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Old Jan 21st 2011, 4:15 pm
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I'm loving the pics guys! Keep them coming
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 4:28 pm
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Originally Posted by fledermaus
coo, nice one. a little snack of sparrows. I don't suppose you get many small birds there now.
The only thing we've witnessed "our" hawk take from teh yard is a squirrel. It seems quite a few small birds are still happy to run the gauntlet for a feed. We have one of those feeder stand things on the deck with four hooks to hang different types of feeders from: a nut cage for nuthatches and woodpeckers, a suet cake thingy that everything seems to love, nyger seed for finches and other small birds, and one for larger birds that the cardinals seem to enjoy in particular. We have plenty of chickadees, finches (gold and house), sparrows, cardinals, jays, nuthatches, woodpeckers (downy and hairy varieties), juncos, the occasional purple finch - even a a hardy northern flicker or two.

There are few cats in the immediate area; squirrels and ground-feeding birds are quite content to pick up the bits the perching birds drop. What's fascinating is watching the birds' behaviour when the hawk comes by. Woodpeckers, especially, don't fly off but just go absolutely rigid and sit, motionless, for as long as it takes the hawk to get bored and move on. We watched one the other lunchtime that must have been stock-still for a good 15 minutes.

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Old Jan 21st 2011, 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Oakvillian
. What's fascinating is watching the birds' behaviour when the hawk comes by. Woodpeckers, especially, don't fly off but just go absolutely rigid and sit, motionless, for as long as it takes the hawk to get bored and move on. We watched one the other lunchtime that must have been stock-still for a good 15 minutes.

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The not moving this is because birds see only see movement so if you don't move then the bird can't see you. Cat's are much the same too noticing moving prey more than still, and I think there must be an element of this in human sight too. I think

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Old Jan 21st 2011, 5:12 pm
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There are loads of doves around the pool here. Enough of them to be a pain. Every evening, regular as clockwork at about 5.30, there is a a mass whoosh and they all take off and head for cover, mainly in the ficus and grapefruit trees. Then, a few seconds later, a kestrel appears, sits for a few minutes and then leaves. A few seconds later the doves all come out of hiding. They always know well enough in advance to get out of sight.
On the other hand, humming birds will often nest right among raptors. They know that they won't be bothered by them because they are too small to be a meal and too fast and agile to be caught. They also know that no other creatures will bother them because of the raptors presence.
Isn't Mother Nature wonderful.
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Old Jan 21st 2011, 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Simon Legree
There are loads of doves around the pool here. Enough of them to be a pain. Every evening, regular as clockwork at about 5.30, there is a a mass whoosh and they all take off and head for cover, mainly in the ficus and grapefruit trees. Then, a few seconds later, a kestrel appears, sits for a few minutes and then leaves. A few seconds later the doves all come out of hiding. They always know well enough in advance to get out of sight.
On the other hand, humming birds will often nest right among raptors. They know that they won't be bothered by them because they are too small to be a meal and too fast and agile to be caught. They also know that no other creatures will bother them because of the raptors presence.
Isn't Mother Nature wonderful.
Certainly is
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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 6:38 am
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here are a few - iphone camera

1 and 2 Deep Cove - taken 3 weeks ago
3 Sun Peaks - 2 days ago
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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 11:28 am
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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 12:30 pm
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Nice to see this thread back on track again






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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 1:08 pm
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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 6:56 pm
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A typical haul from the cheese shop. They had Wensleydale as well but it was pointed out that that is commonplace "sure, you can get that in Loblaws".
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A typical haul from the cheese shop. They had Wensleydale as well but it was pointed out that that is commonplace "sure, you can get that in Loblaws".
Excellent combination of thread drift and thread theme. Well done.
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Old Jan 22nd 2011, 7:33 pm
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Here is my last pic
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Here is my last pic
I like that, but not the wheely bin and downpipe..so I fiddled.. hope you don't mind.
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I like that, but not the wheely bin and downpipe..so I fiddled.. hope you don't mind.
Thank you Fled
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