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<span style="font-size: large;">Bonaparte's Gull</span> (<em><span style="font-size: large;">Chroicocephalus Philadelphia)</span></em><br />
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I was lucky to encounter this rare Bonaparte's Gull at RSPB Elmley Isle of Sheppey on Wed the 1-5-2013 it was on the Wellmarsh scrape.<br />
A rare vagrant from North America and Alaska few records of this bird in the UK and Ireland it is one of the few gulls that will nest in coniferous tree's<br />
The English name of the Bonaparte's Gull honours Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who made important contributions to American Ornithology while an active member of the academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia during the 1820's. The scientific name Philadelphia was given in 1815 by the describer of the species, George Ord of Philadelphia, presumably because he collected his specimen there.<br />
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Three of these pictures were taken rcently and two last year..</div>
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Redshanks both of these were taken at rspb Elmley they are nesting on the reserve at this time.</div>
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The pictures below were taken at RSPB Elmley Monday 27th May, they depict Shelduck and young and a female Shoveler with young.</div>
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Dave.</div>Dave Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07602059597229800617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330421081106938300.post-73520629374987373792012-12-22T08:27:00.001+00:002012-12-22T08:27:59.034+00:00Allhallows 21-12-12Quick trip to Allhallows on the way back from a nightmare shop, weather was a lovely bright even warm day with visibility excellent.<br />
Resting elbows on the seawall I scanned the shore and mud of the Thames Estuary with the trusted Swarovski bins they revealed an absence of birds of what I was there for BIRDS, but eventually spotted at distance14 Brent Geese and a few Oyster Catcher, 3 bait diggers and of course gulls.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 12-12-12 certainly will be memorable as being one of the
hardest frosts I can remember, but that said what a beautiful white blanket
nature chose to cover her domain with, yes, nature can be cruel but, she can
also be an outstanding artist as we witnessed yesterday, I was hoping that
today would bring about an action replay but alas not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas is nearly upon us and not too far off a new year,
but before that occurs we have to get over the Christmas two days of mayhem and
over indulgence, which brings me round nicely to Christmas dinner, and the
unfortunate bird we choose, in Dickens time it would have been a Goose but
these modern times Turkey seems to be the preferred choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turkeys are somewhat amusing birds, and as baby Jesus was
arriving in the stable some 2000 years ago, the wild turkeys of South America
(one of only two species in the world) were being domesticated by the Aztecs
Mayans and other tribes of Indians. The Spanish introduced the domestic turkey
to Europe in the 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Century, we then took the turkey back across
the Atlantic to North America at a time of the Irish and Scottish land
clearances who, among others migrated to the New World taking livestock goods
and chattels, to where the second turkey species is domiciled, there domestic
potential not being realised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Up until the 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century and prior to intensive battery
farming of turkey’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the delicacy on our
dinner tables, would have been the bird of that time, the Goose.</span></div>
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Dave.</div>Dave Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07602059597229800617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330421081106938300.post-43958193750022198182012-12-13T14:46:00.002+00:002012-12-13T14:46:24.052+00:00The plight of the Turtle Dove.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Should you be anticipating a present of two Turtle Doves
this Xmas, from your true love, as the carol goes, you will inevitably be in
for a disappointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Latest compiled figures show the numbers of Turtle Doves
have depleted by nearly two thirds in five years, with just 14,000 pairs in
Britain the species is in dire straits. The RSPB states that the Grey Partridge
- which also features in the song – is also under threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Losing six out of ten of our Turtle Doves and three out of
ten of our Grey Partridge in just five years, you do not have to be a
mathematician to work out the scenario of the next ten years, these figures if
correct makes both species an unsustainable wildlife disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">These two icons of Christmas are telling us that wildlife
not just for them but in general has reached crisis point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turtle Doves for the record and for the uninitiated are
never here at Christmas they migrate and winter in Africa, it is said that
intensive farming in the sub Saharan wintering ground are robbing the birds of
natural habitat, the journey back to us they are running the gauntlet of
Mediterranean hunters eager to shoot them for the pot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And finally in all my years in the countryside I have never
seen a partridge in a pear tree, and the composer of the carol, we can assume
was not associated with birdlife in any way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can also say that personally I have not heard or seen a
Turtle Dove for four years and have not photographed one for five years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Christmas.</span></div>
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