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... and scotch was used as an anaesthetic.
Quote from: ranunculus on October 28, 2008, 11:57:05 AM ... and scotch was used as an anaesthetic.Oops, Sorry ... whiskey!
Michael starlings are more than capable of hanging on nut feeders as are robins, chaffinches, jackdaws. For those out of the UK and Ireland I'll add botanical names later. I know it's not a botanical name I mean but what is the word?
Actually, the brown birds are juveniles. Adult Starlings look the same. Male Blackbirds are black and the females are brown.The Nuthatch was first recorded as breeding in the Borders of Scotland in 1989. From there they have colonised the South of Scotland and moved into Ayrshire in about 2000. Birds have been seen as far as Argyll and Perthshire. The increase in populations in England, probably due to bird feeders and mild winters, has meant a Northwards expansion. The parent birds will not tolerate the juvenile birds in their territory and chase them out. Any parent of teenage children can sympathise with this action!!The Nutcracker has only turned up in Scotland 3 times. The last time was in 1968 when there was an irruption westwards from the continent. England has had about 400 records. This would indicate that the birds do not like a long sea crossing and probably arrive over the channel