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US equivalent of Tit family?
I do mean chickadees. Thank you so much.- florall
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- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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US equivalent of Tit family?
It's driving me round the bend, I have known this, can anyone help? What is the name of the bird family in the US that is similar to our tit family here in the UK?- florall
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Gatwick Airport
I was wondering why I had 57 species of bird logged onto Birdtrack, but I've only listed 56 here. I've just checked and the species I missed, ages ago, was: No. 57 Feral Pigeon. Exciting. -
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Florall's 2007 List
Just three more to add, from Wakehurst Place yesterday: 46 nuthatch 47 marsh tit 48 great spotted woodpecker.- florall
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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Gatwick Airport
Wakehurst Place, Monday 22nd January I managed to spend an hour and a half here yesterday morning, walking past the Mansion, through the Pinetum to the Himalayan Glade. There the birds were all waiting for us, with masses of tits poking their heads out of the surrounding rhododendrons... -
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Gatwick Airport
I had a quick visit this morning before the rain started (the river is incredibly high. I would love to be able to make daily visits this week to monitor how high it eventually gets - I think we could be in for a record height). Anyway, most of the walk was across the fields towards... -
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Yesterday, we had planned to go a little bit further away to look for two firecrests that have been around for a few weeks. However, once it started raining heavily, we couldn't get any enthusiasm up for wandering round somewhere we didn't know looking for a tiny bird in such horrible... -
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Florall's 2007 List
Yesterday at Wakehurst Place, Sussex 38 coal tit 39 chaffinch 40 brambling (still two there, they've been there for over a month now). 41 redwing 42 mistle thrush 43 song thrush At Redhill, Surrey 44 rose-ringed parakeet (at least 600 of them in the roost there) This morning at home, Surrey...- florall
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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Florall's 2007 List
Last year I had a really good year and saw about 40 more species than in 2005, ending up with something like 161 species. I would be surprised if I see so many in 2007, because I’m not planning to holiday in such good places as I chose last year, and we won’t be able to get up to Norfolk this...- florall
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Gatwick Airport
New Year’s Day - Gatwick, River Mole On Monday morning we arrived here at first light (7.30), mainly staying in the plantation near the car. The river was very high, in fact the highest we’ve ever seen it, starting to spill out of its channel. There was a shower just before we arrived, but as... -
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Gatwick Airport
A gentle morning's birding. First of all to Weir Wood Reservoir, south of East Grinstead. Ever since we've been birdwatching (three and a half years), the water levels at the western (viewable) end have been very low. Now they're about as high as they can go, coming right up through the... -
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Florall's 2006 list
Although I've done a lot of birdwatching since September, it's been mainly close to home so, although I've enjoyed the birds I've seen, there's been nothing new until: 161 Peregrine falcon, Elmley on 17th December. I'd counted the ducks and was going through the grass to see if there were any...- florall
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2006
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Gatwick Airport
Thanks for your kind comments - they're magical gardens to visit, aren't they?I would have thought there were tawny owls there as well - that I would love to see. I've only ever heard them before. Funnily enough, we were talking about the possibility of little owls a few weeks ago. We... -
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Gatwick Airport
Wakehurst Place Today we walked through the Pinetum down to the Himalayan Glade, which is a viewpoint looking out over one of the steeply sided valley. Nowadays, this area is popular with birdwatchers - people bring bird seed and put it on the fence posts, stand back a bit and watch many... -
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Gatwick Airport
A Parakeet… We spent an hour at the River Mole by Gatwick Airport at first light this morning. We had quite a good bird list of all the to-be expected species, but as we were sitting on the bench in the plantation, we had a surprise - a Ring necked Parakeet flew over - species no. 56 for the...