Friday, 31 July 2009

Birder's Bonus 56



The National Botanical Gardens Wales near Carmarthen seems to be a real boon for birds. House sparrows (Passer domesticus) can sleep in its Great Greenhouse. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) can beg in its walled garden and Coot (Fulica atra) can, with delicate parental punishment, encourage their maturing chicks to become independent feeders.

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