https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-you-tell-us-about-the-habitat-associations-of-partridges-and-in-particular-whether-pear-trees-are-ever-involved/ Your online guide to birds and birdwatching Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-you-tell-us-about-the-habitat-associations-of-partridges-and-in-particular-whether-pear-trees-are-ever-involved/#comment-5050 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 22:50:00 +0000 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?p=16782#comment-5050 What? No partridges in pear trees? Well damn man, what do you think string is for?

]]> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-you-tell-us-about-the-habitat-associations-of-partridges-and-in-particular-whether-pear-trees-are-ever-involved/#comment-5049 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 16:52:00 +0000 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?p=16782#comment-5049 But……. here in Britain we have an introduced population of the Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) which does perch on buildings, walls and occasionally in trees! Plenty of Pear trees here in Kent, and Red-legs often forage and sometimes nest in orchards, so perhaps it is not too fanciful!

]]> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-you-tell-us-about-the-habitat-associations-of-partridges-and-in-particular-whether-pear-trees-are-ever-involved/#comment-5048 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:31:00 +0000 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?p=16782#comment-5048 A great way to learn something new! Happy holidays!

]]> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-you-tell-us-about-the-habitat-associations-of-partridges-and-in-particular-whether-pear-trees-are-ever-involved/#comment-5047 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:26:00 +0000 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?p=16782#comment-5047 I assume that medieval song writers did not know the proper names of all birds. Or were merely looking for the name of some bird that fit well with “pear”. It is OK nowadays because, in Michigan at least, ruffed grouse, which roost in trees, are often called pats or partridges.

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