The UK Robin is limited to Europe, you don't get them in North America. Those are definitely American Robin eggs too, ours lay 5 or 6 little pale brown jobs.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Monday, 11 May 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
new garden has Coal Tits nesting in a box on a Scots pine
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 11 May 2009 10:31 (fourteen years ago) link
The robins in our garden are being very charming at the moment. One of them, presumably the male, keeps coming to the feeder to get a sunflower seed, then flying up to a nearby branch to feed it to his mate as a sort of little love offering.
x-post - we've got blue tits, kind of apprehensive about the chicks first few days 'in the wild' what with all the cats round our way (the furry bastards).
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Monday, 11 May 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm getting confused - when we were talking about american Robins being Thrushes I thought - european thrushes but I see now (having gone to wiki - d'oh) that it's a whole different thing. and quite groovy looking.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg/200px-Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 10:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, they're smart looking fellers aren't they? Colourwise they're kind of a composite of the body of a song thrush, head of a blackbird, breast of a robin. Every now and again, one will get blown over the Atlantic by a storm and will turn up in a garden somewhere for a few days. Lords knows what happens to them after that.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Monday, 11 May 2009 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
So to sum up...(to get it clear in my tiny brain)
European Robin (with eggs)http://www.taxidermy4cash.com/tonyrobinnest.jpg
American Robin (see above)
European Thrush http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Song_thrush.jpg/250px-Song_thrush.jpgand eggshttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Three_Song_Thrush_(Turdus_philomelos)_eggs.jpg/180px-Three_Song_Thrush_(Turdus_philomelos)_eggs.jpg
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the way that those robins painted a picture of a church in their spare time.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Monday, 11 May 2009 11:06 (fourteen years ago) link
They seem to have rigged up an electricity for the nest as well
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, they're clever.
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
with all the topics on ILX that turn into US/UK comparison threads, I'd still never have guessed "robins" was one of them
― nabisco, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the poster responsible...less of a surprise
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I retract "silly", although I maintain that calling it a robin is a big fat misnomer
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/images/condor119.jpg
― the Member for Paisley (gabbneb), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
we see your fancy britishes robin and raise you a california condor
― the Member for Paisley (gabbneb), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
my backyard in SF is populated by Anna's hummingbirds:http://www.comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/assets/images/birds/annas_hummingbird_m.jpg
and Stellar's Jays:http://www.governmentcaucus.bc.ca/media/Stellar%27s-Jay_225.jpg
― the table is the table, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
and occasionally the fearsome Common Raven, western:http://tompawlesh.smugmug.com/photos/225724675_Zc65L-M.jpg
these guys actually scare me. they're big as fucking gulls, and i'm used to crows.
― the table is the table, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
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I spent most of this winter complaining about these texas-sized robin imposters. Turdus Migratorius indeed.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Genus Erithacus or nothing, mate. Red breasted bastard thrush.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
My dad had a big, barrel-shaped barbeque grill used for smoking meats. It had a little chimney with a latch that could open or close access to it. My dad had left it open and some robins built a nest in it. My dad wanted to remove the nest so he could cook on it, but naturally his three daughters greeted this with protests and tears. This debate happened every few days until the birds left the nest.
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
british robins are very territorial and will fight to the death to protect their territory.
― djh, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
The national aviary here in pittsburgh one of these
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/128223385_cb9f040e60.jpg?v=0
a pygmy falcon, which would probably loose in a fight with an territorially aggrieved robin.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
omg such conflicting and confused thoughts about that bird
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
They have one of these too
http://whyfiles.org/shorties/180chickadee/images/pygmy_owl.jpg
For a so-called national aviary it is very small, I think someone built the national aviary of Liechtenstein here. They have a sloth as well which is rather delightful but not strictly a bird.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that a pygmy owl? I know such a breed exists.
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, so it is. URLs are so helpful.
There are several breeds, I really want to got to the dessert to see the cactus dwelling ones
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper997/stills/hdyogypb.jpghttp://www.swca.com/projects/project_images/6647_1.jpghttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/POCactus.jpg
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
That Condor is more goth than Bimble.
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Bimble needs to up his game and start wearing some identification tags around his arms imo
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I know I put this somewhere else but I'm very pleased with it.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3303372099_ec2f10dc34.jpgA Partridge On My Patio.
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/graphics/seagull.gif
― high (latebloomer), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
but not their good names, apparently
― nabisco, Monday, 11 May 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i like how their brazen hardness is perceived as cuteness.
― djh, Monday, 11 May 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i like to get on with birds<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carljgodwin/2707309584/" title="Hello there! by carljgodwin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2707309584_ca294bb2ca.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Hello there!" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carljgodwin/2707319866/" title="At one with nature... by carljgodwin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2707319866_973405e1c8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="At one with nature..." /></a>what are these btw?
― not_goodwin, Monday, 11 May 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
nooooo!i like to get on with birdshttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2707309584_ca294bb2ca.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2707319866_973405e1c8.jpgwhat are these btw?
― not_goodwin, Monday, 11 May 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
thats better
choughs
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
coastal members of the crow famly, tend to nest on cliffs, i think they might be the official bird of cornwall or wales or some shit
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
there's a little robin redbreast that is in my garden everyday. He perches on top of the same seat and shits on it.
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Monday, 11 May 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i was in Austria at the time.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 11 May 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
oh shit they might be Alpine Choughs then! Actually, given the colour of their beaks, I'd say that's exactly what they are. My bad.
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Argh I can't believe I made such an elemental error
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't be angry with yourself, at least you know what they are.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 11 May 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Different beaks. But damn it you were close enough!
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 11 May 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
xp
now all you gotta do is pronouce em correctly
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 11 May 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
crows are bastards
― chip dumstorf, Monday, 11 May 2009 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Featherstonehaugh-Cholmondeley
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 08:23 (fourteen years ago) link
crows and gulls are the kings of birds imo, theyre just harder, cleverer, more resourceful and more straight-up aware of their surroundings than the sweet innocents of the avian world
and crows, on top of this, are passeridae, the more advanced and sophisticated half of the phylum...it's everything in one package: brilliant flying skills, advanced social interaction, improvised eating routines, fearless predation
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Dunno if you've seen them in the wild LJ, but choughs in particular are amazingly agile flyers and so at home too in the windiest and wildest of places. Awesome critters.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
you dare doubt the lengths this not-quite-recovered ornithologist would go to to see a chough? pfah!
anyway, yeah, when we went to Wales and scouted out Skomer Island that one time, choughs aplenty cavorted by the cliffs. this was approximately 2 weeks before the sea empress disaster fwiw
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw a very large owl sitting on the top of a power pole while driving to Target this past Sunday morning. Surprised me because I thought all owls were nocturnal. Then a couple of miles later I saw a hawk or large eagle come in for a landing on another power pole, and when we passed a small creek I saw a duck with a surprising amount of ducklings — eight or nine, it looked like — paddling around in the water.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 02:06 (ten months ago) link
Modey Lemon - Crows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=augVsAcmEH8
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 07:13 (ten months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/ygCC7Bt/IMG-20230615-183021721.jpg VERY active tern & piping plover nesting site at Stelhi Beach in Bayville attracted a huge film crew yesterday. or at least i assume they were there for the birds, i have no idea. saw dozens of terns and a few plovers, then a couple more plovers by adjacent preserve at Fox Point. captured some audio & video.
today saw a sparrow flying around inside the supermarket in Manhattan, but wasn't able to get a pic
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:16 (ten months ago) link