playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject: Clever sparrow |
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I was sat looking out of the window this afternoon, it is very very windy and rainy and I saw this little guy all the rest of them had been clinging on to the side of the feeder for dear life and getting blown off, this little fellow had a better idea! it is a little sparrow though with his tail squashed up against the side of the feeder he looks like a over sized wren
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toni
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Survival of the fittest or in this case the cleverest. 
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Sherry8
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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So cute and so smart...thanks for sharing.
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FlowerFreak22
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I almost didn't see him at first. He blends in with the stuff in the feeder, thought he was another ball of food, lol.
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playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for the comments, the lid had blown off in the wind so he took his oppurtunity, I might leave the lid off and see if he comes back and does it again i was laughing so hard at him as he would just tip himself upside down and fall into the feeder he was feeding for a very long time, he must have been very hungry.
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Clever little thing.  Their inventiveness never ceases to amaze me.
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I wonder if any of the others will copy him? It never ceases to amaze me how clever our wildlife can be. 
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Smart and hungry little dude! He does blend in well...so well that I also almost didn't see him!  Thanks for sharing with us!
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playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:43 am Post subject: |
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they have eaten too much now to get onto the fat balls they would get stuck, I need to put another in and see if they do it again, though it is not as windy today. I hope they do do it again it was so funny watching him almost fall into the feeder.
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glendann
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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He was definately a smart hungry little guy.Birds are so funny to watch.
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Garden Mad
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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I loved these photos. Why is it when I see something great in the garden my camera is either miles away or the battery is flat. Well done for captuing this - it did make me smile.
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playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:15 am Post subject: |
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I am so glad people have enjoyed the photos of the little fellow as much as I did, and the thanks goes to my husband for the photos he went to the spare bedroom window to take them, I have to refill the feeder there is only half a fat ball left, now to find them thats another mission!
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Guido
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject: Great pictures |
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Really great how you managed to catch all that on film! Did you know that this was going to happen?
Anyway, birds do seem to be quite clever. Recently I bumped into this film on Youtube, and I've seen similar ones since:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U
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playtime8978
blackpool england
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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He had done it once already so my husband got the camera and we were lucky that he/she came back. since then we have had a family of sparrow fledglings down and they are too adorable shaking their little selves asking for food.
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