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Nice shot Eric. They are like gold dust up here.
It's strange how some species have survived better in different areas. You have posted birds we rarely see down here.
Every year around early September (usually) we get a Yaffle drop in. Within 48 hours we get a great spotted drop in!
It's got to the point where as soon as we hear the Yaffle call we keep watch for the GS.
We assumed it was a displacement after fledging or the start of a migration movement (although they a-patently don't move far from their birthplace).
This year it's been much earlier and the reverse. Last month we had the GS juvenile coming here and hanging about for 2 or 3 days ...now it's the Yaffles turn. I suspect like everything else it's been a perfect breeding Spring and they are dispersing earlier.
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Eric