"I thought you might like this video.
It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."
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Nurse Ratched
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Can confirm the local raven pair have made it through the summer and are playing house again. Most satisfactory.
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Apparently it's a Red Whiskered Bulbul (or pingu according to the locals). I'd never heard of it before.
Nurse looks spot on identifying the yellow chap. Ta!
Nurse looks spot on identifying the yellow chap. Ta!
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We get that bird around here a lot. It routinely sticks its arse up in the air, flashing the red bit in that area.
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Recently back from Mauritus (yeah I know). Anyway. loads of these fellas about. The mohican bird is apparently a red-whiskered bulbul, but the locals all call it a pingu!
No idea what the yellow one is. Lots of small doves too and inevitably many sparrows!
No idea what the yellow one is. Lots of small doves too and inevitably many sparrows!
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Nurse Ratched" wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 20:34 Hi, IoC.
My son recently returned from Canada (work stuff). He absolutely loved the place; raved about it. Helicopter ride over Niagara falls and all that caper. I have a video of him scampering after a porcupine, trying to get it to look at the camera for me.
Was he at Suffield?
A friend of mine went there and loved it.
A friend of mine went there and loved it.
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Nurse Ratched" wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 20:34 Hi, IoC.
My son recently returned from Canada (work stuff). He absolutely loved the place; raved about it. Helicopter ride over Niagara falls and all that caper. I have a video of him scampering after a porcupine, trying to get it to look at the camera for me.
Porcupines are fun until you have to try and get their quills out of your dog's nose.
Glad he enjoyed himself.
Glad he enjoyed himself.
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Hi, IoC.
My son recently returned from Canada (work stuff). He absolutely loved the place; raved about it. Helicopter ride over Niagara falls and all that caper. I have a video of him scampering after a porcupine, trying to get it to look at the camera for me.
My son recently returned from Canada (work stuff). He absolutely loved the place; raved about it. Helicopter ride over Niagara falls and all that caper. I have a video of him scampering after a porcupine, trying to get it to look at the camera for me.
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Not sure I have peeked in here since we moved to our new-ish place.
As far a birds go, pretty regular variety of crows, robins, starlings but I did see a bluejay for the first time just before our first frosts middle of last month.
Our biggest visitors to the front are deer - muleys mostly. No surprising I guess since the coulees are only a few blocks away but still not something I saw in other urban areas I have lived. Even more than when I grew up on an acreage. And hunting season is upon us.
The visitor I am little worried about is a racoon (family?). They have the habit of making a real mess of stuff.
As far a birds go, pretty regular variety of crows, robins, starlings but I did see a bluejay for the first time just before our first frosts middle of last month.
Our biggest visitors to the front are deer - muleys mostly. No surprising I guess since the coulees are only a few blocks away but still not something I saw in other urban areas I have lived. Even more than when I grew up on an acreage. And hunting season is upon us.
The visitor I am little worried about is a racoon (family?). They have the habit of making a real mess of stuff.
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Nothing about pigeons but I think the bratchet found a hedgehog trying to hibernate in the leaves set aside in a corner of the garden. She made a fuss (the dog, not the hedgehog) and was told off so is now having a sulk on the sofa.
Animals, both cats and dogs, are very good at emotional blackmail - you’d have thought they’d be pure and natural in their relations.
Animals, both cats and dogs, are very good at emotional blackmail - you’d have thought they’d be pure and natural in their relations.
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Oh no! For some reason I don't get feral pigeons, only woodies and collared doves.
Regarding cats, a neighbour's cat chased one of my squirrels today. I love cats, but don't want them bothering my garden wildlife. I was thinking of buying a high pressure water pistol type thing. Don't want to hurt them, just don't want them in my garden. I have three squirrels that come into my house to be fed. One is called Ducky (she sits on my fence and 'quacks') and she's very friendly, taking monkey nuts from my hand and hanging around, being curious. There is another squirrel who is a little more timid, but still hand-feeds (no name yet). Then there's a boy called Bog Brush who will not hand feed, but comes in for food. He is in a war for dominance with the other two. He's called Bog Brush because the fur at the base on his tail is flattened, giving the impression of a handle before the fluffy fur splays out.
Regarding cats, a neighbour's cat chased one of my squirrels today. I love cats, but don't want them bothering my garden wildlife. I was thinking of buying a high pressure water pistol type thing. Don't want to hurt them, just don't want them in my garden. I have three squirrels that come into my house to be fed. One is called Ducky (she sits on my fence and 'quacks') and she's very friendly, taking monkey nuts from my hand and hanging around, being curious. There is another squirrel who is a little more timid, but still hand-feeds (no name yet). Then there's a boy called Bog Brush who will not hand feed, but comes in for food. He is in a war for dominance with the other two. He's called Bog Brush because the fur at the base on his tail is flattened, giving the impression of a handle before the fluffy fur splays out.
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Don't mind the wood pigeons, it's the feral pigeons which are the problem. Used to just get two or three of them in my garden, including one pure white one. Unfortunately they told all their mates and I had a flock of about 100 of them stripping the feeders every day and crapping all over the place. Bought a load of caged feeders which seemed to sort the problem out and back to two or three of them. Actually get 4 species of pigeon in the garden, wood, feral, collared doves and a pair of stock doves. Unfortunately the neighbours bastard cat killed one of the stock doves instead of thinning out the feral pigeons for me.
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