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By the way, IIRC the Lehrer song was inspired by a newspaper report of plans by the New York authorities to do do as the song suggests, in Central Park, to deal with "the pigeon problem".
Getting back to Green Woodpeckers, "flying about on the village green" does fit their behaviour. Probably lots of ants on the village green. Regarding its distinctive falling call, its (the green woodpecker's) common name "yaffle", tells the story.
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« Reply #286 on: 23:58:43, 27-06-2008 » |
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« Reply #287 on: 18:05:17, 28-06-2008 » |
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Tommo, your description of the call fits the Greater Spotted Woodpecker's, not the Green's, which is a right laugh.
It was definitely a green woodpecker - green coat and red head are unmistakeable. But the call was quite like the call of the lesser spotted woodpecker from the RSPB site. Is it unheard of for a green woodpecker to chase a spotted woodpecker? (Maybe the latter was hiding in the tree?) Tommo |
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #288 on: 21:04:49, 28-06-2008 » |
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Didn't MJ get similarly confused recently? Listening to both on the RSPB site, they do sound quite different but outdoors they might sound more similar.
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« Reply #289 on: 22:35:48, 28-06-2008 » |
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Definitely 3 "peeps" in a row. Could just have passed for a more "yack"-like peep, but only three of them.
Anyway, it was a green woodpecker. And now I know what they sound like (from the RSPB site). Mulcho Grassy Arse for the clarification.
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Oh dear, Mort. More things to worry about. I've been seeing jays quite often recently. They always seem to appear here after rain, and it's been raining quite a bit here in the NW. They sit on the wall, soggy but still very glamorous. %20on%20branch.jpg) |
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« Reply #292 on: 16:17:30, 29-06-2008 » |
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One of a pair of parrots in our garden yesterday - hastily snapped through glass so the quality of the image is not what might be wished for. Do members have any hints about how to photograph birds? We have for instance a lot of sparrows that do tricks such as hovering and eating upside-down (not at the same time) which we would like to photograph, but we assume that would be best done through a window too. |
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« Reply #293 on: 19:37:10, 29-06-2008 » |
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I had a beautiful young Collared Dove in the garden today...gorgeous.
x Jan x
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Live simply that all may simply live
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« Reply #294 on: 20:32:29, 29-06-2008 » |
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The Dode's garden this morning: baby spuggies lined up on the fence in the sun whilst their mums dash and carry from the feeder: closer-up (and a wee bit shaky with a hand-held long lens): |
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« Reply #295 on: 00:54:52, 30-06-2008 » |
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baby spuggies spuggies? can't find them on the RSPB site, look more like sparrers to me  |
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« Reply #296 on: 10:00:36, 30-06-2008 » |
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Hmmm, not sure about that. They look like spadgers to me.
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« Reply #297 on: 10:16:42, 30-06-2008 » |
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To this twitcher they'd be a tasty breakfast - though fear not, she (and for those who know, it is a she, a genetic rarity) is further away than you'd think - by about 50 miles. |
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« Reply #298 on: 12:53:01, 30-06-2008 » |
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she (and for those who know, it is a she, a genetic rarity)
Oh, she looks just like my beloved genetic rarity, a ginger female called Marigold, now long gone. |
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« Reply #299 on: 13:05:31, 30-06-2008 » |
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In which case, Mary, one more.... |
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