tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post5902161349842651347..comments2024-01-04T12:14:16.204+00:00Comments on MIDLANDS BIRDER: woods in the wyremidlands birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404988559603477700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post-37488531730680558942009-05-15T13:56:00.000+01:002009-05-15T13:56:00.000+01:00who knows?
i too belive its anoying that the plast...who knows?<br />i too belive its anoying that the plastic blur out the picture for real wild birds that travel considerable distances.<br />and yes i do know that manders come from chinamidlands birderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404988559603477700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post-85434745418881276692009-05-08T18:06:00.000+01:002009-05-08T18:06:00.000+01:00Yes I am afraid your right about the Mandarin's, g...Yes I am afraid your right about the Mandarin's, great looking duck though.<br /><br />"The Mandarin duck breeds in eastern Siberia, China, and Japan and winters in southern China and Japan".<br /><br />"The Mandarin lives in the forests of China and Japan. They prefer wooded ponds and fast flowing rocky streams to swim, wade, and feed in".<br /><br />It is suprising that a "plastic duck" not knowing where it's truely wild brothers live, sort out bits of typical habitat that must be similar in China and Japan, how do they kinow, must be still in there somewhere after years of UK breeding...interesting that, me thinks.<br /><br />What really annoys me about plastic and re-introductions is that for all we know there have been true vagrant visitors, like Snow Goose, Ruddy Duck and the like and now the Osprey, Corncrake, Red Kite and Great Bustard, is the first Osprey you see in Worcestershire going to a wild one or a bird from the Rutland re-introduction scheme, interesting......Martyn Yapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890985994327047270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post-85434320966924234492009-05-07T16:11:00.000+01:002009-05-07T16:11:00.000+01:00pied fly was a top priority bird for me but non sh...pied fly was a top priority bird for me but non showed but just the day after 2 were found by andy shaw and co hope you get some,hoping to get there again soon,if my dad takes me<br /><br />and as for the manders.im not sure wether this comment is sopposed to be sarky cause all manders are escapes(but have gone wild)all i know is that the birds on the river were very tame while the dowles birds arnt and are hard to get a decent look atmidlands birderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404988559603477700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post-63472908613316278942009-05-06T23:42:00.000+01:002009-05-06T23:42:00.000+01:00Escaped Mandarins you say, are you sure they are n...Escaped Mandarins you say, are you sure they are not wild down there.<br /><br />(Mr Plastic)Martyn Yapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890985994327047270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378305011803344231.post-72863847242533211782009-05-06T22:34:00.000+01:002009-05-06T22:34:00.000+01:00No luck with pied flycatchers? I'll be after them ...No luck with pied flycatchers? I'll be after them this weekend, all being well.Reg Telescopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288570932280779200noreply@blogger.com