HI fellows ... Barn Swallow Migration in Britain and Ireland 2004 http://blx1.bto.org/smw-dailyresults/results/s322-20-04.html Sand Martin Animation of the...
Hi fellows ! I just noticed that one shop offer Swift lure pipe ! Does anybody some kind of using experience of this Swift lure pipe ? R, Hannu Finland ...
Dear Swift Friends, I have noted the most curious situation regarding human interpretation of the intelligence of animals. It appears to be so "polluted" by ...
"Nearly everything written in anatomy textbooks about the brains of birds is wrong" We do not know as much as we usually think we do! This as a comment to...
In a message dated 02/03/2005 08:10:33 GMT Standard Time, ... I seem to remember that in some desert region possibly Africa there is a species of Thrush like...
Hallo everyone, In 1953 and 1956 Len Howard wrote two books about birds and their intelligence as individuals. Very interesting. Including photographs of Tits...
... Kärkkäinen <hankark@d...> wrote: Hi fellows !I just noticed that one shop offer Swift lure pipe ! Does anybody some kind of using experience of this...
... As far as I know all swifts have no own voice but all of them use this lure pipes. There are flp (female lure pipes) and mlp (male lure pipes). All these...
Hi fellows ! I expected that you know this kind of device !!!!!???? This kind of lure pipes (buzzer/hooter...) are available to many bird species (38 species...
Ok, but why ? Is it to catch them or what ? I can't imagine myself whistling hours to attract a Swift to my nest-boxes... Louis-Philippe Arnhem B-3001 Heverlee...
L-P, you have not so big nest boxes, that you can whistling inside the box ! ;-)))))) I don't know why this Swift lure pipe is made ! But maybe it's one way to...
I can though, Louis-Philippe, and you would surely attract attention, but maybe not from swifts... But is this a joke or what? I liked Martin's reaction...
Edward Mayer (hi Edward, how are you) hit the nail firmly on the head with his statement "human interpretation of the intelligence of animals." If we apply our...
Dear folks, I recall an e-mail from Mike Tarburton (hello Mike!), that contributes to the intelligence discussion: " I read somewhere the other day that one...
Its still cold here in West Wales, but within a month or so the swallows will be flying around the little barn outbuilding from their epic cruel flight form...
There are now 2 more species of swallows back in southwestern British Columbia from the south. There is a little island called Riefel Island that sits perched...
lovely to hear from you receiving in English. New to this group. Strange world that God created , he gave us beauty and Heaven also a taste of hell. Long live...
Down here on the east coast of South Africa (29 deg 50 S, 30 deg 51 E) the two migrant swallow species to outr area (Barn Swallows and Lesser Striped Swallows)...
Trevor , it sounds like a music, when you wrote that birds showing the first signs to come back to here North. You can console that we have been two weeks...
Hi: The extremely cold weather has been holding things upo down here in S Spain and there has been a lot of snow. However, the first records of Pallid Swifts...
Andrew Paterson
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Mar 6, 2005 7:51 pm
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Thanks Andy about the fresh news ! Sorry fellows, if you are boring to my 'jokes', but we have a phrase concerning the cold weather: 'Siberia will teach !' ...
We don't have conflicts between people and swallows, swifts and martins here. At least not that anyone in the nature conservancy realm is aware of. The biggest...
It is nice to read what the swallows are up to in Africa away from UK and Wales where I live. Do the swallows nest in Africa in the summer out there, in barns...
Peter replying to questions about birds is never too much too ask. In South Africa Barn Swallows do not normally nest. There have been records of nesting...
Hannu I think I will keep the birds here for a bit longer. They will gradually gather in larger numbers, but will feed intensively over the next few weeks...
Glenn This is really interesting stuff. If the Mounties do find the culprits, what fine or sentence are they likely to attract if they are found guilty? Is the...
FYI The lure pipe is used by Hazel grouse hunters to attract the grouse (in order to shoot), but also by those doing census work with this extermely difficult...
Trevor, Do you have possible to 'dig up' those details fo the longest recoveries of Barn Swallows in your region? I'm VERY interesting about the matter.... ...
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