Hello Martin, You yourself made it happen! Could you save a label for me or is there anyone on the forum who knows how to buy a quantity of boxes of this Apus...
Well I got some bottles too, some months ago. I just asked them if this wine was sold in all European countries. It was not the case so I asked some labels...
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Hello L-P And a very happy New Year to you and to all SMS members.We are still alive here in the very deep south, and struggling in excessive heat and...
Dear Eddi, a warm welcome from me as well. You will have plenty of joy and great fun while observing birds, you made a good choice! Ulrich Berlin ... ...
Hi Eddi, welcome to the group. I hope you can make some contacts in NZ; if you have problems there are many good websites and books that you can learn from. A...
Lieber Urlich, vielen dank. Ich kann ein bischien Deutsch sprechen. Ich habe in Berlin gewohnt, als ich jung wahr, und habe dar Deutsch gelernt. Aber nicht...
Dear Neil, Are you still ringing swallows in Tanzania ?? Have you any recoveries ?? Which country rings are you using ?? Regards. Best and Happy New Year. ...
Eddi, the world is small! For all the others who do not speak German, Eddi said that she lived in Berlin and learnt German here. If I am not mistaken, there...
hello, My name is Steven Wytema, a 27yr old student from Wageningen, the Netherlands. (and birdwatcher since '94) since the occurence of late swifts in late...
Dear friends from SMS, is someone from Danmark here or someone who has contact to Danmark? The Danish ornithologial contacts from the website seem not to work....
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just a taste from Tanzania. enjoy ... Neil and Liz Baker, Tanzania Bird Atlas, P.O. Box 1605, Iringa, Tanzania. Mobiles: 0748-509906 and 0748-834273. ...
Neil & Liz Baker
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Jan 17, 2006 1:33 pm
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I made the 21 nest-boxes on my house with holes roughly 38mm x 75mm. Last summer, Starlings nested in two of the boxes. Recently I noticed that quite a few...
Hi Dick, 38X75mm is generous. I noticed that Swifts prefer by far to squeeze themselves in, than to choose a hole that is too big. They feel safer. A friend...
Thank you Louise Philippe. I adjusted the two 32mm holes down to 30mm and it seems to keep them out, however, one Starling squeezed into a different 30mm hole...
Hello Dick We had the same problem that you with the nests box for swift that we put in the Tower of l`Alcúdia, they were occupied immediately by starlings....
Jorge Sanz
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Jan 20, 2006 1:37 pm
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Hello Dick Here in Oxford our experiences confirm what Jorge said. In general the Starlings breed early, but the Swifts are perfectly capable of taking over a ...
Yes, but here I saw a lot of fights and losses of energy for both species (eggs and sometimes chicks for the Starlings). And the chances are about 50/50 as...
Thank you George and Louise-Phillippe, The two Starlings that nested in my Swift-boxes pretty much filled the box with nesting material but I suppose if...
Hi! Im wondering if any of you have any pictures of Starling nest which was latter take over by Swift? Ideal picture will be something like what George...
Hi hall In l`Alcudia all the nets box swift that we install were occupied for starling, they made the nest fundamentally of leaves of the nearby park's pines....
Jorge Sanz
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Jan 21, 2006 8:12 pm
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Hello Milan Regretfully I did not take any photos but if we have any joint nests this year I will take some photos for you. George...
Ulrich, I have tried sending you a mail twice but keep getting this reply. Have you got another e-mail address that I could try? The original message was...
Regarding the recent discussion of How To Stop Starlings, nest box builders may like to try this design from the Purple Martin Conservation Association in the...
Good Morning I have just been reading an old Out with Romany book and it described a practive that was copied by an old farming uncle of mine where he used to...
Len when I go out during the summer advising people on bats and see Sparrows in Martin nests I always tell the house owner to knock down the nest in the...
hi all I asked a UK Swift nest box supplier to pass on a message to Schwegler re entrance holes being too big. This is the reply we created the whole so big,...
Interesting, because my Schwegler boxes #18, (see http://www.schwegler-nature.com/BirdCare/Swift_BoxNo18.htm ) (the "martin-nest-shaped" ones), have never been...
in my housing estate I have also seen groups of Swifts inspecting the eaves of houses. One by one they fly up to the same spot even if there is nothing to see....
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