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Arykana

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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #45 on: May 25, 2010, 09:41:01 AM »
how can you see it is a male?  :o thank you anyway
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #46 on: May 25, 2010, 10:26:46 AM »
Quote from: Arykana on May 25, 2010, 09:41:01 AM
how can you see it is a male?  :o thank you anyway
The female is mainly black with some green on it.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #47 on: May 25, 2010, 12:52:54 PM »
years ago when i when i was a child i used to collect and preserve butterflies(not pc know)i would have given anything to have caught or even seen a grizzled skipper,while on my plants walks to two different locations i have noticed them in large numbers both sites being old coal spoil heaps that have been made into nature reserves now its a fantastic success story i will get some pics of them as soon as i can.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #48 on: May 25, 2010, 12:53:13 PM »
thank you!! Now I could  tell to my friend: it is a famele, this is a male  ;D  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #49 on: May 25, 2010, 02:47:54 PM »
Anthony the spider, now dead and thrown away, was less than two cm long.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #50 on: May 25, 2010, 02:50:12 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on May 25, 2010, 02:47:54 PM
Anthony the spider, now dead and thrown away, was less than two cm long.

Sounds about right. Mind you, less than 2 cm covers most British spiders. Shame it died. :-\
« Last Edit: May 25, 2010, 02:55:13 PM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #51 on: May 25, 2010, 04:57:17 PM »
The New York Times has a nice article on tracking long-distance bird migration, here.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #52 on: May 26, 2010, 08:51:35 AM »
Quote from: Stephenb on April 20, 2010, 07:18:25 AM
First Swift observation in Scandinavia, near Stockholm - this is early, I dont normally see my first for a month yet!

http://www.artportalen.se/fennoscandia_birds.asp?speciesid=481&year=2010&month=4

Still haven't seen a swift this year although there are a few spread sightings now in my area, expecting an influx tomorrow with temperature due to reach a dizzy 18C! Icterine and Sedge Warblers are also overdue, also late migrants.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #53 on: May 26, 2010, 09:59:10 AM »
hi, since yesterday my turtles are in their natural home again, after the long cold winter...


here home ist very natural planted, with plants of the natural habitats in greece etc.
itīs a big preserve with very big lime stones at border...
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #54 on: May 26, 2010, 10:02:09 AM »
We call those tortoises Christian.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #55 on: May 26, 2010, 10:44:56 AM »
Wow they're beautiful, Christian, I love the nature reserve you have for them in your garden 8)  How old are they?  Are they male and female?  I have only ever seen one living in a garden - this is like a sanctuary!!!!
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #56 on: May 26, 2010, 11:20:01 AM »
I think these posts should be in May's wildlife thread?

Edit by Maggi: Quite  correct, Anthony....  now moved there!
« Last Edit: May 26, 2010, 02:57:07 PM by Maggi Young »
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #57 on: May 26, 2010, 12:09:49 PM »
robin, four female, three male...
anthony, sorry......
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #58 on: May 26, 2010, 12:51:05 PM »
What species Chris? I have a friend who breeds Tt. hermanni (hermanni and boettgeri), marginata and graeca.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife May2010
« Reply #59 on: May 26, 2010, 02:13:38 PM »
hi anthony,
mine are testudo hermanni boettgeri...a form from ex jugoslawia...i breed every year....
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