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The Joy of Nature - big bird watch and surprising behaviour of a cow!

Marianne72

Here are two things to cheer you! Take part in the Big Garden Bird Watch this weekend. This is a joyous thing to do, knowing you will be part of a much-needed citizen science project by RSPB. The second is amazing behavour of a farmyard cow, using tools. Enjoy!

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  • We enjoyed doing the bird watch today, though as usual you do it, make your count, then an hour later there seems to be twice the amount in the garden! 

    A small Chaffinch flock was the greatest numbers, but only then 1 or 2 of the rest- green finch, blue tit, dunnock, blackbird, robin, coal tit, siskin, house sparrow. 

    Now there are more numbers of the rest and bullfinch too! But my numbers are submitted so no fudging the results. I think the wind was a bit strong earlier and it's improved now as the red squirrel is about now too.

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    I can't recognise enough of the SBB's (small brown birds) we get in the garden, I'm not even sure if we have tree or house sparrows, we do have starlings, collared doves, robbins, blue *** and jackdaws come to the feeders and black birds hang out with the chickens, but thats about it.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It is very hard to get your eye in unless you see several birds together. House sparrows are the most likely, though we do get tree sparrows here too. Tree sparrows have a slightly different body size and shape, but the most telling sign is that house sparrow males have a grey cap (like a stone house), while a tree sparrow male has a brown cap like a tree!

    I'm amazed that I seem to have assimilated a lot of knowledge from the hours I spent looking at my little pocket bird book and a child. Names just seem to come to mind, not always right but it's wonderful when it's right!

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It is very hard to get your eye in unless you see several birds together. House sparrows are the most likely, though we do get tree sparrows here too. Tree sparrows have a slightly different body size and shape, but the most telling sign is that house sparrow males have a grey cap (like a stone house), while a tree sparrow male has a brown cap like a tree!

    I'm amazed that I seem to have assimilated a lot of knowledge from the hours I spent looking at my little pocket bird book and a child. Names just seem to come to mind, not always right but it's wonderful when it's right!

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