tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post8165275390160220847..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Butterflies at Bishop's HillRagged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-55451160358577634052014-05-28T11:26:53.696+01:002014-05-28T11:26:53.696+01:00Chris Rohrer - Thanks so much Chris. Like plants I...Chris Rohrer - Thanks so much Chris. Like plants I struggle on with the bug id!! I do persevere with moths and butterflies and I am trying to get better with "dragons" but gosh flies and beetles etc - there are zillions of species. Just don't have the time to id all plus, although I've got book cases full of natural history books, I need more specialist id ones and they are just too expensive to buy :(<br /><br />re: the Blue Tits and deceased babies. From watching via nestbox camera they certainly get rid of them when they die when tiny. But as they get bigger they can't manhandle them so well so the older the chicks the less likely they are to remove them in my experience. This year they did remove the four that died and they were quite big. In fact one got stuck in the entrance hole!! We were just about to intervene and help as they couldn't get in the nestbox to feed the others!, when they managed somehow to get it out.<br /><br />Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-78908435037964056692014-05-27T23:41:14.121+01:002014-05-27T23:41:14.121+01:00Your bug ID, in my opinion, is awesome. I do like...Your bug ID, in my opinion, is awesome. I do like them but for some reason, trying to ID them is more of a chore than fun for me. I'm glad that there are people like you out there doing these things. Congrats on the butterflies! It's great playing detective and finding the targets flutters:) As for the tits, I have a question....because this is one area that I do love!:) What do they do with the deceased babies? Do they kick them out of the nest like other birds? Only the strongest will survive and birds don't mess around:) No matter how cute they are. Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-85518085587844485652014-05-24T20:06:19.424+01:002014-05-24T20:06:19.424+01:00David Turner - Many thanks for your kind words Dav...David Turner - Many thanks for your kind words David. Small Blue was new for me although to be honest years ago I never kept records of species I had seen and there were so many butterflies around then so I could have seen them aeons ago!<br /><br />Thanks so much for confirming the damselfly id :) I love Whitebeams so good to hear its been a good Spring for them elsewhere. Birds love their berries too and there should be a good crop this year.<br /><br />Its sad about the Blue Tits but, as you say, its part of nature. Most years there appear to be some mortalities and, of course, there is the dangerous period when they first fledge:(Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-3274177455648813592014-05-24T18:29:29.044+01:002014-05-24T18:29:29.044+01:00Wow, I am so envious of your recent butterfly adve...Wow, I am so envious of your recent butterfly adventures RR and I hope you continue to see more new species in the summer ahead :-) I have never seen either a Small Blue or Grizzled Skipper so your excellent pics were fantastic to see :-)<br /><br />We have a Swedish Whitebeam in our garden and this has had wonderful blossom this year too so perhaps it has been a good spring for all Whitebeam species. I also think you are right about the damselfly ID :-)<br /><br />On a less welcome note it was sad to read about the Blue Tit chicks but I suppose such things are just part of nature unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-20065582939238501932014-05-24T10:36:01.384+01:002014-05-24T10:36:01.384+01:00Tricia Ryder - Many thanks Tricia - will definitel...Tricia Ryder - Many thanks Tricia - will definitely be going back as you guessed :)<br /><br />Amanda Peters - Many thanks Amanda. We only get Holly Blue and occasionally Common Blue in the garden and near where I live but it was travelling 45 minutes for the Small Blue.<br /><br />I have finally found your blogs on Google + and circles. I'm off to visit them now!! :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-48564133280332970942014-05-24T08:47:24.718+01:002014-05-24T08:47:24.718+01:00Wow what a lot of Butterflies, must get out and fi...Wow what a lot of Butterflies, must get out and find my self some ' blue' Butterflies, not many round my area..<br />We have a lot of Whitebeam trees at the park and along the road side, I have never seen them so full of flower.<br />Amanda x<br />Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-71888761246215357442014-05-24T07:41:20.182+01:002014-05-24T07:41:20.182+01:00Fantastic sightings of flutters and great pics to ...Fantastic sightings of flutters and great pics to go with them. Methinks you will be going back to the site :)Tricia Ryderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010432313312804286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-18141222078282998902014-05-23T10:55:05.335+01:002014-05-23T10:55:05.335+01:00Countryside Tales - Thanks :) Yes, Wednesday was a...Countryside Tales - Thanks :) Yes, Wednesday was a good day for butterflies :) Its great that all the conservation efforts for Small Blue are paying off!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-31667426313796688112014-05-23T08:59:35.860+01:002014-05-23T08:59:35.860+01:00Wonderful! We had a very similar day by the looks ...Wonderful! We had a very similar day by the looks of it. The Blues are so incredibly beautiful aren't they? I could look at them all day. It sounds a fabulous place and how marvellous that the colonies are increasing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com