Fetch Birdwatchers
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Nov 2023
9:35pm, 11 Nov 2023
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J2R
I'm pretty sure I heard a blackbird singing a couple of days ago, but I don't suppose it could have been, could it? I got the impression they shut up shop in July and don't start singing again until late winter / early spring.
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Nov 2023
9:38pm, 11 Nov 2023
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Derby Tup
Warm sunny spring-like days can trigger confusion. It's like the chiffchaff singing again autumn
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Nov 2023
9:41pm, 11 Nov 2023
4,811 posts
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J2R
Certainly triggered confusion in me!
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Nov 2023
9:46pm, 11 Nov 2023
3,680 posts
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paulcook
Talking of similar confusion, is it possible to confuse birds with a headtorch. There's clearly a rookery near my home. It's absolutely pitch black up there though a dirt track which leads to a couple of homes, but whenever I run with headtorch I seem to set them all off chattering as if it's dawn already. I've occasionally purposefully turned off the headtorch for that section (to not disturb them rather than experimental), and there's no noise.
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Nov 2023
7:16am, 14 Nov 2023
62,109 posts
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Derby Tup
Nice Instagram post from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust on corvids. Always useful for nature lovers to have a bit of info on the old crows  instagram.com |
Nov 2023
8:41am, 14 Nov 2023
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KinkyS
Seven corvids? Hooded Crow just a subspecies then
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Nov 2023
8:43am, 14 Nov 2023
30,398 posts
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Rosehip
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Nov 2023
8:49am, 14 Nov 2023
62,110 posts
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Derby Tup
Hooded Crow extremely localised vagrant in Derbyshire; usually confined to High Peak. Actually, that might be me
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Nov 2023
8:49am, 14 Nov 2023
32,245 posts
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HellsBells
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Nov 2023
9:10am, 14 Nov 2023
4,820 posts
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J2R
Interesting, DT, didn't know you got hooded crows anywhere in England. Yes, they're just a local variant of the carrion crow. Or is it vice versa? I seem to recall seeming both of them together some places, so the ranges overlap.
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