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Post by pcpa on Nov 4, 2022 11:59:18 GMT 1
Temps due to drop to 5°C tonight  3° forecast here  I have had to have the heating on the last 2 nights. Now I have seen the photograph it was definitely une danse that I saw, next question, do they fly at night?
I heard a similar cacaophony of numerous avians the other night, it sounded like overhead but difficult to pinpoint, no point looking outside as it was pitch black, the field behind has just had the maize harvested and there are loads of small birds feeding, the noise may have been a flock descending on the field but the same question remains, what if any birds fly at night? |
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Post by pcpa on Nov 4, 2022 12:07:38 GMT 1
Thanks to Google I have found that yes, they migrate at night but also:
The Common Cranes primarily use large lakes and reservoirs as dormitories and eat in the fields around, especially in corn stubble in the Autumn.
The field is fresh corn stubble so it is possible that they may have descended, I will go out sharpish if I hear the cacophony again.
It's a surprise and lovely benefit of moving to this area!
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Post by cernunnos on Nov 4, 2022 18:05:20 GMT 1
This is the news about the migration, for those interested it is on the LPO site:
"Le matin, 1 370 grues sont dénombrées au lac de Puydarrieux. La migration est calme en France en raison du mauvais temps sur une partie de notre pays. Seule exception dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques où les vols sont nombreux : un observateur note 3 145 grues en seulement 20 minutes ! Nouveaux mouvements en Allemagne avec 8 750 grues en Hesse. A Arjuzanx, 7 138 grues sont dénombrées lors du comptage réalisé par l'équipe de la réserve."
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Post by pcpa on Nov 4, 2022 19:29:52 GMT 1
Poor blighters are being tracked more than a Fessbook user!
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Post by houpla on Nov 4, 2022 20:35:50 GMT 1
Do they honk or cackle while flying? They cry " grue, grue" that is why the French call them grues. It's " les motoristes maghrebins" that honk and 'Les tricoteuses " that cackle!  Tut! You've broken at least two political-correctness taboos with that post.  Shame be upon you! |
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Post by houpla on Nov 4, 2022 20:38:03 GMT 1
Poor blighters are being tracked more than a Fessbook user! They're a damn sight more dependable than the various météo sites for indicating weather tendencies |
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Post by cernunnos on Nov 4, 2022 20:40:27 GMT 1
They cry " grue, grue" that is why the French call them grues. It's " les motoristes maghrebins" that honk and 'Les tricoteuses " that cackle! Tut! You've broken at least two political-correctness taboos with that post. Shame be upon you! Never have been nor will be PC  |
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Post by cernunnos on Nov 6, 2022 10:43:46 GMT 1
Poor blighters are being tracked more than a Fessbook user! They're a damn sight more dependable than the various météo sites for indicating weather tendencies 130 grues passed over our house yesterday evening , they were having trouble flying into the SW wind and had to work hard to keep going . So the migration route is probably further to the East this year.
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Post by houpla on Nov 6, 2022 14:51:17 GMT 1
There was a smallish danse over our valley yesterday, too. They stopped to use the thermals, circled half a dozen times, re-formed and off they went. Not the brightest ones, those. It's supposed to warm up again next week |
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Post by cernunnos on Nov 6, 2022 16:02:06 GMT 1
There was a smallish danse over our valley yesterday, too. They stopped to use the thermals, circled half a dozen times, re-formed and off they went. Not the brightest ones, those. It's supposed to warm up again next week Probably the same ones that passed here , they were being blown South East by the wind . |
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Post by houpla on Nov 6, 2022 19:16:25 GMT 1
We're SSW of you |
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Post by cernunnos on Nov 6, 2022 19:57:09 GMT 1
I know , but usually they fly via les landes and down to the pyrenees , so if they are fighting the wind , then they will pass over you.
La migration est plus marquée que la veille du fait d'une météo redevenue favorable.Les observations les plus nombreuses concernent le centre de la France, le pourtour méditerranéen tandis que de nombreuses grues quittent la France pour l'Espagne au niveau des Pyrénées-Atlantiques..
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Post by houpla on Nov 6, 2022 20:15:11 GMT 1
Ahhhh...autoroutistes..... |
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Post by Nifty on Nov 6, 2022 22:54:13 GMT 1
Nah!
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Post by Nifty on Nov 6, 2022 23:03:10 GMT 1
Temps due to drop to 5°C tonight 3° forecast here I have had to have the heating on the last 2 nights. Now I have seen the photograph it was definitely une danse that I saw, next question, do they fly at night?
I heard a similar cacaophony of numerous avians the other night, it sounded like overhead but difficult to pinpoint, no point looking outside as it was pitch black, the field behind has just had the maize harvested and there are loads of small birds feeding, the noise may have been a flock descending on the field but the same question remains, what if any birds fly at night?Owls, Nightjars for starters, |
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I have had to have the heating on the last 2 nights.
Shame be upon you! 
