With the breeding season getting underway, I think it is a good point to state a policy of mine; I will not mention what I consider to be rare, scarce, or threatened breeding birds - this includes all raptors - unless they are very publicly known and guarded. And even then I probably won't. This is probably futile, as the assorted persecutors [eggers, chick thieves, pigeon fanciers, gamekeepers etc] seem to know very well where to go, but at least it'll make me feel better.
Being the doings and rantings of a Devonian birder of a rather Backward persuasion. May contain wibble. Will contain digressions, tangents, and possibly some stuff about birds. Warning: all opinions voiced within are purely conjectural, all bird identifications are to be assumed erroneous and actually refer to either Mallard [Anas ubiquitus], Common Buzzard [Buteo crowbaiteo], Herring Gull [Larus shiteonyourcarus], Woodpigeon [Columba fatbastardii] or Chaffinch [Fringilla irritatus].
01 March, 2010
Garden Update
Couple of bits of garden news - Blackbird started singing today! Greenfinches started on Friday. Song Thrush, Blue Tits and House Sparrows [well, as much as they can - determined chirping!] still going. Mr. Blackcap seems to be acquiring a taste for sunflower hearts [?] in addition to his beloved fat block. The other two Blackcaps seem to have moved off - perhaps due to the easing of the cold? [I hope it isn't due to the cats that have re-started their marauding with the end of the freeze - curse them!]
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