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Roma

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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #30 on: September 08, 2011, 08:31:57 PM »
Haven't seen many butterflies here recently.  2 Red Admirals and 1 Peacock on Sunday, 1 Red Admiral on Monday and a Small Copper yesterday.  I did see an occasional Tortoiseshell earlier but the weather has been so changeable they must be very confused.
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #31 on: September 08, 2011, 08:42:00 PM »
Nice copper!
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2011, 09:09:01 AM »
My neighbor’s cat Chizhik is nearly wild and very dangerous animal. It likes to hunt at my garden. It kills very slowly playing with mice and birds.



« Last Edit: September 11, 2011, 07:16:27 AM by Olga Bondareva »
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2011, 12:46:52 PM »
I suddenly don't like your neighbour Olga!
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Lesley Cox

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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2011, 02:01:04 AM »
Our Teddy catches mice and despatches them immediately, or small rabbits, but THEN he plays with them. Found him last night playing with what seemed to be a mummified mouse.
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2011, 08:02:15 AM »
Anthony my neighbour is a very good old farmer, I like him very much and his cat too. The cat really helps to fight with mice and other diggers in the garden.
Lesley I only was confused with its cruel games with victims. It plays with injured mice and birds. I first thought to save them from him but understood they were hardly injured and I had to kill them next to prevent slow death. :( I can’t do that. :( It’s cat's nature. :(
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2011, 03:26:42 PM »
These "predators" hunt now in our gardens


Picromerus bidens with prey
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2011, 03:48:25 PM »
Natalia super shot of this assassin bug.
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2011, 04:12:44 PM »
 Тhank you..:)
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #39 on: September 11, 2011, 04:43:00 PM »
Natalia, a super photo, may I use it in a talk for the SRGC ?
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #40 on: September 11, 2011, 05:14:48 PM »
Maggi, yes, of course ...
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #41 on: September 11, 2011, 05:25:32 PM »
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #42 on: September 11, 2011, 08:44:00 PM »
If they were hardly injured wouldn't they recover?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #43 on: September 11, 2011, 08:49:39 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on September 11, 2011, 08:44:00 PM
If they were hardly injured wouldn't they recover?
I suspect Olga means badly injured.... the little bird inthe photo has a couple of large chunks out of it already.... :'(
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Re: Wildlife September 2011
« Reply #44 on: September 11, 2011, 09:50:14 PM »
Olga, I certainly wasn't saying my Teddy did things in a better way than your neighbour's cat, just in his different, doggie way. I agree with you. One can't hate a lion because it hunts and kills a zebra or an antelope. Nature made it to do that. Our world is a violent place. But the violence animals do to animals in order to survive, is nothing compared to the violence man does to man. WE are the monsters on the earth.
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