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Magpies!
I have a really ambivalent relatonship to them:
They look really beautiful, but when they sing...
I am absoutely fascinated by their intelligence, but it's horrifying how they use it when they go nesting...
And I remember one spring in my childhood when a gang of about ten of them went through my neighbourhood and that year I never heard any bird singing again, because all that survived had fled.
(I know that is just nature, but...)
I have a really ambivalent relatonship to them:
They look really beautiful, but when they sing...
I am absoutely fascinated by their intelligence, but it's horrifying how they use it when they go nesting...
And I remember one spring in my childhood when a gang of about ten of them went through my neighbourhood and that year I never heard any bird singing again, because all that survived had fled.
(I know that is just nature, but...)
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The b****s predated the Longtailed Tits nest in my garden. I don't like them.
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How well I relate. As a child I scaled a poplar tree to the height of the nest (very high), reached in and had fun throwing the eggs. Later on, it was my 22 that was used against them (with limited success). One day I caught a baby and brought it home, suggesting it was going to become my pet. My father would hear non of it and I ended up ... In case you're concerned, I would never have the heart to do such things now.
The sound of a young family is something else! Nice shots!Jack
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This time last year I spent every day watching Longtailed Tits building a nest and then flying in with insects to feed the chicks. Here is the nest, the female inside it, the predated nest, and the arrogant, strutting, Magpie murderer.
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Somehow I have a really bad feeling, to awaken all these bad and also at least ambivalent feelings in you, Alan, Jack and Graham.
As I said a very ambivalent bird.
Sorry for that.
As I said a very ambivalent bird.
Sorry for that.
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So "now for something completely different":
Yet another blue tit series. This time in a chestnut tree and it was singing really lovely (last pic):
Yet another blue tit series. This time in a chestnut tree and it was singing really lovely (last pic):
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Here's some more Winter photos, from where I left off a while ago.
(R5 & RF 100-500L)
Cheers!
(R5 & RF 100-500L)
Cheers!
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