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CarolM

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Robins traditionally appear on British Christmas cards. Their red breasts are supposed to be the from blood of Christ.

They're very cute looking, but very territorial and will fight each other physically to the death if necessary! They're also unusual because both male and female (which look identical) will sing to mark territory.

The bu!blebee isa White tailed bee - not last week's interloper ... That had a brown back and black tail and I have yet to odentify it. We have the white tailed bees in our garden too :)
Who needs google!! The CDR has you. [emoji16][emoji16] I forgot to take pics of the birds here. Today was laundry day.
 

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A word of caution on that. Tortoises are not particularly clever.

Those that are hand fed too often can come to see the human as the food and start refusing to eat food fed off the ground in the normal way. @Gillian Moore had this problem with her Greek, Oli.

The best is to remember to handle your tort gently. No sudden movements ever. And your tort should gradually become accustomed to you. Nothing happens quickly with tortoises. Be patient and understand it might take many months for trust to develop.
Ok. I will. Thanks [emoji4]
 

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Good morning all.

I am not sure, but we may have an egg at last! Mrs B was behaving very oddly when I came down first thing.

After 20 minutes of shuffling round the box a little, settling in the nest cup, rearranging feathers, I could see what looked like an egg behind her. She then stood up, pulled a largish feather over “the egg” and flew off.

She’s been back just now with more fluff. It makes me wonder if there’s more eggs than I think.

Of course, I could be completely wrong :D
 

Kristoff

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Good morning all.

I am not sure, but we may have an egg at last! Mrs B was behaving very oddly when I came down first thing.

After 20 minutes of shuffling round the box a little, settling in the nest cup, rearranging feathers, I could see what looked like an egg behind her. She then stood up, pulled a largish feather over “the egg” and flew off.

She’s been back just now with more fluff. It makes me wonder if there’s more eggs than I think.

Of course, I could be completely wrong :D

Oh, I hope it’s not just wishful thinking. :)
Good morning, Linda!
 

CarolM

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Good morning all.

I am not sure, but we may have an egg at last! Mrs B was behaving very oddly when I came down first thing.

After 20 minutes of shuffling round the box a little, settling in the nest cup, rearranging feathers, I could see what looked like an egg behind her. She then stood up, pulled a largish feather over “the egg” and flew off.

She’s been back just now with more fluff. It makes me wonder if there’s more eggs than I think.

Of course, I could be completely wrong :D
Whooppeeee. Well done Mrs B. ( Nice short hand for her name) See i told you she was a good Mommy. Even in her nest box she hides her babies well. Do you think she knows there is a camera watching her?
 

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