's the 30th year for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. A really good time to get your family interested in the birds in your garden or local park.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/index.asp

Do take part if you can - it's such a good indicator of how local populations are doing.

Thanks for that Angie - I always seem to find about it too late.

No excuses this time. I'll definately join in. Do you know I have not seen a sparrow here for around 5 years :cry: :cry: it is really strange how they've gone right done in population isn't it?

[angieh]

Yes, certainly the urban populations have plummeted. We are lucky here and have a nice little flock - it's such a shame and something we all took for granted.

Sad to hear that it's a similar situation where you are right out in the countryside.

[dandysmom]

We have the Audubon Society, Angie. Ever since West Nile virus entered the country, our crow and blue jay population, at least here in the City, has plummeted; used to see them all the time, and very rare now. But peregrines and bald eagles have increased marvelously!

[calismum]

So I did my birdwatch today and guess what joined in?

Cheeky just helping itself
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/P1050657.jpg

Running up the tree
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/squirrel3.jpg
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/squirrel2.jpg

Safe up here
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/squirrel4.jpg

[dandysmom]

OMG!!! How I detest those vermin.......

[angieh]

Well done for doing your birdwatch CM - did you record anything out of the usual apart from the s******* that is?

[calismum]

Not unusual for here, no. We had snow overnight and quite a frosty start, although sunny. So, I think there were prob more concentrated over the hourthan I would have expected.

I had the usual tits and finches, Robins, a dunnock, Blackbirds, thrush, magpie, pheasant, magpies, a woodpecker and a buzzard. So quite a lot really.

We had a pair of Kestrals playing chase in the next field but they were never still or near enough to count.

What about your count?

[angieh]

I had the usual great tits, blue tits, long-tailed tits, greenfinch, chaffinch, blackbird, robin, collar doves, woodpigeon, dunnock, magpie, jackdaws and lesser spotted woodpecker. I envy you your thrush - we rarely see them here although I did think we had a mistlethrush before Christmas. Saw a kestrel today, but of course that didn't count!

[Leesy]

Yes we get alot of Great tits,Blue tits,Blackbirds,Doves and Pigeons, just over the past few weeks we have spotted a little family of Longtailed tits which we have never seen in our garden before:D .