Hedgehog

On 2003-11-17, David Harcombe <David.Harcombe.DeleteThis@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> Duke of URL wrote:
>| I suspect there are a lot of readers who, like me, have never seen a
>| hedgehog and wondered.
>| Go to alt.binaries.pictures.military
>| Keyword Hedgehog
>|
>|
> How can anyone not have seen a hedgehog? Are you Merkin? Do they not
> have them there?
>
> I hope they do - my wife'll be most upset when we get to Canananananada
> if so, since she's looking forward to being able to put bread & milk out
> for the hedgehogs in the back garden!

I know it's a little late responding and hope you haven't arrived here
in the interval. Sorry no no wild hedghogs but if you do a google
search on' chipmunk', she might find an adequate substitute waiting for
her. With care, they can be gentled to hand feeding (as can chickadees
if she wants to try birds - they are about the size of an english
robin.)


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in article slrnfgqatr.nj.ljmoore.RemoveThis@localhost.localdomain, Larry Moore at
ljmoore.RemoveThis@localhost.localdomain wrote on 10/10/2007 2:58 PM:

> On 2003-11-17, David Harcombe <David.Harcombe.RemoveThis@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>> Duke of URL wrote:
>> | I suspect there are a lot of readers who, like me, have never seen a
>> | hedgehog and wondered.
>> | Go to alt.binaries.pictures.military
>> | Keyword Hedgehog
>> |
>> |
>> How can anyone not have seen a hedgehog? Are you Merkin? Do they not
>> have them there?
>>
>> I hope they do - my wife'll be most upset when we get to Canananananada
>> if so, since she's looking forward to being able to put bread & milk out
>> for the hedgehogs in the back garden!
>
> I know it's a little late responding and hope you haven't arrived here
> in the interval. Sorry no no wild hedghogs but if you do a google
> search on' chipmunk', she might find an adequate substitute waiting for
> her. With care, they can be gentled to hand feeding (as can chickadees
> if she wants to try birds - they are about the size of an english
> robin.)
>
In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.

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'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
<brightly_coloured_blob.RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk> did say:

> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.

Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as Scottish
wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.

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'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that A.Reader
<anonymously.RemoveThis@example.com> did say:

> On 11 Oct 2007 20:18:04 GMT,
> Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
>><brightly_coloured_blob.RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>>
>>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>>
>>Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as
>>Scottish wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.
>
> erm, scottish wildcats (f. silv. grampia) aren't the same
> species (conventionally not even the same genus) as the
> North American bobcat (lynx rufus).
>
> Or was that the point you were making and I missed it?

It was indeed, but as Tiny says, I was being unnecessarily
sarcastic.

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þus cwæð Daibhid Ceanaideach :
> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
> <brightly_coloured_blob.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>
>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.

Um, not quite. Tits generally; the most common chickadee, the
Black-capped, is a dead ringer for a Marsh Tit.

> Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as Scottish
> wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.

There's no call for sarcasm: chickadees and tits are both members of the
family Paridae (except for those that aren't). Indeed the aforementioned
Black-capped chickadee and Marsh Tit are both included in genus Poecile,
and thus more closely related than either is to other tits and
chickadees.
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þus cwæð Daibhid Ceanaideach :
> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that A.Reader
> <anonymously.RemoveThis@example.com> did say:
>
>> On 11 Oct 2007 20:18:04 GMT,
>> Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
>>> <brightly_coloured_blob.RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>>>
>>>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>>>
>>> Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as
>>> Scottish wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.
>>
>> erm, scottish wildcats (f. silv. grampia) aren't the same
>> species (conventionally not even the same genus) as the
>> North American bobcat (lynx rufus).
>>
>> Or was that the point you were making and I missed it?
>
> It was indeed, but as Tiny says, I was being unnecessarily
> sarcastic.

I'm sure somebody will say something stoopid about Doctor Who soon, and
then you can wax sarcastic all you like, very necessarily.

(If it's any consolation, had it been robins, you would have been bang
on).
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:21:12 GMT, Lesley Weston
<brightly_coloured_blob.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>>
>In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>
Very similar birds, but not the same. Blue tits are blue and yellow;
chickadees are black and white.

Nice little chaps - absolutely no fear.

