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    Spring is in the air

    Cheers Andrew, I'll bear that in mind....fishing shops sound cheaper than my bird food suppliers though I'll have to double check that. Teresa
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    my offshore garden

    Hi David, Bet the birds are glad to have you there so they can stop and rest, and what a lovely rest place they find. Teresa
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    new bird

    It was watching 'Dennis the Mennace' in his tree house that got me started on the tree house interest front, I wonder if that is what started the trend....no doubt they will be just as popular this year as last, and the birds will no doubt be confused....'is it for us, they'll twitter?'
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    new bird

    Last year I priced up a bunch of tree houses as they were all the vogue and I thought the kids would love them but my jaw hit the floor when I spotted the price tags. They are lovely but really you need to be very rich. I bet our local birds would have loved perching on the tree house and...
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    Spring is in the air

    Lovely picture LuBird, thanks for the information on the worms, I'll give it a try. Leo the Frog is very lovely. It is easy to spend a fortune on these creatures who give us all so much pleasure....but they're worth it, the garden wouldn't be the same without them!
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    new bird

    Hello seb_seb, we live near lots of farms but the decline in tree sparrows, house sparrows and starlings has been quite dramatic round our way, I think it is lack of food (caused by new farming practices)and the fact that most of the hedges have been removed in favour of wooden fences. I intend...
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    my offshore garden

    Lovely photos Dave, and those plants are brilliant, someone's been busy..... Are you travelling anywhere or just working in the north sea? Lets hope the crossbill made it across the sea fine, lovely bird.
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    Spring is in the air

    Oh, Beverly Baynes, hummidity is awful, we had some of that last time I was expecting, it was in the last few months too (2 yrs ago ish), and I had to keep inside the house and have many cool showers, didn't notice the wildlife being bothered, except our terrier who was panting and such, I got...
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    Spring is in the air

    Wow, I didn't realize it got that cold in Canada, I have heard it is a dry cold not damp like here. I grew up in cozy Vancouver, B.C., Canada from age 4yrs to 26 yrs then came back to England 13 yrs ago,(fell in love with a Brit who was backpacking around Canada) I never got past Edmonton, but...
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    Spring is in the air

    Awww Beverlybaynes as much as I like Spring, I would love a bit more snow so my kids could make snowmen, and snow angels, go toboganing etc mind, the poor birds wouldn't like it....I bet your neighbourhood birds are very hungry at the moment, mine are dining on bugs, slugs and such, as well as...
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    Is it Spring yet?

    Birds nestbuilding, lots of happy songs from the robins, sparrows and starlings and I'm sure I heard a flock of Canadian Geese overhead yesterday. Today felt like the warmest so far this year. Buds on the Lilac tree too, spring is here.....
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    Spring is in the air

    We had the mildest day yet for 2003 in the garden today. The birds were busy eating bugs am and only came for some food in the afternoon. Lots of nest preparations going on, neighbourhood cats are loosing their winter fur everywhere which is a welcome thing for the birds. (At least they have...
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    Mockingbird on apple feeder

    I impale an apple a day on a previously pruned branch of a dwarf cherry blossom tree, that is just right, there are plenty of other branches for the birds to sit on while they eat it. This is my second year feeding the birds and last year they wouldn't touch apple but now they devour it, they...
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    Pecking order.....

    Mike Pearson Cheers for the explaination , I will remember this one if the moggies overstep their mark, there is one particular cat who will probably get that treatment, a female cat who lives next door but one and thinks everyone's garden is her territory, I constantly shoo her away, so far...
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    Have you tried these are they good...

    Thank you everyone for the recommendations and offers. Hubby had a Valantines Day surprise for me this evening, chocolates, and the RSPB Handbook of British Birds. Iit is exactly what I was after.
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    Have you tried these are they good...

    I am seriously thinking of purchasing a book called 'RSPB Handbook of British Birds' as my house guide for looking up things like nesting details and breeding times of the year and moderately indepth information on common birds, I am new at birding and want a house reference, I feed the birds in...
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    Spring is in the air

    We had minus 5 last night and the ground and trees are very frosty but the courting and preparations for spring are still in full swing in my garden. I saw a couple of sparrows pulling with their beaks at some pampus grass in my neighbours garden this morning. I am looking around the house for...
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    Spring is in the air

    Had a brilliant day on the bird front today, saw a Grey wagtail, it is the same small bird I had spotted before but couldn't identify, it moved too quickly last time. They are supposed to like water and there is a pond nearby so there may be more :-) Bins working better today, I cleaned...
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    Spring is in the air

    Looking at the birds in my garden today I could see lots of playful stuff going on, I'm no expert but it looked like courting behaviour to me. Lots of birds pairing off too. :D It smelled spring fresh today too and I figure it won't be long until the chicks arive, our friendly robin has found...
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    Pecking order.....

    Hello jayhunter, I have heard that Tiger's Poo is very effective too, who sells it? Can you actually get it from Chester Zoo? They could sell it to subsidize the place, or do they already. Hey TOny love the chocolate chickens idea, not only would the eggs be great but I would get my middle...
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    ID Help please.

    Hello Johnny1 I'm new at all this but I think you can rule out the blackbird as the beak of those is a yellow and this is more of a grey. I think the red on the tarsus (leg) is blood and internal organs, poor thing looks in a sorry state, but I guess it made a nice snack for the sparrowhawk...
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    Feeder Woes

    I agree too to be patient in adddition to trying more variety of foods, last year was my first year feeding the birds and it was only when spring hit and the stressed parents needed lots of food for their babies and themselves that they started to take notice of my offerings more, it was very...
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    peanuts or sunflowers seeds

    Sunflower seeds are the prefered meal in our garden but they also like oatmeal mixed with seed and melted fat, they eat 3 large plates on a mild day and 4+ when we get a cold snap, they prefer it warm. We started off only getting starlings but now have doves, sparrows, coal tis (I think, must...
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    Mystery Parrot/Parakeet

    Glad to read that it should be hardy and used to the cold, I'm sure instinct would come into play if he got into bother with another bird, but cats would be another story. I didn't know about the weather/temperatures in N.Z., that goes in his favour. Do you realize if this bird survived in the...
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    Mystery Parrot/Parakeet

    link on info for the Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae :- http://www.nzbirds.com/Kakariki.html
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