tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post447339152160584830..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Birdwatching in suburban ManchesterCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-91857158250756841212008-05-05T04:48:00.000+01:002008-05-05T04:48:00.000+01:00I enjoy hearing about all the different birds you ...I enjoy hearing about all the different birds you get there (compared with here, west coast of N. America). We have an older family friend who was doing some birding in the UK awhile back and managed to bumble his way into an area he wasn't supposed to be. He met a woman who also seemed to be out birding and chatted with her for quite awhile before realizing she was the queen.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, hope I can get over there to see some of those jackdaws, swifts, etc. one of these days...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-34672394108326150512008-04-29T22:23:00.000+01:002008-04-29T22:23:00.000+01:00Sounds like a wonderful place for a birder to visi...Sounds like a wonderful place for a birder to visit.<BR/><BR/>Juliet, I think most of the starlings must be here by now. We have huge flocks passing through all the time. What I notice the most about them is the joy they take in the birdbath. It is not unusual to see 10 or more bathing at one time, as the water flies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-13978326868331579112008-04-29T16:10:00.000+01:002008-04-29T16:10:00.000+01:00Interesting to see what's going on up North - cert...Interesting to see what's going on up North - certainly see very few sparrows now in Kent, but we have nesting colonies of green parakeets (originally escapees from a Tarzan film set in Elstree) which are spreading across the south. Get plenty of woodpeckers, too - but these are heavily 'treed' areas.virtualjourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653404509129835617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-63162803111952825792008-04-29T05:41:00.000+01:002008-04-29T05:41:00.000+01:00Two happy Audubon Warblers dancing in the tree out...Two happy Audubon Warblers dancing in the tree outside the window this morning!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-61537884176882828942008-04-29T04:08:00.000+01:002008-04-29T04:08:00.000+01:00You really do have colorful birds over there compa...You really do have colorful birds over there compared to here. The goldcrest is very beautiful! as are the tits. Even your crows are quite colorful.<BR/>Liked the barn at Rivington - a spectacular roof indeed.<BR/>I love these posts where the birds are highlighted as well as areas of interest.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-83566562110973128202008-04-29T03:41:00.000+01:002008-04-29T03:41:00.000+01:00Birds can be amazingly versatile creatures. The bi...Birds can be amazingly versatile creatures. The big-box stores here often have garden sections; they often turn into one great big aviary and sometimes manage to infiltrate the main part of the store. They also nest in the letters spelling out the store name up front and chatter away at people passing by. If you chirp back at them, they'll often get quiet and watch you.<BR/><BR/>I was also wondering how you're faring there, what with the refinery strike.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-73091645242134425892008-04-29T02:56:00.000+01:002008-04-29T02:56:00.000+01:00Love the picturesque imagery in this post!LindaNic...Love the picturesque imagery in this post!<BR/><BR/>Linda<BR/>Nickers and Ink - on blogspotLA Nickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891624164014505323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-80607384018770515122008-04-28T23:03:00.000+01:002008-04-28T23:03:00.000+01:00This weekend I went to a beach that's on the edges...This weekend I went to a beach that's on the edges of DoƱana national park. I was so proud to identify two or three birds, in the sense of noticing they were new birds I had never seen before, but I'm awful at identifying birds in flight. So until the next beach weekend, they are "orange swallows" and "the sea one that is not a seagull".Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574047190631298074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-27290473131873072102008-04-28T19:32:00.000+01:002008-04-28T19:32:00.000+01:00Jackdaws have arrived in Venice too, recently, I t...Jackdaws have arrived in Venice too, recently, I think they first appeared no more than eight-ten years ago.<BR/>Don't they produce a smacking sound like a loud kiss or a dry, very short clap?<BR/>I associate their voice with that of a loud, warm, full light between rooftiles and deep blue sky.<BR/>DavideTommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.com