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Hundreds of birdwatchers queue to see rare Oriental Turtle Dove
small woeld.com ^
| February 15th 2011
| staff reporter
Posted on 02/15/2011 12:19:21 PM PST by Daffynition
Hundreds of birdwatchers queued outside a suburban house today to catch a glimpse of a rare bird in the back garden – after paying a £5 fee imposed by the canny homeowner.
More than 500 twitchers descended on the doorstep of amateur ornithologist Steve Akers, 56, from 6.30am after he spotted the Oriental Turtle Dove feeding in his garden.
The bird – normally found in Russia and Siberia – has only been spotted twice before in Britain and news of the discovery spread like wildfire through the birdwatching world on Monday afternoon.
By yesterday morning a queue of ornithologists stretched for hundreds of yards along Mr Akers’ road in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
The father-of-two drafted in two ‘bouncers’ from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to control the crowd.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: chippingnorton; oxfordshire; unitedkingdom
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Twitchers waiting in lione:
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:20:24 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: Daffynition
Need about 2 dozen to make a decent meal.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:22:55 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
("And if you disagree with me, you are worse than Hitler." Greg Gutfeld)
To: Daffynition
How do you keep the turtle dove from going VOOM with all those annoying birdwatchers there? Did he nail it to its perch?
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:23:45 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
To: Daffynition
Good for Mr Akers. Supply and demand in action.
Nice for the birders also-— to add to their list of birds seen.
It’s a win-win.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:24:46 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Daffynition
Hey, I was just there.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:27:18 PM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
(I am unique, Just like everybody else.)
To: Daffynition
The birdwatching came to an abrupt and tragic end when former democratic presidential candidate John Kerry showed up on the scene.
12 birdwatchers were also wounded.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:31:26 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Daffynition
A rare Siberian gull has been spotexd on Chicago’s lakefrint. Means the ice age is here ...Time to take back California Del Sur
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:34:45 PM PST
by
mosesdapoet
("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
To: mosesdapoet
Where’s Miss Jane and the Biddle Birdwatchers?
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:44:01 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: massgopguy
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:50:35 PM PST
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: KarlInOhio
His enterprising kids opened an impromptu car wash.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:55:12 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:56:40 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: Mears
The Lesser Spotted Escher Stool Pigeon.
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posted on
02/15/2011 12:58:24 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: Daffynition
Oriental Turtle Dove
They like to be called Asian Turtle Doves /s
To: TexasPatriot1
Piker. Feeds a family of two.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:03:33 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: mosesdapoet
Cool. I don't know the different gulls so well.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:06:16 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: Daffynition
Wow, look at all the pigeons lined up for this.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:07:38 PM PST
by
decimon
To: occamrzr06
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:11:57 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
What’s the most *rare* bird you’ve seen in your hammock?
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:20:04 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
To: Daffynition
Damn !
I’ve been trying to spot one of them for years.
:-)
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:25:01 PM PST
by
Mears
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