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16-01-2007, 07:57 PM
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| | | Are your birds stocking up?
The midlands have been forecast snow for the weekend following more gales and floods Wednesday night and Thursday. I've noticed a lot more hungry looking birds in the garden, notably the starlings, gobling up suet over the past week. I expect they forecast weather better than weather-men, like seaweed, and may know there's a cold snap on it's way. Just wondered if anyone else had noticed the birds or other creatures stocking up?
I'm worried half my plants are going to get killed off before spring too!
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16-01-2007, 08:07 PM
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16-01-2007, 08:14 PM
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I can't say I have noticed any stocking up but there were certainly a lot of birds on the feeders here today. |
16-01-2007, 09:15 PM
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The Starlings have been wolfing down our fat balls today. They have only visited on the odd occasion in ones and two's just lately but were out in force today. However the Sparrows, Dunnocks and Tits etc don't seem to have been any more active than normal
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16-01-2007, 09:15 PM
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Oh great, more lovely Winter weather 
There are certainly loads of birds at the feeders at the moment, odd really as you would think that with the current mild wet weather natural food would not be too hard to come by.
I'm looking forward to seeing the sun again and hearing the buzz of insects, it just seems a long way off at the moment!  |
16-01-2007, 09:17 PM
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They're all very busy here, thought I was doing something right!
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16-01-2007, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Fourwings  Oh great, more lovely Winter weather
There are certainly loads of birds at the feeders at the moment, odd really as you would think that with the current mild wet weather natural food would not be too hard to come by.
I'm looking forward to seeing the sun again and hearing the buzz of insects, it just seems a long way off at the moment! | Havn't had much proper winter weather, not been especially cold just wet and windy! i remember more snow as a child.
As for the food, we all love a lazy takeaway, no washing up!
Can't wait for summer too, so long as there's no heatwave.
..Roger, maybe the starlings know something the rest of us don't.
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16-01-2007, 09:57 PM
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| | | Re: Are your birds stocking up?
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Originally Posted by honeybee Havn't had much proper winter weather, not been especially cold just wet and windy! i remember more snow as a child.
As for the food, we all love a lazy takeaway, no washing up!
Can't wait for summer too, so long as there's no heatwave.
..Roger, maybe the starlings know something the rest of us don't. | It is certainly not right being January without a few frosty nights, what is happening, feels lik early autumn!
As far as food, my seed feeder is regulary being emptied but the nut feeder is lasting well. Don't know about numbers of birds, its dark when I leave and come home at night at the moment.
At least the nights will be getting shorter soon
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17-01-2007, 08:25 AM
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We've not had a frost yet this year (alright only just over 2 weeks into it ), so we must be due some cold snap.
My seed feeders empty most days- only goes quiet when Sparrowhawk decides to spend lengthy periods sitting in garden! |
17-01-2007, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 .....My seed feeders empty most days.... | Quite the opposite here. Over the past few weeks I've only had to re-fill my feeders every other day, sometimes they'll go 3 days !!
Can I expect a heat wave ?? | | | |
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