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Angry Birds Summer Pignic

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Angry Birds Summer Pignic was the first game in the Seasons series that had not been released in line with a holiday. At the time of release, the Seasons game had a Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, St Patricks and an Easter game, but nothing to celebrate a season even though Christmas and Easter obviously to some point represented Winter and Spring respectively.

Released on all platforms on the 21st June 2011, which was summer solstice (the longest day), the game worked in the same way as the Christmas version (angry birds seasons greedings) with 30 different levels that could be played as each day passed rather than when you finished the last level. This meant that by rights if the game was downloaded after the 21st July 2011, then the levels could be played from 30 to 1 rather than the other way around. With this being said, the game did keep to its increasing level of difficulty system that had been used on all the previous games.

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Angry Birds St Patrick Days

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Angry Birds St Patricks Day – Go Green Get Lucky

To celebrate the popular Irish tradition, Rovio (the developers of Angry Birds) released St Patricks Day – Go Green Get Lucky. The game was released as an extension of the Season’s game and followed on from Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

Game Differences

As expected, the game did not make any major structural changes. Furthermore, the things that did change were all necessities. For example, there was now an Irish themed background, which included lots of clovers, hills and rather ironically a sunset! In addition, the special point obstacles had been changed from boxes of candy in the Valentine’s Day edition to pots of gold in this one. Striking a pot of gold would give you 3000 points.

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Angry Birds: Mooncake Festival

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In order to celebrate the Chinese mid-autumn festival, Angry Birds released their seventh game in the Seasons series, Mooncake Festival. Released in September 2011, the game showed more promise than previous updates simply because it came with additional levels when compared to Seasons Greedings, Hogs and Kisses, Go Green Get Lucky, Easter Eggs and Summer Pignic.

Game Developments

As mentioned, the main change was that against the majority of other season games (you can find links to play the seasons packs online @ chrome birds), Mooncake Festival had double the amount of levels. This game had 30 levels and three additional ones that could be unlocked by liking the game on Facebook.

As with all the Season games, Mooncake Festival changed its background and the music as well in order to make it more oriental. This meant that there was now a rather relaxing background with slow passing clouds through rolling hills. Furthermore, the music was given an oriental twist. In addition, the objects that you had to overcome and the items used as defence by the green pigs had changed. These pigs now held paper fans and wore straw hats, which both acted as a defence.

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Inner-City Gardens

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inner eye candy

Even if your garden is merely a small plot of greenland in the city centre, it is still capable of attracting birds. Consider it as a comfortable sanctuary amongst the solid desert, offering somewhere to stay, food, and in a lot of incidences a place to nest too.

You are able to multiply the number and range of birds that come to your garden if you make it really ‘bird-friendly’. For example, by supplying bird tables, birdbaths and nest boxes, and also, by attempting to keep away unwanted guests like cats and squirrels.

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Scarcities & Get Aways

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Very occasionally, your garden might entertain a rare guest. It might be a cage bird that has fled, like a Budgerigar or Canary; however, these are not likely to survive the British climate for an extremely long period of time. Tougher species might form a booming feral population, just in case certain species, such as the ring net Parakeet, turn out to be an agricultural nuisance.

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BTO Garden Bird Watch Survey

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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden Bird Watch is the largest year round survey of birds in the world. More than 15,000 people collect weekly records of the birds and other wildlife visiting their gardens. These observations are then analysed by researchers at the BTO, who use them to find out how birds and other wildlife use gardens and how this use has changed over time. Their findings then feed into conservation policy, contributing to such things as Government’s Quality Life Indicators and alerting conservation organisations to sudden changes in bird populations. Continue reading →

Observing Garden Birds

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observing garden birds two birds eat from a bird feeder

Glance out of the window into your garden, and you are likely to see some birds. They might be habitual guests, like Blue Tits, Blackbirds or Robins. Alternatively they might be strange, and awkward to recognise. Therefore, what do you do from here? The first thing to do is purchase a dependable pair of binoculars? They enable you to watch birds short of being seen, at intimate proximity, starting an entirely new world of hobbies.

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Introduction to Garden Birds

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introduction to garden birds

Whether you stay in the hub of the countryside, or the city centre, your gardens will appeal to birds. In fact, one of the utmost desires of having a garden is observing the birds that visit.

In modern days, masses of individuals have realised the pleasures of studying bird behaviour at close proximity. Although, it’s not just human beings that gain advantages – gardens are essential for the happiness and existence of birds also.

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