Hi folks - can any one advise on this - whats the benefit of fat in a bird feeder? thanks AC ________________________________ From: michael and colleen rice...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jul 1, 2007 8:11 pm
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hi, this is just my feeling, so feel happy to disagree, but I think its to do with England being really cold in winter and the fat supposedly giving the birds...
I believe Fat or in most cases Lard is added in the mix to provide protien to help the birds fuel their little bodies, as it is a quick acting source of energy...
Just to add the "fat" has the added benefit of being a preservative. Kevin _____ From: BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BIRDING-NZ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Kevin Matthews
kble@...
Jul 1, 2007 9:55 pm
5505
I think the recent correspondence on the survey of keas does a great disservice to the Kea Conservation Trust. For a more informed reaction people might like...
Oops, I didn't realize pointing out peculiar capitalization would cause such offence. I will leave the jokes to the professionals in future. BUT, Since I Have...
Hi Andrew I don't see any problems with birds eating fat. Plenty of bird species eat animal fats in the wild (keas, Antipodes parakeets, petrels, to name a...
Graeme Taylor
pterodroma@...
Jul 2, 2007 11:12 am
5508
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Thanks for all your reports of silvereyes feeding on nectar & fruit. Much appreciated. After lodging the request for information, I actually found more in the...
We cut about a dozen mandarins and grapefruit in half at a time, and leave the pieces on the lawn. The silver-eyes clean them out within 24 hours. They ...
We have a flock of about ten silvereyes that visit our backyard in Dunedin to feed on apples and bananas left out - they are aggressive wee birds! One in...
Here is url of a Silvereye feeding on Echium Fastuosum above Whitewash Head in Christchurch. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrmc/533963719/ Also a recent slide...
My wife and I will have a few days in New Zealand this October and are looking into visiting Kapiti Island as we've never been out there before. Organizing the...
Hi All When I moved from UK to NZ just over a year ago I was delighted to see that NZ birds featured on bank notes but yesterday a friend showed me her new UK...
Last week we had a pair of mallards move on to the pond in our front garden (in Gordonton, just north of Hamilton). This morning there was high drama when...
David Riddell & Annet...
Number8@...
Jul 8, 2007 12:20 am
5516
Hi Trish, Yep, NZ Falcon are rare, but regular visitors to the Port Hills. Great to have one on your lawn and interesting to see it feeding on Feral pigeons! A...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jul 8, 2007 4:23 am
5517
This morning there were 4 Shore Plovers at Green Point south of Titahi Bay, on the beach just to the north of the point. Bands were: left...
Five colour-banded shore plover at Green Point (opposite Mana Island, south of Titahi Bay) on 7 July were the same five birds seen there by Barry Dent on 5...
It's probably not a biggie for folks further south but I was very thrilled today when I saw a male Bellbird at my farm in the Dome Valley, Warkworth. I have...
Colin Hill and I went to Embankment Road to see if the Marsh Sandpiper that was found there during the winter wader count in June was still there. It wasn't....
Steve Wratten
Wrattens@...
Jul 9, 2007 2:01 am
5521
Went to Amawhatu reserve on Saturday and on upper beach there were 4 Pipits and on the lower beach over the dune saw another one. I walked towards it and when...
Sue Caldwell (DOC ranger on Mana Island) has reported that 4 of the 5 shore plover seen at Green Point on Saturday, and 3 of the 4 seen there on Sunday, were...
Hi folks, More reports today - 2 separate reports of a falcon in the heathcote Valley area - both reports by owners of domestic pigeons who've lost birds to...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jul 10, 2007 12:36 am
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Hi folks, Started in 1981, the wintering Pukeko flocks in CHCH get counted in June. This year the top sites were: Linwood paddocks = 503 Styx Mill Basin = 342...
Crossland, Andrew
andrew.crossland@...
Jul 10, 2007 10:00 pm
5528
Hi all After the horrendous storm that those of us living in northern NZ have been experiencing we thought it might be a good time to take a look along east...
kwtl@...
Jul 11, 2007 8:36 pm
5529
Request for volunteers to assist with monitoring wader flock movements at Taharoa, near Kawhia The dates for monitoring are 16-27 July and 10-28 August. For...
Ralph Powlesland
powles1@...
Jul 12, 2007 7:20 am
5530
I found an interesting answer to the cat catching birds problem on www.liberators.com.au that is new to me. Anyone have info. on whether it works? Actually I...
Jan Walker
shesagreen@...
Jul 13, 2007 12:01 am
5531
I know someone who has enclosed part of their garden by the house with netting so that the cat can go outside into the contained area and no further. Something...
gillian.pollock
gillian.pollock@...
Jul 13, 2007 11:44 am
5532
Hi folks, I wonder if anyone else has seen this/ Phil Crutchley reports seeing flocks of 200-300 silvereyes in the Motukarara area near CHCH, flock feeding on...
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