tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4212186751399438010..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Urban twitchingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80715623970832430342012-08-01T14:54:04.635-07:002012-08-01T14:54:04.635-07:00I really appreciate all your comments, but I am ju...I really appreciate all your comments, but I am just going to let them hang there, uncommented upon by me. I would only spoil it all, especially when I point out the difference between kestrels and peregrines - let alone red kites and chickens.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36262225198521936372012-08-01T11:15:12.883-07:002012-08-01T11:15:12.883-07:00It's called Pecking Order Tom.It's called Pecking Order Tom.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3965413909475978312012-08-01T11:05:57.925-07:002012-08-01T11:05:57.925-07:00In the spring, we had a kestrel (very much like a ...In the spring, we had a kestrel (very much like a peregrine falcon) fly up near the bird feeder and perch on the fence. I noticed how it had grown dead quiet about a minute before he landed, so the chickadees knew something was up and kept stumm.<br /><br />At the dockhouse near where our boat is, there's a plastic owl on the rooftop, designed to scare away pigeons from roosting there. It has kept pigeons away, but the seagulls sit right beside it and take in the view.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29151501153788807322012-08-01T10:23:15.266-07:002012-08-01T10:23:15.266-07:00I'm afraid that I don't know much about th...I'm afraid that I don't know much about the in's and out's of bird behaviour ..... all that I know is , our garden is full of birds from the humble sparrow to woodpeckers and hawks and we seem to spend more on bird food than our own ...... well nearly, apart from wine and Lidl lobsters !Jacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57361868092336925002012-08-01T06:43:14.012-07:002012-08-01T06:43:14.012-07:00That kind of language, is it really neccesary? I ...That kind of language, is it really neccesary? I vote yes.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-77732767430979614842012-08-01T06:25:11.034-07:002012-08-01T06:25:11.034-07:00You tell him, John.You tell him, John.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24735285878755678942012-08-01T06:07:21.810-07:002012-08-01T06:07:21.810-07:00or was that illicit?or was that illicit?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61671238943046265312012-08-01T03:49:51.801-07:002012-08-01T03:49:51.801-07:00You Friend is very wise, and Funny!
m.You Friend is very wise, and Funny!<br />m.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049586061176648341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8425971761761906902012-08-01T02:45:00.300-07:002012-08-01T02:45:00.300-07:00A Gordon Brown of the bird world perhaps?
Just ab...A Gordon Brown of the bird world perhaps?<br /><br />Just about everything gangs up on the Buzzards; their lives must be a constant misery.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63914479390752711212012-08-01T01:53:01.534-07:002012-08-01T01:53:01.534-07:00smaller birds of prey will always ELICIT a reactio...smaller birds of prey will always ELICIT a reaction in any birds wild and domestic believe me, no matter where they are.<br />I've noticed that when the shape of any bird be it a heron,buzzard or sparrow hawk etc is spied, warning calls will ring out from the cockerels and lead hens, but not every "shape" will force a full blown defence reaction...perhaps after the initial "shock" the birds can differentiate between types of threatJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-66305892801802344392012-08-01T01:23:36.798-07:002012-08-01T01:23:36.798-07:00Well I suppoose thát's as good a reason as any...Well I suppoose thát's as good a reason as any!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com