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Wildlife January 2012
« on: January 02, 2012, 05:41:00 PM »
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 05:56:34 PM »
Send them to the north of Sweden. They like fermented herring.
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 08:30:00 PM »
Too many even for the delightful Holly. ???

I never noticed the Google Translate bar before. Very handy. :)
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 09:39:01 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 02, 2012, 08:30:00 PM
I never noticed the Google Translate bar before. Very handy. :)

I've still to find said toolbar. Where's it hiding???
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 09:45:59 PM »
I couldn't find it either. :-\
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2012, 02:39:28 AM »
I went to the link with Trond's amazing picture of stranded herrings to see WHY they were stranded and of course the article was in Norwegian, but there was some information about how to get a translation through the Google link - I think - and a button to push so I pushed it (on the top right of the page) and lo and behold, the article came up in English. :D
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2012, 05:56:54 PM »
Worked for me too ,Leslie.
Well it did yesterday but did not come up today.  I tried clicking on More>> on the Google tool bar and found you can get 'translate' there.  
« Last Edit: January 03, 2012, 07:18:00 PM by Roma »
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2012, 08:21:05 PM »
Tomorrow evening I'm giving a talk on birds. Does anyone have a book that give the literal translation of the latin name for these birds?

Bullfinch
Redpoll
Collared Dove
Stock dove
Jackdaw
Magpie
Robin
Long-tailed tit
Blackcap
Sedge warbler
Brambling
Siskin
Fieldfare
Redwing
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2012, 08:31:31 PM »
You've cut the time a bit short Mark!
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2012, 09:15:50 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on January 03, 2012, 08:21:05 PM
Tomorrow evening I'm giving a talk on birds. Does anyone have a book that give the literal translation of the latin name for these birds?

Bullfinch
Redpoll
Collared Dove
Stock dove
Jackdaw
Magpie
Robin
Long-tailed tit
Blackcap
Sedge warbler
Brambling
Siskin
Fieldfare
Redwing


Mark I have a book called 'Birds Their Latin Names Explained' By A.F. Gotch but I can't find it. It must be somewhere in the house. If I find it I will see what I can put together for you.
It's quite old now but still available. Check out Amazon. There's also one for Mammals and Reptiles.

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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 09:27:46 PM »
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 10:11:14 PM »
well Yes Lesley.

The talk is on my winter 2012 list. The guy attending the club is down with the cold and I'm recovering from the cold with flu symptoms. Cough stopped, running nose stopped. I said I'll cover and they want this talk. I agreed while still poorly.

I dont think the lack of translations will be noticed.
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2012, 11:30:55 AM »
I saw my first live puriri moth (Aenetus virescens), New Zealand's largest. Alas, it was on TV on centre court at tonight's doubles match at the ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland. A nice ball boy carefully picked it up in a paper towel and carried it away. I hope it had a future?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2012, 01:54:15 AM »
The springbok mantids grow really fast. Here is a sub-adult female on one of my tomatoes. Note the wing buds.
« Last Edit: January 08, 2012, 08:02:47 AM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Wildlife January 2012
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2012, 10:31:55 PM »
Hard for me to tell what she's like as my entire screen has turned a bright lime-yellow. Why is that? What do I do about it?
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