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Author Topic: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature  (Read 1753314 times)

ariadne

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1095 on: July 29, 2011, 12:50:25 PM »
Taylor - for a moment there I thought you had been sitting on them yourself  ::)

How absolutely wonderful. It must have been a real pleasure to see them through this far. Wish I could see them too.

ariadne xx
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CLKD

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1096 on: July 29, 2011, 03:32:47 PM »
We've at least 14 dragonfly nymph carcases and another flew today  :-*
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Taz2

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1097 on: July 29, 2011, 03:58:20 PM »
i think you mean "cases" CLKD  ;D
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CLKD

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1098 on: July 29, 2011, 06:05:47 PM »
 ::) yep, probably do!
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Taz2

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1099 on: July 29, 2011, 06:18:21 PM »
I had visions of poor dragonfly nymphs rotting corpses!

Taz x
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CLKD

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1100 on: August 01, 2011, 10:21:59 AM »
Ladybirds!  Everywhere!  plus hoverflies and wasps [got stung yesterday  >:( ]
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silverlady

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1101 on: August 02, 2011, 08:23:30 AM »
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Taz2

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1102 on: August 02, 2011, 08:59:34 AM »
Sorry Silverlady - I fail to see anything cute in this at all.  :-\

Taz x
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silverlady

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1103 on: August 02, 2011, 09:21:05 AM »
I was going to modify my post and say " but sad as well" but the posty knocked on the door with a package and I forgot. ::)

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Taz2

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1104 on: August 02, 2011, 10:44:03 AM »
Phew! That's ok then!

My goldfinches have brought what I think must be the last lot of babies. Such a noise they make and all the cats come running and peer into the plum tree to try to see where the fluttering is coming from. The bullfinches are there today and I am always relieved to see male and female as I hate to think of one of them losing the other one. I haven't seen the sparrowhawk for a few weeks now which, although I hate it when she takes one of "my" birds, is rather strange and worrying.

Taz x
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CLKD

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1105 on: August 02, 2011, 11:48:45 AM »
Another dragonfly this morning and a comma caterpillar  :-*
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ariadne

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1106 on: August 02, 2011, 12:21:48 PM »
For the first time ever we had a pair of bullfinches in our garden last night. I heard unfamiliar birds tweeting, went to investigate and saw a pair of bullfinches pecking berries from my honeysuckle. They were finding it difficult as it involved dangling dangerously from the stems so after they flew off I went out and put some of the berries in a nearby feeding dish.

They didn't come back though :(

ariadne xx
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Taz2

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1107 on: August 02, 2011, 12:55:30 PM »
They may still be around Ariadne but, also, now the breeding season is finishing they may have been passing through. They mate for life and spend all of their time together. They adore sunflower hearts and mine were feeding on the spilt ones yesterday.

You have had a lot of dragonflies this years CLKD.

Taz x
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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1108 on: August 02, 2011, 02:59:13 PM »
The ponds are 20+ years old but it's our first Dragonfly year, we're onto No 13 so far  :-*
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Christine662

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Re: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature
« Reply #1109 on: August 02, 2011, 05:34:37 PM »
we have been getting dragonflies in the garden this year. There is water maybe half a mile away, bit odd that they are this far away or not?

Stumpy xx
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