Professor Toffee
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Cracking day today Don bagged (metaphorically!) 2 coveys of grey partridge,
Cuckoo, stock dove, nesting northern wheatear, yellow wagtail ( v rare in Ireland)
Cracking day
Urban Foxes (not Leicester!)
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Cuckoo, stock dove, nesting northern wheatear, yellow wagtail ( v rare in Ireland)
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Donald Twain
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Nice one ! Never heard of a nesting northern wheatear.Cracking day today Don bagged (metaphorically!) 2 coveys of grey partridge,
Cuckoo, stock dove, nesting northern wheatear, yellow wagtail ( v rare in Ireland)
Cracking day
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Well it's a wheatear Don ( from the Anglo Saxon meaning White Arse, which it has, well a white tail when it's flying. Don't know what colour it's anus is) from Northern Europe and other points North ( as against Southern Europe etc) which has a nest and hopefully eggs etc
Donald Twain
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Professor Toffee
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That's the one, one of my very favourite birds?
Ever seen on Don?
If you haven't easy enough to track down on coasts in late summer
Donald Twain
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I haven't had the pleasure but me dad and elder brother go so I'm sure they have !
Professor Toffee
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It's a beauty Don, worth popping out some Sunday afternoon for a look, they are also really tame so you can get pretty close to them!
A bit much that Deggo, the Prof is entitled to air his views without being insulted.
Donald Twain
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Have you shot any ?
Donald Twain
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Photographed I meant!
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Nope I do the birding and photography as pretty separate pursuits
I have the lenses for birding but I have a dodgy back and knee so lugging them about is a nightmare
I plan photography as a "light " exercise optically, but I've stopped exhibiting so I enjoy it much more!
If you've ever watched a veteran and gifted athlete move about the field, there is an economy of motion in their stealth. Foxes share this with cats, and frankly surpass them, since they less of sit-and-pounce-predators than cats (though they do pounce). I once watched a fox pursue a squirrel. The fox moved about like a 40-year-old Mario Lemieux (if you follow hockey)...pure wisdom and anticipation. Meanwhile, the squirrel was frenetic, uncalculated, and frankly inelegant. Though to be fair the squirrel was running for its life, not its dinner. But as far as predators go, foxes are unmatched in their guile, their cleverness, and their adaptability. It is an eternal sh_t-shame that they are viewed as a nuissance. They like to eat the same things we do (e.g., chicken). Who can blame them? And for that they are hunted. Bummer.
Also like humans they appear to kill indiscriminately too, ask anyone who keeps chickens or poultry mate.
Release the hounds !
Cracking day today Don bagged (metaphorically!) 2 coveys of grey partridge,
Cuckoo, stock dove, nesting northern wheatear, yellow wagtail ( v rare in Ireland)
Cracking day
You did well seeing a cuckoo, increasingly rare nowadays on the mainland.
Ps - one of my favs is the Stonechat
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