I have mates in Bradford and Halifax, small world eh? I'm an ex pat living
here I the States since 1996 so it's great to hear how things are back home=
.
Starlings in the Midlands were incredible sights too, masses of birds
creating massive swirls, it saddens me to think that people can just decide
to eradicate a species with practically no thought and yet we as a species
make much more mess than any animal on this planet!
I have some wonderful recordings of Starlings from Scotland & England and
now here in Washington. Farmers here now are saying they are a pest yet the=
y
are the best insect repellent you could ever wish to have on your lawns!
The mimicry of starlings is incredible, fooling most other birds and
especially around the feeders I have in the garden, one Starling will call
out the sound of a Hawk and the other birds will scatter leaving the plate
for themselves, now that deserves credit! If a human did that it would be
classed as brilliant.
For a long time we have had Starlings nesting in our eaves of the building,
so if you like, I'm contributing with you to the incline of the species.
Regards and thanks for the info mate.
PS Bryan Robson was not a good choice for Bradford?
Martyn:-)
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From: michael fish
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 9:12 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Intro and Questions
hi martyn...
high in the hills between airedale and calderdale. in yorkshire, but near
the border with lancashire.
don't seem to have had any seriously bad weather here for ages [touch wood]=
.
right now, we've got an icy cold north wind blowing, but it's been bright
sunshine all day. nowadays there's much talk here of climate change/global
warming, and it's true to say that the english climate does seem to be
getting much milder. but then, compared to big land masses like north
america, our weather is always going to be pretty mild i suppose. the main
thing over here is that it changes all the time, as you know. we can have 1=
0
types of weather in the space of an afternoon, particularly up here in the
hills.
anyway. not a good idea to get an english chap onto the subject of the
weather. could go on all day, and clutter up everybody's inboxes.
the recent thread on starlings was of particular interest to me, as my home
city, bradford, was for many years host to millions of those wonderful
birds. the local council managed to all but eradicate them during the 70s
and 80s, but many of us still remember the amazing sight of swirling clouds
of birds coming in to roost each evening, darkening the whole sky. a sad
loss to the city, although i'm sure many would disagree. for some reason,
folk didn't like to have all the buildings streaked with bird droppings :o)
anyway. at least i still have starlings roosting in the eaves of my house,
apparently raising generations there. something very warm and pleasant abou=
t
waking each day to their friendly sounds.
anyway. this is quite a long answer to your question. i wasn't sure whether
an offlist reply might have been more appropriate, so apologies to anyone
who might see it as a waste of bandwidth.
all the best.
michael fish . . .
Martyn Stewart <> wrote:
Whereabouts in the motherland are you from Michael?
I see your e-mail ends In UK, how is home, I hear you have had some bad
weather over there?
God I missed Christmas over there this year, we are getting the snow now
here in Seattle and the winds are hitting us from all angles!
Martyn :-)
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