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mark smyth

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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #165 on: April 12, 2007, 11:50:03 PM »
took this photo today before spraying the nest
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #166 on: April 13, 2007, 12:00:39 AM »
Which nest is this?
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #167 on: April 13, 2007, 07:17:49 AM »
it's the entrance of a Schwegler tit nest box showing the fleas waiting to jump on to anything warm that comes near. They rest over the winter as pupa and emerge in early April to wait for birds looking for a nest site
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #168 on: April 13, 2007, 07:37:31 AM »
Mark, one lovely spring day mum was entertaining some posh friends with tea and cakes on the terrace.
After they had gone she noticed something landing on the ground beside her. When she looked up she saw the fleas launching themselves from the nest box above her. Strange the folk never came back.
By the way, how do you train fleas for a flea circus? not a joke just a curiosity from a young age.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #169 on: April 13, 2007, 09:28:44 AM »
Would a very small whip and small cane chair be of any use? Perhaps Ronnie Corbett would act as trainer ;D Sorry couldn't resist it!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #170 on: April 13, 2007, 11:57:53 AM »
Who remembers Michael Bentine's hilarious skits on TV with re-enactments of various battles etc. by "fleas"... involved little puffs of sand etc as they moved about , then larger ones as there was cannon fire etc.....? His commentary was great, a man of wonderful voices.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #171 on: April 13, 2007, 03:12:04 PM »
Don't worry I have just found a site that sells fully trained fleas ;D
You won't believe haw many circuses are on the go
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #172 on: April 13, 2007, 08:27:44 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on April 13, 2007, 11:57:53 AM
Who remembers Michael Bentine's hilarious skits on TV with re-enactments of various battles etc. by "fleas"... involved little puffs of sand etc as they moved about , then larger ones as there was cannon fire etc.....? His commentary was great, a man of wonderful voices.

Before my time?
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #173 on: April 13, 2007, 09:13:03 PM »
Potty Time!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #174 on: April 13, 2007, 09:13:36 PM »
I saw House Martins today
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #175 on: April 13, 2007, 11:57:36 PM »
I saw swallows yesterday.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #176 on: April 14, 2007, 07:54:12 AM »
All I need now are Swifts and I've seen all the "swallows"
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #177 on: April 14, 2007, 01:07:42 PM »
What huge eyes the Swift has... I suppose if you fly about at high speed eating tiny insects you need good eyesight !
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #178 on: April 14, 2007, 08:48:01 PM »
You seen sand martins too Mark? [N.B. swifts are not related to swallows and martins, being closer to humming birds.]
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #179 on: April 14, 2007, 09:43:27 PM »
that I know and why I called the "swallows"
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