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Twitchers watch robin served rare
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Posted on 03/09/2004 7:33:03 AM PST by nobody_knows
Birdwatchers from all over Britain who gathered in Grimsby to catch sight of a rare American robin were horrified to see her eaten by a passing sparrowhawk.
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To: nobody_knows
From BBC article:
AMERICAN ROBIN
Scientific name: Turdus migratorius
I think they've confused this robin with Osama.
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:31:55 AM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Always finish what you st)
To: nobody_knows
"The robin, whose scientific name Turdus migratorius
derives from its long-distance travels "Too funny! Sparrowhawk eats Wandering Turd"
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:33:59 AM PST
by
Reo
To: Grit
OMGosh that squirrel pic is funny! Poor guy! I have been feeding birds for a couple of years now and would love to have a squirrel. I think the word is out in Squirrel-land that our property is not a safe place ever since my hubby shot the one squirrel that came around a few years ago. He was acting so darn strange. We later found out that was normal.
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:38:55 AM PST
by
RightFin
To: nobody_knows
Birdwatchers from all over Britain who gathered in Grimsby to catch sight of a rare American robin were horrified to see her eaten by a passing sparrowhawk.
They were still setting up their cameras when the predator swooped down from a row of drab factories and warehouses on an industrial estate.
The young bird, from the southern US, "didn't really live to enjoy her moment of fame," a twitcher told the Guardian.
The robin's vivid red breast made her an obvious candidate for a lunch date.
"It was a terrible moment," Graham Appleton, of the British Trust for Ornithology, which had spread news of the bird's arrival, told the newspaper.
Long-distance travels
But the trust's migration watch organiser Dawn Balmer was more philosophical.
"Most of these rare visitors eventually succumb anyway to cold weather or a lack of food, if not predation," she told the paper.
The robin, whose scientific name Turdus migratorius derives from its long-distance travels within America was probably blown across the Atlantic after being "caught up in a jetstream", Mr Appleton added.
A member of the thrush family, with oily-black wings and tail, American robin are as big as British blackbirds.
AMERICAN ROBIN
Scientific name: Turdus migratorius
Average size: 21.5 cm
Lives: Southern, central and eastern US
Eats: Insects, fruit, worms
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:41:10 AM PST
by
sharktrager
(Kerry is like that or so a crack sausage)
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To: RightFin
Uh - I meant the SQUIRREL was acting strange... NOT my hubby!
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:47:10 AM PST
by
RightFin
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To: sharktrager
I can't imagine that the American Robin would not survive there, it's the perfect sort of habitat for them. I would worry that it would compete with the European blackbird. The blackbird is very similar in behavior, feeding and nesting patterns, even its song is similar, except for a little tweet-tweet at the end.
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:50:24 AM PST
by
Nebullis
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
I was kind of avoiding this thread.
Had a feeling there'd be some yucky stuff.
I was right.
Some funny stuff, too.
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:53:36 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(CAUTION: I'm an acquaintance of someone labelled :"an obstinate supporter of dangerous fantasies")
To: nuconvert
Sometimes laughter, through shock, is even more funny. (Twisted black humor.)
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:56:40 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. --- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Grit
nice weathervane
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posted on
03/09/2004 8:58:33 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(He says "Bring it on!!" Then when you do, he says, "How dare you!! ")
To: RightFin
the squirrel or your husband?
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:00:48 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(He says "Bring it on!!" Then when you do, he says, "How dare you!! ")
To: NonValueAdded
Definitely the squirrel!
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:06:22 AM PST
by
RightFin
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Oh! Look at the pretty--[CRUNCH!]"
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:09:08 AM PST
by
mhking
To: devnull
I had a rabbits head fall from the sky while getting out of my car for work one day last yearPerhaps it was Jimmy Carter's 'killer attack rabbit'...
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:14:24 AM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(If GW is the terrorist's worst nightmare, Kerry is their wet dream...)
To: Xenalyte; martin_fierro
I shall refrain from the obvious joke. I really pitched a slow one right down the middle, didn't I?
Sleep deprivation rules. :)
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:17:40 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Houston Area Texans are The Schizzzzzzz....)
To: mhking
Uh-oh, someone's not gonna be too happy about this. . .
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:18:37 AM PST
by
Fedora
To: Grit
Graphic prrof that lightning rods are dangerous devices willing to attack squirrels at any moment. Beware of guns that kill, SUV's that attack and now lightning rods.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:19:29 AM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(If GW is the terrorist's worst nightmare, Kerry is their wet dream...)
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