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22-01-2007, 11:29 PM
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Im not sure when this thread was started but man?.....i think there is a long tailed tit plague where i live? i have NEVER seen so many all over BOTh my gardens? ( we are in one house moving to another)...they were all over my feeding station this morning and all over the new garden too ! and i cant find a reference in my bird book to winter plumage but they seem so much more coloured/marked than usual?
Dan
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23-01-2007, 10:17 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Suffolk
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I think all the birds are at their best now ready for attracting mates.
I saw four Jays this morning and their colours looked absolutely beautiful. |
23-01-2007, 04:27 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Sussex
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Long tailed tits are one of my favourite little birds. The juveniles appear pink to me and have a lovely pinky rim to their eyes.
They aren't the brightest of birds though. When I have watched bird ringers a few times a flock of LTTs can be a nightmare. They all fly into the nets and after being freed/data collected and released the little critters will fly straight back into the nets again. They have to be recorded all over again and they continually do this until the nets are taken down. Arrrrggghh!
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23-01-2007, 05:15 PM
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Perhaps they just like being fondled? ( there is an even better line here but i wont)  |
23-01-2007, 08:23 PM
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Flying teaspoons!
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23-01-2007, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RobSutton  Flying teaspoons! | Yeah you're right, just the right shape. They're causing quite a 'stir'. 
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23-01-2007, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman | Like it - we've got a small flock wintering with us nearly 400m up in the Dales, at least three miles from the next bit of woodland. Come every year and it's pretty wild up here at the moment so they must be pretty tough as well as just pretty.
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24-01-2007, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by RobSutton they must be pretty tough as well as just pretty. | Just like WAB ladies then!
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24-01-2007, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Just like WAB ladies then! | Good morning - of course.
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24-01-2007, 01:41 PM
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Whooohooooo! I've just had my first LTTs in the garden. I could hear them calling this morning but couldn't see them, and but I spotted them just now on the feeders.
Flying spoons!
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24-01-2007, 01:52 PM
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Some people call them "lollipops" well they are sweet | | | |
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