On 9/11/05 17:59, in article , "Malcolm"
wrote:


In article , Sacha
writes
On 8/11/05 22:26, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote:


I am told that there is a albino buzzard around here, must go and look
for it, will make a change from Jackdaws :-)

kate

Forest of Dean. Glos.

Sorry folks this should have gone to birdwatching although I think that
many gardeners are birdwatchers too :-)

An inevitable and delightful corollary, IME. Over the six or seven years
I've known this place, I've seen some considerable changes in bird life and
one of them was some huge screeching noise in the wee small hours about four
nights ago. Ray didn't hear it but it frightened the hell out of me! I
imagine a barn owl? We get Little Owls here but this is a new event and
makes us wonder if it will drive the Little Owls away. Certainly, their
visits are few and far between now and that really does upset me because
that lovely, daft, hoo hoo thing of theirs in the middle of the afternoon is
truly beguiling.

I don't think there is much evidence for competition between the two.
There isn't for food, though there just might be for nest sites. Putting
up some boxes would solve that, anyway.

Thanks, I'll do that. We're not at all sure where the Little Owls nest but
we have a lot of trees in our garden and bordering the lanes and fields
around us, so it could be anywhere around here. A plantation about a mile
away is thought to be the home of the Barn Owls.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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