Link to March/April 2023
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After a start/stoppy kinda season, we now have settled couple "URM" (until LG give him a name) and Asha, or Mistle as some would prefer.
Asha is the proud parent of 2 eggs, the father of which being dubious but probably URM, as we hardly saw NN2 (for whom we wish all the best elsewhere) be accepted by Asha.
URM and Asha are similarly marked but distinguishable by certain differences which I may slot in here but I've lost them for the time being.
Asha (R) is looking rather small in this snap because she's crestfallen due to no supper:
Because Asha did so much work on the nest before she had a partner, there hasn't been a lot for URM to do - but he has quite frequently brought in nest material - and his fish provisions have been regular and willingly handed over. He's a promising Osprey dad so far.
IMAGICAT
Unknown said:First video OMG believe it or not ...... it's a Nightingale
I thought it was possibly the same bird in 2 vids, please check so I can send a definite Nightingale to my fwend:
https://youtu.be/B7xY9OMlhRM = 1
https://youtu.be/Z-SYbYBpeQY = 2
Thanks to all for reporting, I'll be checking back asap.
Sympathy/empathy to all for Asha/Brodie ID probs
Lynn L said:Please CC don't think I was saying the pair were the other way round, I was not correcting you, just presumed, as it was when I first looked in.
Haha! PLEASE do correct me, Catlady, as I’m never 100% sure this season! If nothing else, this group is strength in numbers, led by our beloved Mission Control! And Sheila, hopefully your new system is getting wrestled under control, I empathize with the disruption of having to update.
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FISH !!! !!! !!!
EDIT
We'd have had a good view of it on the nest if it weren't for that dang stick:
I'm really sorry to rain on your parade. I really don'l think there's a nightingale in either video. Living in the south I have heard many nightingales, and their song is much more varied. www.rspb.org.uk/.../ I think the singer at LG is a chaffinch.
Sorry, Fergus, Glaslyn had a rowdy Mistle Thrush around the nest earllier this year ..... hear it here
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mistle+thrush+song&atb=v314-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_7zkgAvW_oU
I assure you it is a Nightingale - they have so very many phrases they can use and they are loud
Fergus C said:I think it is a thrush. Would be very rare if it was a nightingale.
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JillR said:I'm really sorry to rain on your parade. I really don'l think there's a nightingale in either video. Living in the south I have heard many nightingales, and their song is much more varied. www.rspb.org.uk/.../ I think the singer at LG is a chaffinch.
hear a Chaffinch here
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/chaffinch/
Nightingales have well over a 100 phrases they can use but they they don't use all of them together. Like the Blackbird which has 12 phrases he can use. But he doesn't necessarily use them all in every song and they are put together uniquely so that an individual Blackbird has a recognizable song all to himself (if one studied it enough one would recognize the Blackbird singing elsewhere