An OCD twitchers notes
The birds in my garden have started to organise themselves into alphabetical order with Sparrows, Starlings and Swifts all nesting in a line. I am concerned on two counts. 1) where should the Song Thrush go (is it in the T area or the S area?) 2) I would prefer them to organise themselves under their systematic names - how do I get them to move? Thank you
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July 21st, 2008 at 10:10 am
Okay, you need to decide what you are basing your nomeclature on. In the first part of the query you refer to sparrow, starling and swift, which are genera, then switch to song thrush, which is specific. If you are doing it by common english name, the birds are already our of order as it will be house sparrow, common starling and common swift. If you are doing it by scientific name they are similarily out of order : passer, sturnus and apus.
If you want to do it by phylogentic order, then it should be swift, starling, sparrow.
Thus, give it up and get a life boyo.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:08 am
Should you wish to manipulate the spatial location of any birds nests, you should only do this by encouragement - provide suitable nesting habitat (boxes or similar) where you wish them to nest, and not where you wish to discourage them. Be prepared for this to be a slow process.
Please do not remove any active nests; this is likely to contravene the wildlife legislation of your country.