High, I suddenly appear to have lots of young birds arouind the back garden. There are a delight to see. I haven't (as yet) see any fall out of theirs their...
... back garden. There are a delight to see. I haven't (as yet) see any fall out of theirs their nests with trying to fly as I did some time ago. Unfortunatley...
kia ora have been reading a wonderful little book called the Watcher at the Nest by Margaret Morse Nice about a woman who spent years studying the American...
... Sounds like an interesting book.. will look out for it. I've been trying to find out about Tui nesting habits... I think the young have gone from the nest...
I have been intrigued by a local tui's recent change of song. No more melodious notes, just a series of up to ten or so repeated high-pitched notes. Last week...
... Perhaps a territorial warning while they are breeding? The two blackbird chicks in my garden are now approaching adult size, but still being partly fed by...
Yes I've noticed this change in Tui song but do not understand why. I've had trouble with Starlings under the roof. The chicks seem to have gone but one (and I...
... wound ... agree..) ... OK - I found my source - no less an authority than the Auckland Regional Council which has declare them, and numerous other species,...
... Oh dear, lets wipe out anything that is non-native then. That includes blackbirds, thrushes, silvereyes, skylarks etc etc etc etc. I have raised baby...
Nice that you have gone to the trouble of getting information on the mynahs. They are so common around the garden etc. that we hardly ever take any notice of...
Mynahs? What a noisy screeching birds they are. A nesting pair sit on the corner of my house and wake me every morning. They definitely are not my favourite...
Quoting the ornithologist, WHR Oliver, "the song differs in different districts and from season to season. Andersen in his book on NZ bird song, gives 70...
... IMHO, a very well-balanced paper. I also note that both spellings of Mynah (Myna) are in use, according to my (downloaded) dictionary. -- Cheers Doug Doug...
This morning within miutes of putting out refilled bird feeders on the tree which seems to be a species of rhododendron, three silvereyes flocked to it. One of...
Went over to a client when I discovered one of her 4 cats caught a bird and asked her where the bird was. "Behind the TV and I can't get it" Imagining the bird...
Who said sitting at a red light was boring? While I waited for a right turn 'go' signal, rush hour traffic was coming from my right, then some would swing to...
... Fascinating behaviour! In 50+ years of driving on NZ roads, I think I've only ever seen 2 or 3 dead mynahs. I did actually hit one myself, but it was in a...
It's amazing where Starlings build. I remember where, on a farm in my childhood, there was an old strainer post at a gateway which had a cutting into the back...
My granddaughter this morning is looking out of the slider and sees a bird apparently dead on the concrete, then it moved so she picked it up and called me...
... <pwhdavey@...> wrote: Many birds are solicitous to their mates. Just this afternoon I watched a pair of silvereyes sitting close together on a twig, ...
... I've heard that lightweight or net curtains (or something suitable for your setup) in the windows gives the birds something that they can see, and tends to...
... <muir452000@...> wrote: I have found that decals stuck on the window where they are in the habit of trying to fly through is the best solution but one has...
This is probably more common if the 'slides' or 'picture windows' are on your second level. Depending on how often it happens that birds kamakazi or how much...
I don't have many flying into our doors and windows but I have pesky magpies walking up to them and tapping and calling and of course leaving droppings. If...
One solution that is used in the UK is to attach a silhouette of a bird of prey to the window. They come in red and black, and are about 8 inches across. The...
... I have also heard that where there is an adjoining window on another wall, and the bird can see through to blue sky or clear territory on the outside, they...
The letter I'd written about the Mynah's antics at the Red Lights was passed on to a relative who enjoyed reading it and replied :---- "I'd always known that...
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