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Offline renaeden

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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #675 on: October 19, 2012, 06:59:08 AM »
My mum has been feeding a female magpie with one eye every day for a while now. Other birds pick on this magpie and I think it finds food hard to get.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #676 on: October 19, 2012, 07:56:44 AM »
Think quite a few Swedish 'nøtteskriken' migrate towards here (and more southwards). Plus ja (or blah), they, like magpies also, are quite intelligent birds. Jays also, did you know, are responsible for the spreading of oak trees in Europe. This, cos they collect the acorn (sometimes more than 500 of them) and store them on numerous locations in Autumn (/late Summer.. to have food in Winter).. and remember where they stored the nuts even months later. Same thing with chestnuts, I think.

Oh, 'the spreading'? Well, they also forget some of the locations where they put the nuts and then the following Spring a new little tree emerges.

And magpies? Well, I like birds in general and due to me being a bit of birdlurver I don't like those other bird's egg-stealing or young bird's life-taking 'bastards'. They are all over the place here and make smaller birds shit their pants.. well, in springtime they do.

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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #677 on: October 19, 2012, 08:01:15 AM »
Do they speak Swedish?  :orly:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #678 on: October 19, 2012, 08:28:19 AM »
Some do say: 'tack så mycket' when you feed them.. so yes.  :autism:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #679 on: October 19, 2012, 08:28:49 AM »
 :viking: :laugh:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #680 on: October 19, 2012, 08:40:45 AM »
Lots of storm drains seem to be clogged leading to tons of big puddles in the streets today
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #681 on: October 19, 2012, 08:56:11 AM »
It seems to rain all over the planet  :-\
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #682 on: October 19, 2012, 09:22:44 AM »
Quote from: lutra on October 19, 2012, 06:51:46 AM
There are a LOT of jays around this year.

Due to their other bird's nest looting trait I do not really like a few members, like e.g. the magpie, of the Corvidae (crow) family but I tend to like (Euroasian) jays.

Where I live, a jay means this:



They're one of my favourite birds. Along with the cardinals:



The males look so badass. :laugh:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #683 on: October 19, 2012, 09:38:18 AM »
It's nötskrika, OK?  :P
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #684 on: October 20, 2012, 07:13:06 AM »
It's called schraouwakster, in the dialect I'm raised in. Where I live, I think they call it holtakster. I was amazed as a kid, that, an animal with such a local name could have a name referring to Belgium in Dutch. "Vlaamse Gaai" (Flemish Jay).
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #685 on: October 20, 2012, 08:46:25 AM »
Quote from: renaeden on October 19, 2012, 06:59:08 AM
My mum has been feeding a female magpie with one eye every day for a while now. Other birds pick on this magpie and I think it finds food hard to get.

  Your mum is very kind, hope the magpie will be all right.  :)
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #686 on: October 20, 2012, 08:48:26 AM »
Quote from: MissKitty on October 19, 2012, 09:22:44 AM
Where I live, a jay means this:



They're one of my favourite birds. Along with the cardinals:



The males look so badass. :laugh:

  We have jays like that too, and the cardinal is my favorite of all birds!  :heart:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #687 on: October 20, 2012, 08:49:12 AM »
Quote from: Lit on October 19, 2012, 06:55:59 AM
That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish  :laugh:

  Swedish is a silly language.  :laugh:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #688 on: October 21, 2012, 11:24:06 PM »
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 20, 2012, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: Lit on October 19, 2012, 06:55:59 AM
That bird is called "nutscreamer" in Swedish  :laugh:

  Swedish is a silly language.  :laugh:

We've deliberately designed it like that, to keep the Swedish-speaking population small. :P
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #689 on: October 22, 2012, 01:54:13 AM »
 :agreed:
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