Robin Red Breasts in my garden

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
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Message Posted:
05/12/2009 18:29

I was surprised to see a few Robin Red breasts in my garden recently in Lapta. Is this normal for the area? They looked thin but were clearly Robins. It surprised me but I know little about birds. My neighbor was also a tad surprised.

cooper


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Message Posted:
05/12/2009 18:35

Its not unusual, North Cyprus tends to attract various types of Robin, but in the main it's Robin B-------





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smithy


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Message Posted:
05/12/2009 18:41

Blue T***** in my garden )

Aslan


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Message Posted:
05/12/2009 18:51

The museum in Guzelyurt has an array of stuffed birds that have or still do frequent the island.







and yes it clearly states museum and not whorehouses

adagirl


Joined: 01/06/2009
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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 08:24

I went to that museum many years ago. The natural history part was a bit gruesome, the leaflet stated that it was full of "died" animals! I remember the snakes in jars and the moth eaten displays of badly stuffed animals including a 5 legged lamb!!

Earlybird


Joined: 28/04/2009
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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 08:26

We have a robin red breast in our garden too, he appears whenever we are out gardening.

everon


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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:29

don't tell too many people, they will get shot and end up on a skewer on someones barbie x

Tenakoutou



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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:36

Smithy/Msg3: I think you mean 'Coal Tits' - they're a bit larger than 'Blue Tits'. I've lived in Cyprus a long time and never seen 'Blue Tits'.



'Gold Finches' are around now, but I've never seen 'Bull Finches' on the island.



We also have a 'Robin Redbreast' in our garden - usually, you only see one male, as they're very territorial!

banjo


Joined: 28/01/2009
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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:36

This song, as I remember it, comes to mind, when I see it in the garden;'When the red, red robin comes bob bob bobing along.... (or something like that)

cyprusjoker


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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:46

Can you play that on your banjo banjo

Tenakoutou



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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:51

Excerpt from my novel: 'The Remittance Man's Roots' :-



On the morning of the funeral, the churchyard resembled a Christmas card snow scene. Once inside the church, I found myself standing next to an elderly lady wearing a fox-fur stole. She had travelled up from Folkestone for the funeral, but I had never met her before in my life. Shafts of sunlight were beaming through the stained glass windows, directly illuminating the coffin. Suddenly, a little ‘Robin Redbreast’ appeared. It was flitting around inside the church, alighting now and then on the coffin.



“The Robin was your mother’s favourite little bird!” the old lady whispered in my ear. “This very same manifestation happened while I was at your mother’s funeral – I do believe it is, indeed, her spirit!”



As the rear door of the hearse was slammed shut and the long, sombre, black Daimler departed for the crematorium, the utter finality of father's death suddenly struck me. Cont'd....

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 11:53

Cont'd from Msg 12:-



At the wake, which was held in a rather grand hotel nearby, others that had attended both my parents’ funerals were commenting on the strange, coincidental phenomena of the Robins.

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 12:40

A novelist and a diver..nice one.

jinyx


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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 13:04

msg 2&4 hee hee, very very good.

Tiggy


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Message Posted:
06/12/2009 16:13

We had several pairs of red breasts around our pool in October !



What a sight, nearly blinded myself!