On 4/6/04 22:06, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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I don't know what you mean by summer quarters but yes, the blue tits
are
still here and the Little Owls are back, while the rooks are taking
their
annual holiday.

I think the blue, great and coal tits disperse into the woods in the
vicinity during the summer season.. They really only overwinter in
and around our garden. The sparrows, chaffinches, goldfinches and
greenfinches are here the year round.
{That is, if we continue feeding them. Pure cupboard love. {:-((

Sensible creatures! We seem to have blue tits all year round. BUT the
great tits we had earlier do seem to have off somewhere. I'd love to know
why all these birds follow these patterns - the summer holiday of the rooks
and Little Owls fascinate us. The owls go first and then come back about
now and start that slightly wussy 'wooooo' thing at about 3pm and again as
it starts to get light. It's almost as if the rooks go 'on holiday' and say
to the Little Owls, "Okay, we've been waking them up at 4-5ish every
morning, now it's your turn". Strange but true! AND, we have seen Little
Owl babies up in the Cedar tree (don't know about nests) using it as a perch
while yelling to and fro with Mum and that tree is the hub of our rookery.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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