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Sue da Nimm27/2/04 4:59
snip We've got three pairs sharing our plot which is about 320ft long by 120ft wide, with a hedge border and a copse beyond. They have clearly defined territories, with one pair regularly coming to the kitchen windowsill for tidbits. The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled white. (Melanistic?) We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than pairs mingling. We have several in different parts of the Nursery and garden - you can see them together but apart, as it were. But the blackbirds! They're as bad or worse than robins. One gets inside a glasshouse and one is outside and they go at each other hammer and tongs against the glass. The other day, I saw two trying to kill each other, I swear and I clapped my hands so that both flew off, overturning a 1l. pot of Euphorbia as they went. Those critters are vicious and we have a lot of them! -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sue da Nimm27/2/04 4:59
snip We've got three pairs sharing our plot which is about 320ft long by 120ft wide, with a hedge border and a copse beyond. They have clearly defined territories, with one pair regularly coming to the kitchen windowsill for tidbits. The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled white. (Melanistic?) We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than pairs mingling. We have several in different parts of the Nursery and garden - you can see them together but apart, as it were. But the blackbirds! They're as bad or worse than robins. One gets inside a glasshouse and one is outside and they go at each other hammer and tongs against the glass. The other day, I saw two trying to kill each other, I swear and I clapped my hands so that both flew off, overturning a 1l. pot of Euphorbia as they went. Those critters are vicious and we have a lot of them! -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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In message , Nick Wagg
writes We've never seen two robins at the same time in our garden. I have on only one occasion, when they were obviously fighting to the death. We have six on the bird table - they don't really get on, but no fights to the death. Well, we had six. I was watching one distinctive one recently: very slim and a bit dimmer than the rest - my favourite really. As I watched, the sparrowhawk took it. Now we have five ( Klara -- damp and cold in Gatwick basin |
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In message , Nick Wagg
writes We've never seen two robins at the same time in our garden. I have on only one occasion, when they were obviously fighting to the death. We have six on the bird table - they don't really get on, but no fights to the death. Well, we had six. I was watching one distinctive one recently: very slim and a bit dimmer than the rest - my favourite really. As I watched, the sparrowhawk took it. Now we have five ( Klara -- damp and cold in Gatwick basin |
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The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled white. (Melanistic?) We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than pairs mingling. Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve |
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The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled white. (Melanistic?) We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than pairs mingling. Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve |
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"shazzbat" wrote in message ... The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is mottled white. (Melanistic?) We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather than pairs mingling. Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes! |
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The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words: Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes! My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary between individuals, so no help there. However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the male, so your guess seems to be correct. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words: Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes! My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary between individuals, so no help there. However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the male, so your guess seems to be correct. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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The message
from "Sue da Nimm" . contains these words: Educate me if you will. How do you tell the sexes apart in robins. I'm assuming both have the red breast. TIA Steve An asssumption based on their behaviour. They nest in an old miniiature milk churn which is embedded in a holly hedge in front of the copse. (It's also just two metres from the compost heaps!) The mottled white Robin tended to do all the "grubbing about" when they were hatching off last year and was seen to feed its partner. So we guessed it was the male. Could easily be wrong in this era of equal opportunity for the sexes! My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary between individuals, so no help there. However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the male, so your guess seems to be correct. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:34:05 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary between individuals, so no help there. However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the male, so your guess seems to be correct. My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:34:05 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: My bird book says the adults are alike, though amounts of red can vary between individuals, so no help there. However, it does say that the female sits on the eggs and is fed by the male, so your guess seems to be correct. My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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martin writes
My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it. Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the same time. Maybe a cock and his harem? Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix! Klara -- damp and cold in Gatwick basin |
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martin writes
My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it. Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the same time. Maybe a cock and his harem? Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix! Klara -- damp and cold in Gatwick basin |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:25:18 +0000, klara King
wrote: martin writes My bird book says that there is another bird that looks a bit like a robin, so that might explain the garden with six robins in it. Well, unless they look *exactly* like a robin ... They've been around and under the bird table all day, though never two on the table at the same time. Maybe a cock and his harem? Must be my delicious fat/ground peanut/seed mix! I think you have more than your fair share and I am jealous :-) -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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