Regards

Doug Urquhart
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in article Xns99C6D97AB3D6Fdaibhid.RemoveThis@130.133.1.4, Daibhid Ceanaideach at
daibhidchenedelh.RemoveThis@aol.com wrote on 11/10/2007 1:18 PM:

> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
> <brightly_coloured_blob.RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>
>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>
> Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as Scottish
> wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-110650/chickadee

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in article l8CdnbHKZs1SC5PanZ2dnUVZ8qijnZ2d RemoveThis @bt.com, Tiny Bulcher at
alycidon9 RemoveThis @btinternet.com wrote on 11/10/2007 2:33 PM:

> þus cwæð Daibhid Ceanaideach :
>> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that A.Reader
>> <anonymously RemoveThis @example.com> did say:
>>
>>> On 11 Oct 2007 20:18:04 GMT,
>>> Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
>>>> <brightly_coloured_blob RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>>>>
>>>>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as
>>>> Scottish wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.
>>>
>>> erm, scottish wildcats (f. silv. grampia) aren't the same
>>> species (conventionally not even the same genus) as the
>>> North American bobcat (lynx rufus).
>>>
>>> Or was that the point you were making and I missed it?
>>
>> It was indeed, but as Tiny says, I was being unnecessarily
>> sarcastic.
>
> I'm sure somebody will say something stoopid about Doctor Who soon, and
> then you can wax sarcastic all you like, very necessarily.
>
> (If it's any consolation, had it been robins, you would have been bang
> on).
>
>
It was quite a shock when I first saw a North American robin. They're about
the size of a large thrush [1] and wouldn't be seen dead perched on a
gardener's boot. But the males do have a rather charming habit in Spring of
standing about with a beak-full of worms, making the most of their red
breasts and thus indicating to any passing female that not only are they
handsome, they are also good providers.

[1] Hardly surprising, since that's what they are.

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On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:41:10 GMT, in alt.books.pratchett
Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_blob.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
<C3363596.650AA%brightly_coloured_blob@yahoo.co.uk>:
>in article l8CdnbHKZs1SC5PanZ2dnUVZ8qijnZ2d.DeleteThis@bt.com, Tiny Bulcher at
>alycidon9@btinternet.com wrote on 11/10/2007 2:33 PM:
>
>> þus cwæð Daibhid Ceanaideach :
>>> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that A.Reader
>>> <anonymously.DeleteThis@example.com> did say:
>>>
>>>> On 11 Oct 2007 20:18:04 GMT,
>>>> Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 'Twas on the 11 Oct 2007, that Lesley Weston
>>>>> <brightly_coloured_blob.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> did say:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. In much in the same way as bobcats are known as
>>>>> Scottish wildcats, and rattlesnakes are known as adders.
>>>>
>>>> erm, scottish wildcats (f. silv. grampia) aren't the same
>>>> species (conventionally not even the same genus) as the
>>>> North American bobcat (lynx rufus).
>>>>
>>>> Or was that the point you were making and I missed it?
>>>
>>> It was indeed, but as Tiny says, I was being unnecessarily
>>> sarcastic.
>>
>> I'm sure somebody will say something stoopid about Doctor Who soon, and
>> then you can wax sarcastic all you like, very necessarily.
>>
>> (If it's any consolation, had it been robins, you would have been bang
>> on).
>>
>>
>It was quite a shock when I first saw a North American robin. They're about
>the size of a large thrush [1] and wouldn't be seen dead perched on a
>gardener's boot. But the males do have a rather charming habit in Spring of
>standing about with a beak-full of worms, making the most of their red
>breasts and thus indicating to any passing female that not only are they
>handsome, they are also good providers.
>
>[1] Hardly surprising, since that's what they are.

What is a European robin? I had no idea that there was a difference.
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On 2007-10-13, Free Lunch <lunch DeleteThis @nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:41:10 GMT, in alt.books.pratchett
> Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_blob DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
><C3363596.650AA%brightly_coloured_blob@yahoo.co.uk>:
>>in article l8CdnbHKZs1SC5PanZ2dnUVZ8qijnZ2d DeleteThis @bt.com, Tiny Bulcher at
>>alycidon9@btinternet.com wrote on 11/10/2007 2:33 PM:
>>
>>It was quite a shock when I first saw a North American robin. They're about
>>the size of a large thrush [1] and wouldn't be seen dead perched on a
>>gardener's boot. But the males do have a rather charming habit in Spring of
>>standing about with a beak-full of worms, making the most of their red
>>breasts and thus indicating to any passing female that not only are they
>>handsome, they are also good providers.
>>
>>[1] Hardly surprising, since that's what they are.
>
> What is a European robin? I had no idea that there was a difference.

From my two visits to England, the english robin is about the size of a
chickadee and about as active. The breast isn't as red and don't
recall if they sang as much as their N.A. namesake.


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in article 470fb78a.251065412.TakeThisOut@news.snet.sbcglobal.net, Doug Urquhart at
dougald.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net wrote on 12/10/2007 11:07 AM:

> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:21:12 GMT, Lesley Weston
> <brightly_coloured_blob.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>
>> In the UK, chickadees are known as bluetits.
>>
> Very similar birds, but not the same. Blue tits are blue and yellow;
> chickadees are black and white.

The black-capped chickadee is, yes. Apparently, I should have said just
generic tits, rather than specifying bluetits.
>
> Nice little chaps - absolutely no fear.

They fill the robin niche here, as far as personality goes.

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