Albufeira's Forum : PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE https://albufeira.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 08:24:11 +0000 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:08:06 +0000 https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 albufeira.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9863 <![CDATA[Albufeira's Forum]]> https://albufeira.com/forum//images/albufeira-forum-logo.png https://albufeira.com/forum/ <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : Some more of my Tuesday trip through...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102972.html#102972 Author: cubsur
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Posted: 03/August/2017 at 19:08

Some more of my Tuesday trip through the wildlife.

cubsur51.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/forests-and-beaches/

Elsewhere I saw two small deer run across the road and there were plenty of lizards sunning themselves today. A few gulls on the shore, still almost nothing in the trees. Even the deciduous woods to the north are very quiet.
]]> Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:08:06 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102972.html#102972 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : Went through again yesterday....]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102964.html#102964 Author: cubsur
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Posted: 02/August/2017 at 20:42

Went through again yesterday. Saw a pigeon, heard a crow, somewhere high up.

These are the forest trees. Plenty of insects, lots of grasshoppery things. More pix later.


]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:42:57 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102964.html#102964 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : I know where some are. Some sparrows...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102957.html#102957 Author: cubsur
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Posted: 01/August/2017 at 09:26

I know where some are. Some sparrows have made nests in the rafters of the local fish market! Imagine that being tolerated in certain 'elf n safety conscious countries.

As for the pines, they don't seem to be tightly packed and there are semi-open expanses, hundreds of yards across, of scrub and bushes where the trees have been felled over the years. I shall delve further into this as it's a nice day today, camera in hand to find some.
]]> Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:26:32 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102957.html#102957 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : Maybe the trees are too tightly...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102955.html#102955 Author: DICEYUK
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Posted: 31/July/2017 at 12:34

Maybe the trees are too tightly packed. If so, little or no other vegitation and no bugs for birds to feed on.
]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:34:24 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102955.html#102955 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : Well maybe the birds around here...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102953.html#102953 Author: cubsur
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Posted: 31/July/2017 at 10:08

Well maybe the birds around here know something I do not about the pines here. It's just a deathly hush in there, other than a few cicadas.]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:08:37 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102953.html#102953 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : Loads of birds in the pine trees...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102946.html#102946 Author: DICEYUK
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Posted: 30/July/2017 at 14:20

Loads of birds in the pine trees at the back of us in Acoteias - Hopooe, Blackbirds, Sparrows, Jays, Blue Winged Magpies, Mistle Thrushes, Pigeons, Doves, different types of Tits, Swallows and/or Swifts + several other smaller birds that we don't know or can't identify.
There's even an Owl (type unkown) that comes most nights and has been doing so for the last 5 years.
]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:20:04 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102946.html#102946 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : I&#039;m not an ornithologist...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102945.html#102945 Author: Big Col
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Posted: 30/July/2017 at 13:46

I'm not an ornithologist but there are many birds that like pine forests including some of our more common types.

Walking in pine forests in the UK I have seen various types of woodland birds like chaffinches, several members of the tit family, Woodpeckers, Jays, various owls, Nuthatch, and birds of prey. There are also types which specialise in pine cone seeds like the Crossbill.

Perhaps its different in France or you've got a noisy bike!! ]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:46:52 +0000 https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102945.html#102945 <![CDATA[PINE TREES AND BIRDLIFE : One for the ornithologists among...]]> https://albufeira.com/forum/pine-trees-and-birdlife_topic9863_post102944.html#102944 Author: cubsur
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Posted: 30/July/2017 at 09:09

One for the ornithologists among you.

Is there something about pine trees that birds do not like?

I haven't paid any attention to this among the pine trees near Albufeira, but yesterday I was cycling through a pine forest in France, along some 3.5 miles of bike path, when it dawned on me there wasn't a bird to be seen or heard. Thousands of acres of tall trees, not a sight nor sound of avian activity.
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