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    Attacks on birds of prey

    Keep up the pressure with this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201443
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    Raptor 'alliance' founders

    Keepup the pressure with this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201443
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    Another Petition to Ban Driven Grouse Shooting

    Another petition just started that is closer to home for many birders. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201682 The raising of pheasants for shooting probably accounts for huge numbers of Sparrowhawks, Buzzards and Kestrels annually, but these species are less iconic than Hen Harriers and...
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    Comment by 'John Morgan' in media 'What is this?'

    It appears to be a crow that's been "hen-pecked" i.e bullied and pecked at by the rest of the group
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    What species are attracted to tapes

    I'm not sure if we should talk about specifics on this public forum. There are sound lures being traded commercially for so-called hunters in the ME, and videos are on line of huge numbers of passerines being trapped with mist nets in conjunction with powerful sound systems, which can almost...
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    Hello. I just joined. What type of bird is this?

    I agree that there is little chance it's a Tri-colored. But are these B'bird species ever in captivity? Strange a single specimen from a highly gregarious, cattail-inhabiting species appears in a yard. The quality of the photos is just not sufficient and we'll have to rely on Gary to try to...
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    Hello. I just joined. What type of bird is this?

    The I/D hinges on the colour of that pale stripe on the wing. Was it yellowish, in fact, even though it seemed white?
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    Hello. I just joined. What type of bird is this?

    Closest is Tri-colored Blackbird, but if you are east of the Rockies that would be a vagrant, I think.
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    Possibly wrong forum, but here goes! Cuckoo at Lostock Hall

    You need to post in: http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=176
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    Old film canisters used in ringing small birds

    I don't know if you remember, Mike, but when you visited me in the Languedoc I was using conical, corrugated-paper funnels standing upright in the canisters, and these will take a range of bird sizes. I've since made conical inserts from plasticised wrapping paper that can be changed frequently...
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    Goldfinch babies hand feed

    Most people in BirdForum will be bird watchers rather than rehabbers or cage-bird fanciers. Your question will probably be better answered by doing a Google search on the internet. I can tell you that BWP lists insects as well as seeds in the food brought to young Goldfinch, so you could try...
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    Ringed Great Tit France

    Maybe your Lithuanian Tits are among the wintering and passage birds that I catch at my feeders in the Montagne Noire near Carcassonne. So far, just the one Blue Tit from Col du Bretolet as I mentioned, but after your Swiss recovery/control ... I found my wintering Tits quite difficult to age...
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    Blue tits near sparrows

    Many sparrow species are social birds, so they will probably not mind even if the tits take up residence. But the other way round may not be the case. You're breaking new ground here ;) Have you got a place for a third box, a little bit farther away from the sparrows? That might get occupied...
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    A problem with Ecotone nets??

    My experience with several Ecotone nets I've used for an extended period (8 years) might interest others. I originally posted it to a Facebook group, but realised it could strike a chord with some ringers here. I'm hoping to find if others have had the same experience. After about three to...
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    Malta and hunting policy

    What's the problem. It will have to end fairly soon, probably just a few years from now. After all, nobody hunts Passenger Pigeons any more, now do they? </sarc>
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