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JoesMum

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We don't have them here. Our most common bird is the lowly house sparrow. There are a few phoebies too.

The closest US equivalent to our t-its is a Chickadee.

House sparrows used to be very common here, but their numbers are declining :(

We have some come to our feeders, but fewer than there were in the past.
 

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Good mornooning everyone. Yesterday was very, very wet and the house was so dark we spent a lot of time in the conservatory where it was brighter.

We also did a bit of shopping and I finally replaced my Kenwood Chef food mixer that died on me a few months back after 30 years of good service. I bought another Kenwood Chef as the attachments I have fit the new one.

Our garden was overrun with blut-its yesterday. This is the bird species we had trying to raise a family in our nest box. We have never seen so many in one go. Thee were a couple of dozen at least. They were on every feeder and in all the trees.
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You can make JoesDad out in the background watching from the conservatory :D

Hey there Everyone! I LOVE watching birds!!! Used to have feeders of all sorts all over the garden but then we started getting visiting cats and one if them made himself at home and lived with us for the next 11-12 yrs and he was an avid hunter! I stopped feeding my birds once he brought me his kill and put on my door step. It just broke my heart that unknowingly I was setting my poor birds up for becoming my wild cat’s prey. Still have lots of birds here bcs there are lots of big old trees around the houses here, plenty of nesting places. There is a family of owls of some sort somewhere around my back yard I hear them almost every evening calling each other. Linda, I love it how you share your daily things with us here. I unfortunately can never keep up with a thread because of the randomness and scarcity of my participation, but really enjoy reading about your experiences the very little that I can. My love to All of you Guys out there! Enjoy your Sunday[emoji173]️
 

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I love using palm fronds over the cave openings. The tortoises seem to like it too.

You gave me that idea last week and I just happen to have lots of palms growing. I built a frame out of some scrap boards and plywood to hold the palms and close in the back. It was pretty easy.... and if his highness still won’t use it, I can at least move it pretty easily.. His current spot is getting to small and will become a problem if he really starts to dig in
 

JoesMum

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Hey there Everyone! I LOVE watching birds!!! Used to have feeders of all sorts all over the garden but then we started getting visiting cats and one if them made himself at home and lived with us for the next 11-12 yrs and he was an avid hunter! I stopped feeding my birds once he brought me his kill and put on my door step. It just broke my heart that unknowingly I was setting my poor birds up for becoming my wild cat’s prey. Still have lots of birds here bcs there are lots of big old trees around the houses here, plenty of nesting places. There is a family of owls of some sort somewhere around my back yard I hear them almost every evening calling each other. Linda, I love it how you share your daily things with us here. I unfortunately can never keep up with a thread because of the randomness and scarcity of my participation, but really enjoy reading about your experiences the very little that I can. My love to All of you Guys out there! Enjoy your Sunday[emoji173]️

I don’t have a tortoise any more ☹️ so all I can do is share what we do. I am happy you find it interesting even if I do witter on about birds rather a lot.

Today we have been shopping for holiday clothes of the outdoor pursuits variety. Not dreadfully interesting. Then I pointed JoesDad at a few things I needed digging out in the garden ... I didn’t want to risk my back!

We have travel plans coming up so there will be postcards over the next few weeks [emoji4]
 

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Good mornooning everyone. Yesterday was very, very wet and the house was so dark we spent a lot of time in the conservatory where it was brighter.

We also did a bit of shopping and I finally replaced my Kenwood Chef food mixer that died on me a few months back after 30 years of good service. I bought another Kenwood Chef as the attachments I have fit the new one.

Our garden was overrun with blut-its yesterday. This is the bird species we had trying to raise a family in our nest box. We have never seen so many in one go. Thee were a couple of dozen at least. They were on every feeder and in all the trees.
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You can make JoesDad out in the background watching from the conservatory :D
Sounds like you better put up some more nesting boxes for their new favorite place to visit.
 

Cathie G

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The closest US equivalent to our t-its is a Chickadee.

House sparrows used to be very common here, but their numbers are declining :(

We have some come to our feeders, but fewer than there were in the past.
I love to watch chickidees. I haven't seen one for many years.
 

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That helps a lot thanks...so lets see if I've gotten this all straight... it's ok that I have this little beach bum that swims like a butterfly. I still always worry.
Let me say this, your Betts fish is one of the best looking Bettas I’ve seen before and that’s a lot of bettas!

All the pet stores, fish stores and animal shows all had very depressing looking Bettas with raggedy fins and bleak colours.
 

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