On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 at 10:54:50 K wrote:


"Joe" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 at 18:04:02 Chalfont wrote:
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: "eddy" wrote in message
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: whats a good mounting height on a tree ?
: is there a recomended height ?
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: just as a matter of interest how come i never see any baby wood
: pigeons ,they are always fully grown . ??
: curious........
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: i have put up one nest box and a pair of sparrows have appeared .
: first time for ages i have seen any sparrows.
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: Sparrows are still very scarce in our part of SW London. We have not
: seen Ring Necked Doves since last year. A pair of chaffinches have
: recently taken to visit us, feeding on the lawn beneath the sunflower
: feeders, but despite offering nyger, we have never ever seen a goldfinch
: in these parts.
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: Joe
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I'm in the Twickenham area and we have sparrows and plenty of collared
doves. We have 6 feeders in our small garden and this year we have about 9
goldfinches eating the mixed seed and even the peanuts. We don't have
nyger. We regularly get about 15-16 different species of bird each week.

I don't know if anybody has answered the query about the baby wood pigeons
as I've only just come into this thread but you probably don't notice them
because they are they don't leave the nest until they are fully grown but
you can tell they are young as they do not have the white 'flash' at the
side of the neck that the adult birds have.. The young collared doves are
also the same size as the adults but do not have the collar.

K
Are you close to a park, large gardens, or wooded area? I'm in 'Old'
Malden; while we see lots of Greenfinches we are short of all other
finches and sparrows.
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