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A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just
now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers |
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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message
reenews.net... A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wil...ardenBirds.htm may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest. Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by making sure that predators do not cause harm. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wil...ardenBirds.htm may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest. Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by making sure that predators do not cause harm. the letterbox is on a garden gate that gets opened and closed al the time, and now and again we lift the lid and say hello, it seems perfectly happy about all this :-) |
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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... This http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/Wil...ardenBirds.htm may help with identification. Definitely do not feed it in the manner you describe or disturb it in any way otherwise it will vacate the nest. Just keep your distance. It will find plenty of food. You can help by making sure that predators do not cause harm. the letterbox is on a garden gate that gets opened and closed al the time, and now and again we lift the lid and say hello, it seems perfectly happy about all this :-) It might be an idea to tell the postie not to deliver anything like the Argos catalogue. : -( And if you really want to help with the feeding, a tray with a few mealworms on it might be appreciated. Steve |
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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers Sounds like a Coal Tit http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ltit/index.asp |
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In reply to louisxiv ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : "Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers Sounds like a Coal Tit http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ltit/index.asp Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There are loads of them about this year, where I am. |
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to louisxiv ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : "Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers Sounds like a Coal Tit http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ltit/index.asp Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There are loads of them about this year, where I am. Could be. Their backs are green though. |
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In reply to louisxiv ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : "Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to louisxiv ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : "Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers Sounds like a Coal Tit http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ltit/index.asp Coal tits don't have the yellow flash. I bet it's a great tit. There are loads of them about this year, where I am. Could be. Their backs are green though. True, but you don't see the back when you're loking at the yellow front :-) |
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on 26/06/2007, Oxymel of Squill supposed :
A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something similar on TV the other day. -- Count Baldoni BALDONI REX ROMANORUM |
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Oxymel of Squill has brought this to us :
A bird of some sort is squatting in my spare letterbox, wih 10 eggs, just now hatching. I can't tell two birds apart except this isn't a pigeon so it's not for the chop. It is small, black and grey with a yellow splash on its chest. I was wondering if the best thing to do is leave it alone to get on with it or to show a spot of hospitality by posting a worm or two through the letterbox. Anyone have any ideas what it might be / to feed or not? cheers 10 eggs is a lot. It will get noisy if all them hatch ! -- Count Baldoni BALDONI REX ROMANORUM |
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV
wrote: I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go short then that is nature. But we are part of nature too! Maybe some species are adapting to take advantage of our generosity. Steve -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV wrote: I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something similar on TV the other day. It made him short too? -- An an irritating little fcuk to boot. |
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"Martin" wrote after, "louisxiv" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... BaldoniXXV I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something similar on TV the other day. It made him short too? -- An an irritating little fcuk to boot. Especially when an expert was employed by the BBC to teach him to play the guitar. It was only then that I realised just how much I loathed him and why. Regarding "Springwatch" I can't understand why we need to see the presenters on these programmes when there is so much wildlife about, a talk over would suffice, as practiced by David Attenborough mostly. It's like the Glastonbury broadcasts, where the rather annoying and irrelevant presenters were on screen more time that the musicians, damn stupid and not what this viewer wants at all. BTW Anyone else think Lily Allen was the star of the show? http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/ -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:10:57 +0200, Martin wrote
and included this (or some of this): On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:00:27 +0100, "louisxiv" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:25:31 +0100, BaldoniXXV wrote: I wouldn't feed it as they take care of themselves. If it should go short then that is nature. I saw Bill Oddie talking about something similar on TV the other day. It made him short too? -- An an irritating little fcuk to boot. Especially when an expert was employed by the BBC to teach him to play the guitar. It was only then that I realised just how much I loathed him and why. He has the most irritating voice and manner on Tv. I could kick the living SHoneT out of the little useless **** at short notice. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ |
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