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  1. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Perhaps because we're in the runup to the Nativity season, with all these mangers, there's an abundance of straws to be clutched...?;) MJB
  2. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    But who would notice one more in the Emmental?:-O MJB
  3. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I've followed the work of André Dhondt for over 20 years, from the time he moved from Belgium. He's one of the heavyweights in his field, but perhaps we stand to be re-educated by a certain contributor to this thread...:eek!: MJB
  4. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I may be reading too much into your brief post, but do you know if your fruitarian has also taken into account the masses of existing research evidence? I always like to know the basis f any expressed belief... For example, an enormous amount of research has been done in, for example, the USA...
  5. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Until the scandal of the banks manipulating interest rates broke, I might have suggested no chance in England, given the cascade of recent political decisions, but now, it might be a race between Westminster and Alex Salmond to be seen as the more reformist! MJB PS Aye, right...:-O
  6. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Bluechaffinch, Re "having their character slandered by strangers online", slander is slander only if it's untrue, but since slander is a malicious verbal statement that being false or malicious, harms a person's reputation, what you probably meant was "libelled by strangers online". Libel...
  7. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Thanks Alf, for the added info. MJB PS You don't 'alf type quickly!
  8. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Things may have changed since the 1990s, but my understanding is that the productivity of core populations was pretty much always enough to ensure that the surplus was 'exported' so that the fringe populations' lower productivity was supplemented. For as long as there were functioning livestock...
  9. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I take it, CB, that you consider yourself more in the Bismarckian camp than in that of the papacy, re kulturkampf (as adjusted for the present day)? I would be genuinely interested to know (despite any previous caustic views I may have expressed in this thread) if you regard the context in which...
  10. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    John, At least Sheldon has friends, and they can call his Mom to sort him out when they run out of options.... MJB
  11. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Jane, So the 'U' in your middle name stands for 'Upgrade'? Your parents were far-seeing!:t: MJB
  12. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I so agree, Fugl. So much haughty expression of superiority, so much condescension, and he's still so bad at it! As for 'picking your judgements out of your ass', quite apart for being a limp bid for American readership, it might have instead been a decent classical reference to 'The tale of...
  13. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Alf, If only you had entered the debate X hundred posts ago! MJB PS Goshawk is a key predator also of other smaller raptors in mainland Europe.
  14. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Away from core populations (self-sustaining/exporting surplus birds), in the countryside Starling numbers seem linked to cattle density. Perhaps some of our Fennoscandian members can remember the studies (Suomen Lintuatlas?)that showed that the reduction in smallholdings running cattle was...
  15. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    As you might see almost from the beginning of this thread, many, many people have said just that to CB. MJB
  16. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Fugl, I wasn't quite right in an earlier post - it's more like Sheldon Lee Cooper, but without the vulnerability... Also, I have tried to keep interested in J o'Halloran's input, for he always includes useful nuggets, but he comes across as an obsessive pessimist who has the gloom-laden...
  17. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Glad that's sorted, theno:D. MJB PS I'll leave it to Bird Forum members to decide whether irony is present/was intended/is undetectable...|:x| PPS Do have a good festive season, everyone (yes, everyone!)
  18. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Could it be the Sheldon Lee Cooper of ornithology? MJB
  19. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Just a slight persuasive amendment to 'dense hedges', Jane: 'dense hedges with an "A" cross-section'. Everywhere I've done census or atlas work, hedges with that cross-section (narrow at the top, broad at the bottom, fewer gaps, more room for invertebrates, small mammals and reptiles), they tend...
  20. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    Are there any figures for domestic/feral cat density over the same period? MJB
  21. MJB

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I think the fundamental difference between House Sparrow and Robin behaviour is that the sparrows flock, and so nervousness by one individual obtains a flock reaction, thus making them difficult to approach. Robins, being soiltary for most of the year, make up their own minds, and so are known...
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