graham
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Post by graham on Mar 25, 2023 8:03:45 GMT 1
Saw a Hoopoe in the garden today - about a month earlier than we've seen them before.
Has anyone else seen them in Charente yet?
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Post by cernunnos on Mar 25, 2023 8:26:25 GMT 1
We thought that we had heard one this week , but dismissed it as not being possible , too early . We were probably wrong !
Saw a swallow this week at a friends farm .
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Post by ajm on Mar 25, 2023 9:38:24 GMT 1
one flew over the garden a couple of days ago in 49
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 25, 2023 9:46:28 GMT 1
Is this a portent of exceptionally fine weather to come?
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Hoopoes
Mar 25, 2023 10:23:07 GMT 1
Post by lurcher on Mar 25, 2023 10:23:07 GMT 1
Is this a portent of exceptionally fine weather to come? I hope so! We will returning tomorrow after our winter break in UK. We are lucky to be in an area where hoopoes are quite common, in season, and we watch them scouring the drive, car parking and the orchard. Beautiful birds, particularly with their crests raised. |
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Post by cernunnos on Mar 25, 2023 11:14:53 GMT 1
Is this a portent of exceptionally fine weather to come? Nope, it is a portent of climate change. |
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Post by mangetout on Mar 25, 2023 16:52:34 GMT 1
The last bird my husband saw on the morning before he went into hospital was a hoopoe, crest up looking wonderful. It was on our front lawn,and we both marvelled at it and the wonder that is nature. It will always be special to me for that reason.
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Mar 25, 2023 20:07:57 GMT 1
Post by cernunnos on Mar 25, 2023 20:07:57 GMT 1
Swallows have arrived here ,just one pair at the moment , and a cuckoo has been calling all afternoon in the valley .
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Nifty
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Mar 25, 2023 22:26:44 GMT 1
Post by Nifty on Mar 25, 2023 22:26:44 GMT 1
Is this a portent of exceptionally fine weather to come? Nope, it is a portent of climate change. That is what I thought when I saw the Grues returning north so soon after they went south. |
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Post by cernunnos on Mar 26, 2023 9:04:54 GMT 1
It looks like a lot of the migration is changing , we noticed that the swallows had left early last year .
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Post by spectrum on Mar 28, 2023 8:39:51 GMT 1
No Cuckoos yet but while having this mornings brew a Hoopoe walked across the front of the patio doors, so yes I think they are early, but there is a cold snap heading here next week.
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Post by Nifty on Mar 28, 2023 9:23:05 GMT 1
What do the Hoopoes and the Grues know that the Cuckoos don’t?
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Hoopoes
Mar 28, 2023 10:11:25 GMT 1
Post by Polarengineer on Mar 28, 2023 10:11:25 GMT 1
They are not called cuckcoo for nothing
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Mar 28, 2023 12:49:21 GMT 1
Post by cernunnos on Mar 28, 2023 12:49:21 GMT 1
Cuckoos have it figured out , just lay their eggs in someon else's nest and fly round cuckooing all Summer!
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