This Weekend - Comptage national des oiseaux des jardins

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Char · #1 Post by **Char** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:03 pm

If you're interested and want to join in the counting you'll find more info here - https://www.oiseauxdesjardins.fr/index.php?m_id=19

Quiksilver · #2 Post by **Quiksilver** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:41 pm

Thanks, Char

ajm · #3 Post by **ajm** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:07 am

We have lots of feeders for the birds and there is a constant stream of tits,great tits,chaffinches,sparrows and blackbirds. Occasional visits by robins, jays, woodpeckers, collared doves and thrushes. Impossible to count the numbers.

OTBC · #4 Post by **OTBC** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:32 pm

We have feeders here in Dept 49. Loads of sparrows, great tits, blackbirds. In 20 years here, I've never seen a blue tit. Bizarre.

ajm · #5 Post by **ajm** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:56 pm

OTBC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:32 pm We have feeders here in Dept 49. Loads of sparrows, great tits, blackbirds. In 20 years here, I've never seen a blue tit. Bizarre.

Whereabouts in 49 are you? We could send you some of our blue tits. We used to get long tailed tits but haven't seen them for a while.

Bayleaf · #6 Post by **Bayleaf** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:49 am

No way of counting them in our sprawling "garden" (I use that term loosely!) But it's a degree warmer out there this morning, and I can hear lots of birds chattering away! Very heartlifting.

Quiksilver · #7 Post by **Quiksilver** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:56 am

That's why the sondage allows you to specify an area within the garden

I'm just counting the birds on the terrace where the feeders are, and two blocks of garden nearest the house. It won't really be representative of the whole garden but better than nothing

What I can't figure out is how repeat visits are accounted for. The bluetits, great tits etc., bullfinches, sparrows and robins are backwards and forwards to the feeders constantly, so some are bound to get counted more than once.

Bayleaf · #8 Post by **Bayleaf** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:14 am

We don't have a terrace, or feeders, so the birds are just scattered around the valley in the trees. Like you say - how do you know if you're counting the same birds twice!

exile · #9 Post by **exile** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:33 pm

You don't know but it does not matter in the totality of the survey.

OTBC · #10 Post by **OTBC** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:00 pm

ajm » Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:56 pm

OTBC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:32 pm
We have feeders here in Dept 49. Loads of sparrows, great tits, blackbirds. In 20 years here, I've never seen a blue tit. Bizarre.

Whereabouts in 49 are you? We could send you some of our blue tits. We used to get long tailed tits but haven't seen them for a while.

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