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Butterfly
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by Butterfly » Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:27 am
I don't know if he didn't see me standing near the garden fence, or he was being cheeky, but my robin (have to think of a name for him
) flew over the fence and just missed my head
. I felt the air move from his wings! Crazy bird
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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:27 pm
Has anyone seen a bigger Robin than this?
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Placido
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by Placido » Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:26 am
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Willpar
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by Willpar » Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:07 am
Seen my first robin in the garden this morning. Was on the hedge by the feeder. Nice to see.
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Placido
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by Placido » Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:11 am
Lovely news, Willpar !! Hope it stays with you all winter long. (Robins luuurve mealworms so your hedgies might be in a queue, calci or not
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Willpar
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by Willpar » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:23 am
Robin back this morning, I have hung up a dish with some soaked mealworms in it just to see how it goes. Don't have live ones yet as I am waiting for the pied wagtails to arrive.
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Butterfly
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by Butterfly » Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:31 pm
Is your robin still around Willpar? I hope so, they are such a joy to have around
I don't think I've ever seen a pied wagtail
, where do they arrive from? Should I expect them too?
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Willpar
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by Willpar » Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:05 pm
Never seen the robin this morning.
Buterfly, I have a pair of pied wagtails camp out here in the carpark from around November till late February early March. I feed them all winter with live mealworms. If you look in birds here then pied wagtails, you will see my post. Have had them now for several years. I think they more than likely come in from the countryside. Supermarket carparks are a favourite place for them to hang out as well. They get down in the shopping precinct here for the winter.Looking for crumbs that people drop.
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Butterfly
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by Butterfly » Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:11 pm
I wish I get to see pied wagtails in my garden, they are so cute
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Willpar
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by Willpar » Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:27 pm
With the cold snap forecast, I could get them any time now.