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Isn’t that just all of your jokes?An unfunny joke on my part. Glad you got your answer though
Can anyone tell me what bird this is, please?
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Some people in China and likely other places use them to fish btw.
Seems cruel how they are basically captive animals forced to fish, and then not able to actually eat them because the guy ties their throat.
I watched it ages ago, I think he steals the eggs from a cormorant nest, then gets some other bird to hatch them.
so they aren't "wild animals" just helping someone, literally kidnapped and brought into a life of slavery
Seems cruel how they are basically captive animals forced to fish, and then not able to actually eat them because the guy ties their throat.
I watched it ages ago, I think he steals the eggs from a cormorant nest, then gets some other bird to hatch them.
so they aren't "wild animals" just helping someone, literally kidnapped and brought into a life of slavery
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I'm afraid you're all incorrect, it's an easy mistake to make as they're both very similar.
This is in fact a Queen Wasp
This is in fact a Queen Wasp
Caporegime
Canada goose
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as OP has had the answer.... bizarrely i was talking about birdwatching with the inlaws at the weekend and i learned a couple of things.
1) apparently the term "twitcher" is out of bounds nowadays and considered offensive.... They were not bothered but apparently its "birder" these days
2) these apps are useful
for birdsong
Merlin
merlin.allaboutbirds.org
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1) apparently the term "twitcher" is out of bounds nowadays and considered offensive.... They were not bothered but apparently its "birder" these days
2) these apps are useful
for birdsong
Merlin
Merlin Bird ID - Home
Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
merlin.allaboutbirds.org
for images
so can I record /playback the dawn chorus and it will id multiple birds ... that would be cool.
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'Shags breed on the coast, cliffs and boulder strewn slopes, otherwise spends its life at sea. Rare inland, mostly occuring as 'wrecked' immatures after winter gales.' - RSPB Pocket Guide to British Birds which I keep in my desk drawer.
A Comorant then.
A Comorant then.
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yep.... tried it in my inlaws garden.... IDed blackbird and pigeon so not so exciting.
our garden had a bluetit and something else a little more interesting (which i have already forgotten)
loads of them were in my local park one year for some rare bird.
Google crap at finding old articles so I can't find out what bird it was, I remember the news claiming people were coming here from hundreds of miles away at the time.
We have quite a few.
I feed the birds a lot.
Fat balls. Peanuts. Sunflower hearts. And old fruit.
Favourite at the moment is a regular greater spotted woodpecker
Also.
Goldfinch
Starling
Black bird
House sparrow
Robin
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal tit
Wood pigeon
Ferral rock dove
On rare occasion get
Song thrush
Bull finch
Greenfinch
Haven't seen greenfinch for ages. So sad. They are my favourite.
Soldato
I assume I'm in the bush there...
There were a few images but this was the best "reaction" within the image as well so, even though I know you're not female, it worked best
There were a few images but this was the best "reaction" within the image as well so, even though I know you're not female, it worked best
Oh you can't see me in the pic!
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Same here. No visitors for a while now.
I'm aware they have a disease, I do wash my feeders frequently. But I believe it has caused huge damage to numbers
Red status now too.
They were common when I was in my teens. That's only 25 years.
The woodpecker is back right now. It's always the hen. Never seen a male at all here.
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Thanks for posting that- I will try it out tonight, if it stops raining.
Edit: tried it out in the rain. It picked up a wren, goldfinch, greenfinch, Robin, blackbird, a gull. I've seen all those recently, so seems pretty good!
as OP has had the answer.... bizarrely i was talking about birdwatching with the inlaws at the weekend and i learned a couple of things.
1) apparently the term "twitcher" is out of bounds nowadays and considered offensive.... They were not bothered but apparently its "birder" these days
2) these apps are useful
for birdsong
Merlin
Merlin Bird ID - Home
Bird ID Wizard—Step-by-step Answer three simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will give you a list of possible matches. Merlin offers quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to help you learn about the birds in any country i
for images
Thanks for posting that- I will try it out tonight, if it stops raining.
Edit: tried it out in the rain. It picked up a wren, goldfinch, greenfinch, Robin, blackbird, a gull. I've seen all those recently, so seems pretty good!
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Ferral rock dove. Thank you @413x
We've had one in the garden recently along with a less colourful female. Dramatically different to Statler and Waldorf, our two resident pigeons.
We wondered if it was a lost racing pigeon as it's so handsome. If you could call a pigeon handsome!
We've had one in the garden recently along with a less colourful female. Dramatically different to Statler and Waldorf, our two resident pigeons.
We wondered if it was a lost racing pigeon as it's so handsome. If you could call a pigeon handsome!