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| Thread ID: 146017 | 2018-04-02 05:15:00 | Do you think sparrows have lookouts? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1447973 | 2018-04-02 05:15:00 | I think that the sparrows must have a sparrow that is on lookout duty waiting for some bread to be thrown out onto the lawn. Otherwise how do all the local sparrows know that there is bread on the lawn? I'm quite certain that they have some sort of system that tell all the nearby sparrows that lunch is up. Have you noticed that it takes very little time for a flock to gather? Does that happen at your place? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1447974 | 2018-04-02 05:18:00 | No but we don't put food out, however now the chickory is seeding in our paddocks we have flocks of finches. We also have resident magpies, hawks and plovers | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1447975 | 2018-04-02 07:19:00 | If it flies it dies. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1447976 | 2018-04-02 07:23:00 | No but we don't put food out, however now the chickory is seeding in our paddocks we have flocks of finches. We also have resident magpies, hawks and plovers Sounds nice Gary - I love lots of birds around - finches are cute, plovers are rare here, resident hawks would be a delight for me to see on a regular basis just from home, and even magpies are interesting to watch, 'specially their domestic hierarchy arrangements. Sadly here in pure mundane suburban Napier I see few from home. I feel lucky if once in a few months I get to hear a tui hanging around for a few days - probably looking far and wide for a mate. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1447977 | 2018-04-02 07:46:00 | Now you know why they use a term "a bird's eye view". I think they also had social media long before we humans. We have a bottle brush shrub/tree that seems to be always in flower we didn't knowingly plant it in front of our lounge window but we really enjoy watching the birds in it. Later in the day the monarch butterflies and the honey bees arrive. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1447978 | 2018-04-02 08:37:00 | Just for you Greg a couple of views from our place and a picture of Harry the Hare. 875887598760 Just saw Harry again tonight when we came home on dusk he is bigger now than in the photo. The Hawks cruise up the valley twice each day and the magpies sit on the power lines warbling away every morning, the plovers nested and raised young on the ground 30m from our front door back in the spring. No Tuis or Bellbirds here but we have just had our first fantail hanging around, more planting of the right kind needed soon. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1447979 | 2018-04-02 20:25:00 | Birds talk, listen to them. We don't understand it but they do. yes they do tell one another....and they watch one another more so too. We get them, and fantails, which are suicidal, they flit around the cats.... Lucky the cats aren't interested in fantails, they only like waxeyes and sparrows. We get thrushes, blackbirds, mynahs (hate them), tuis (in neighbours trees) and there is a moreprok too. In the suburbs.... |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1447980 | 2018-04-02 20:25:00 | Outstanding residence/outlook Gary. Colour me jealous. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1447981 | 2018-04-02 23:15:00 | Saw a hawk yesterday being attacked by a magpie, above the trees along the road in here to the farm, brave bugger that magpie, the hawk was at least twice its size. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1447982 | 2018-04-02 23:20:00 | I think when they see the feeding frenzy from afar, they all zoom in for a feed. When I feed the sparrows, the feeding activity quickly brings in other birds as well. And feed them often enough, they'll know where the easy food is and will allways be looking out for it. mynahs supposedly do have a lookout for trouble when the other mynahs are eating . I havnt seen that myself though , they just all come down & eat. |
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