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ian mcdonald

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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #75 on: October 03, 2019, 01:05:28 PM »
Hello Fermi, I can see four.
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #76 on: October 03, 2019, 02:30:08 PM »
Quote from: ian mcdonald on October 03, 2019, 01:05:28 PM
Hello Fermi, I can see four.
Yes and they fill the nest completely
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #77 on: October 03, 2019, 02:52:38 PM »
Usually see ants on the Colchicum flowers, this was a surprise.
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #78 on: October 03, 2019, 08:52:08 PM »
Monarchs, Arnold?
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #79 on: October 04, 2019, 02:48:31 AM »
Ian:

Yes, have seen many this season.

I'm 10 miles from mid-town Manhattan.
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #80 on: October 05, 2019, 09:37:41 PM »
What is this munching my Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’?
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #81 on: October 06, 2019, 07:37:01 AM »
A larva of the Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae).
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #82 on: October 06, 2019, 08:46:48 AM »
Thanks Chris, its a very pretty caterpillar.
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #83 on: October 07, 2019, 11:04:23 AM »
Went to check the nest this afternoon to find it empty!
We suspected fowl play  :o but later found this little chap hiding in the garden nearby.
So was the nest attacked (there are feral cats in the neighbourhood) or is it a tactic of the parents to be able to re-use the nest?
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #84 on: October 07, 2019, 11:35:40 AM »
Fermi, the blackbirds in my garden only use the nest once. When the young are big enough to fly a short distance they leave the nest and scatter to different parts of the garden. They make a noise when they want food and the parents find them. As soon as they are confident flyers they move further away.
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #85 on: October 07, 2019, 01:13:59 PM »
Thanks, Ian - I can now remove the nest!
These nestlings hardly looked like they could fly but the one I found looked healthy enough
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #86 on: October 08, 2019, 12:38:51 PM »
In case forumists think that we only get introduced birds in our garden, here are some pics of red-browed firetail finches (Neochmia temporalis) commonly called "red-bums"  :o
Usually they travel in small flocks but this pair were by themselves eating grass seeds in front of our house (just as well we didn't remove all that Poa annua  ;D )
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #87 on: November 05, 2019, 07:51:58 PM »
Saw a caterpillar during last weeks sunny lunch walk here in Lund
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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #88 on: November 20, 2019, 05:16:15 PM »
Just a wee question . Today whilst out in the garden cleaning up leaves .I kept hearing what I thought  was a bell on a cats collar. It went on for ages till finally I saw what I think was a hawk . Why would this bird have a bell on it in the wild.

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Re: Wildlife in nature and in the garden 2019
« Reply #89 on: November 20, 2019, 05:29:10 PM »
I guess the bird escaped from a falconer.
Another explanation is: Christmastime isn't far away (Jingle bells)   ;)
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