in woodland, by sound* is the only sensible option for a broad scope on birdtown
*or by the lack of sound
when you get to know them "a little bird told me" has deep meaning
my seaside hols added a species to noises and radio 4 told me what they are when they are a couple of days later and 5 miles down the coast
eider ducks are hilarious, they keep laughing at each other's jokes and laughter is contagious even to me at 4 am
nice to add another species to "it is those" even if i don't understand their language yet
as for mystery animals making noises, they are among the funniest i have ever heard and later identified
Nice you have a pair now. I think we have at least one pair in the woods, probably more. Have only ever seen one clearly and that was quite recently, although we have been aware of them for the whole time we have been there.
the nightingale is still seeking similar
mice busy
sparrows altering their diet to more sunflower seeds, not hit the mealworms yet
a fairly tame and very plump woody is a regular
queenie flash dudley and speckly have forgiven baldrick for having a week away
new dik seems a decent sort of chap(some are a bit rude and get beasted by massed sparrows)
the jackdaws of roslin seem to be doing ok
the two from the chimney say hello when they see me, very androcles, considering how traumatic that must have been for them at the time
i am surprised they do not remember me as part of the problems rather than rescuer sharing their perils(soot really messes me up) and all three of us were coughing and choking, bouncing off the walls, etc
I take it it was the jackdaws bouncing off the walls rather than you.
We had a volunteer group yesterday for the first time in ages and went into the lower part of the wood where I haven't been for a bit. Wood anemones starting to come into flower; they seem to come up either in flower of flower within a few days. Primroses and violets in flower and the ground looking really green now with a mixture of bluebell, wild garlic and dogs mercury leaves. The odd bluebell thinking about sending up a flower spike, but most hopefully will be a couple of weeks yet. It is nicer when we have a separate wood anemone and bluebell season as it takes longer and the smells are completely different so best separate.
Heard a thrush and chiff chaff, but not a lot else. Blackbird singing in the garden.
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Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9105 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 23 11:11 am Post subject:
We have had thrushes really early...a combination of aeroplane takeoff at 3.45 am and street lights
Blackbird turf wars, chaffinches, sparrows mob handed like the starlings and our resident wren. The collar doves and jackdaws canoodling on the telephone line pole....plus too many gulls and magpies.
I take it it was the jackdaws bouncing off the walls rather than you.
it would be less than truthful to say that he who your servant refers to with the perpendicular pronoun had no contact with any surfaces during the event
magic sponges are my friend
thinking of such things, the pigeon angel print on the outside of this window has survived 2 washes and a winter
the wren seems to be a regular for finding wriggly things in the brambles
the two young daws mentioned from the chimney debacle were on the roof a few mins ago, they definitely know me
i will research daw treats and see if they will feel comfy enough to come close
it might be they are more nervous of the sparrows than they are of me,
the sparrows are rather territorial to any they see as a potential threat
For some reason they don't seem to be able to see glass very well, even if it isn't particularly clean. We sometimes get them flying into our bedroom window, which is surrounded by creeper. It is possible to see light through from the front of the house, but not directly. Luckily the creeper under the window is thick enough to catch them so they can recover.
Found a bank in the woods yesterday where there are a lot of violet plants. They are coming through, but no flowers on them yet. Did find some in an open area in flower though. One small part of the coup we are cutting at the moment must get quite a lot of light and warmth as a few bluebells coming up to flower there. Don't think we are going to get separate wood anemone and bluebell season this year, although they might surprise me.
a few weeks back i did consider taking one or more of them on an adventure, i decided they might not like it
looking at snaps of those who are good at it, the locals are of good stock
One problem with the dependence on computers, phones and similar is that they only work if you have a signal. Gregotyn couldn't get a signal at his house, only in one of his upper fields, which was one reason he gave up posting as he had to go to a fairly distant library. As it says in the article, in times of trouble, these methods fail, so pigeon post or amateur radio can be the only link to the outside world.
Husband and son saw something interesting yesterday. A sparrowhawk killed a pigeon and they landed in the road not far in front of a learner driver. The sparrowhawk decided its meal would be safer elsewhere so flew up into a hedge with it. Son got a picture, which I haven't yet seen, but he said it was hard to see which was sparrowhawk and which was pigeon.
that one was not expecting a sudden stop
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