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Birders

The Velveteen Ocelot

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5. It's a normal British phone booth. They are (were?) were always red.

Reply to CloudWatcher (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 2, 2021, 11:32 AM

Jan 2021

The Tardis is a police call box. Those were blue, and members of the public could use them to call the police before there was 911 (or in Britain, 999).

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I am not a serious birder. I have 5 bird feeders, 3 in front and 2 in the back yard. [View all] TexasProgresive Jan 2021 OP

Dr Who fans? soothsayer Jan 2021 #1

Blue? CloudWatcher Jan 2021 #3

It's a normal British phone booth. They are (were?) were always red. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #5

I don't know if color has anything to do with it or not. It looks like it has a roomy perch Arkansas Granny Jan 2021 #2

The bigger birds seem to avoid it, like cardinals. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #4

Nice feeder hermetic Jan 2021 #6

You use just an old board, out in the yard...interesting! NT SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #7

Yeah, hermetic Jan 2021 #8

Thanks so much, I got bird seed, tried using a feeder but it didn't take, the board seems a SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #9

The board wouldn't work well for us TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #11

founder? Not sure of this usage, so looked up, learned something new today! Thanks so much! SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #12

I think the size of the perch matters Mosby Jan 2021 #10