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03-06-2008, 06:34 PM   #51

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


We don't have a garden being in an upper floor flat but we do get a lot of gulls and one cat with a headache when he lunges at the window to catch them and bounces off it.

I've seen an awful lot of starlings this year.



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03-06-2008, 06:36 PM   #52

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


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My OH has just confirmed for me that this is what I have been seeing in our garden today - a siskin!
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos...iskin-3069.jpg
I have those too, also chaffinches, goldfinches, greenfinches, robins, house sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, thrushes, pied wagtails, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, and wrens. Think that's all the regulars.

Oh and Mr Jackdaw and Mr Woodpigeon who make a mess!



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03-06-2008, 09:39 PM   #53

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


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What a handsome bird, Angie! Are they common? He looks a bit like our downey woodpecker, which is small (about sparrow size) and not at all rare. This is a "borrowed" pic of mine also, the little rascal will never stay put long enough for me to take one!



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This is strange Eileen - I didn't get your picture of the downey woodpecker but when using this "quote" I can see the IMG string, but can't access it. Don't know enough tech stuff to figure out why that is!

The Great Spotted Woodpecker is quite widely spread in UK and not a rarity at the moment. The bird book says that it is about the size of a blackbird, but I would say it is a bit bigger than that and more sturdily built!

I'm really looking forward to seeing the young ones!



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03-06-2008, 09:54 PM   #54

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


Strange indeed, Angie; it was there earlier on my screen but has indeed vanished now! The mysteries of cyberspace...I will repost it and hope it stays this time....





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03-06-2008, 10:47 PM   #55

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


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Strange indeed, Angie; it was there earlier on my screen but has indeed vanished now! The mysteries of cyberspace...I will repost it and hope it stays this time....


I cannot see it DM....



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03-06-2008, 10:49 PM   #56

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


Nor me ......



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03-06-2008, 10:57 PM   #57

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How strange..it's right here on my screen ...and I don't know how to fix it. Sorry.
It's just a small little woodpecker that looks a lot like Angie's.

I would do it again, but one of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.......



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03-06-2008, 11:02 PM   #58

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


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Strange indeed, Angie; it was there earlier on my screen but has indeed vanished now! The mysteries of cyberspace...I will repost it and hope it stays this time....

I can't see it either but if I quote this post I get the wee broken image symbol...





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03-06-2008, 11:04 PM   #59

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


[quote=dandysmom;484620]Strange indeed, Angie; it was there earlier on my screen but has indeed vanished now! The mysteries of cyberspace...I will repost it and hope it stays this time....



http://www.bobsteelephoto.com/Images...dowo_D2532.jpg

This is the link if you look at the source, but you can only check it when you are preparing a quote!



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03-06-2008, 11:38 PM   #60

Re: Does anyone have unusual/interesting birds in their garden?


Thanks, Random! I don't really understand what you did, but nice that the little guy can be seen finally ........



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