| Jan 5, 2006 @ 10:59 AM |
Shags and tits! Any one else interested in ‘bird watching’?
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devonguy
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I have put a wild bird feeder up because of the cold weather! I have never seen such a variety of tits, large- small- blue- yellow!
It’s the blue tits that stand out the most on a frosty morning, but the ‘lesser spotted shag’ comes a close second in my opinion. Witch ‘wild bird’ catches your eye?
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 11:03 AM |
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Rinimer2003
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LOL! !The Nuthatch...just enjoy watching them!
Sara
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 11:28 AM |
Shags and tits! Any one else interested in ‘bird watching’?
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kattsmeow
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When I lived in Michigan, I had 5 bird feeders. Plus a squirrel feeder, and a Finch feeder!
I loved watching all the birds.
Cardinals, Blue Jays, and lots of other birds in the winter. Then in the summer, we got the Robins, and the Blue birds back.
I never had any artifial feeders for the Humming Birds though, there was plenty of flowers for them.
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 11:33 AM |
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definitelydi
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I love chickadees. They will actually perch on your hand to eat. One of my favorite things to do on a cold, snowy day is to bring some seed to the park and watch my hand become a human bird feeder!
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 11:36 AM |
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kattsmeow
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Chickeddes, are a very friendly bird. I forgot about them. Sigh, I do miss feeding the birds...and all the other animals I fed then.
Lol, we even had a feeder back in the woods for other wild animals too.
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 2:33 PM |
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Classy_Blonde
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Hi Dev,
Okay, since I know we have some word usage confusion (fag, for instance), what exactly is a 'tit' ?
I have a hawk nesting in a tree by my home. What a wingspan, and I love the way they fly so gracefully.
I think I enjoy my hummingbirds most of all. One got caught in my house one day, and I actually got to hold and pet it. What a thrill.
I live a matter of blocks away from the Big Morongo Preserve. We take pride in the fact, we have over 475 species of birds here.
I have even seen pelicans flying over my home, while enroute to the Salton Sea. Amazing! Especially since I live in the desert.
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 2:43 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Hummingbirds..my favorite 
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 3:02 PM |
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devonguy
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Hey Classy
A Blue ‘tit “Parus caeruleus” is a small bird, its our commonest tit. Widely and abundantly distributed over most of Britain, absent only from bare uplands and outlying islands of the N/W.
Small and colourful, the combination of blue and yellow making it easily identified.
Now what did you think it was?
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| Jan 5, 2006 @ 3:15 PM |
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Classy_Blonde
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Thanks Dev!
From the way you describe them, sounds as though they are quite beautiful.
I thought I knew what you were talking about, but 'tits' here are 'breasts'.
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