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First bat of summer down the garden just there
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Little orange tipped butterfly in the garden there
My first of the summer
Though others upthread ahead of me
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went out to the garden to put out the hedgehog food and he was already there, staring forlornly at the empty bowl
its not even dark yet man.. where's yer lockdown spirit
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Late afternoon yesterday little greenfinch visitor trying to fly through the glass of the sitooterie, The locals never bother with that
THis morning yellow finch, golfdfinch, larks and tons of swallows out A70, wee bank vole on cockburnhill
Also cheery wave from Lorry driver taking massive triple decker sheep arctic lorry up Buterland. I had pulled in to let him pass
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Mark Avery has an excellent article about the Nightjar in his blog today. There are recordings too, if anyone would like to hear their amazing call.
https://markavery.info/2020/05/05/bird-song-45-nightjar/
Cheers
ColinPosted 4 years ago # -
@gembo: yellow finch
Siskin?
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/siskin/
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Ah maybes, some of them fly along with you as you cycle. Lovely
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maybe a yellowhammer. i get them now and then
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A pigeon just tried to fly into our living room. Thud.
Looked a wee bit confused afterwards, but they always do, and it flew off soon after without any issues.
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Hammer is anglicized form of Ammer which is German for Bunting
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Arm and hammer is slang for drugs that have been stepped on
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Arm and Hammer is a toothpaste
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@bax San - yes Baking Soda Toothpaste
Was in North Uist once with splitting headache, took the stepped on product - no effect, had also been stepped on with Beechams Powders so headache cleared up
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@Frenchy Opened toddlers curtains this morning to see the perfect sideways imprint of what I reckon must have been a wood pigeon on her window. Proper comedy straight flights straight into it from what I can tell. Must have been the day/evening for it yesterday.
Toddler is obsessed with the many woodpigeons we have around here ("They go hoo hoooo hoo daddy") so has been taking everyone to her room to see the imprint all morning. By everyone I mean me. Repeatedly. Then Granny on a video call.
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@ARobComp sounds like not one but two excellent impressions.
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Deer watching me at Kelly Syke gate this a.m. raced me back to Edinburgh for 1kn until the deer fence turned North and it pranced about its busines, lovely.
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Twice now I have been in work meetings and spotted the dust-ghost of an owl on the meeting room window.
I think sometimes sparrowhawk pursuits are responsible for the daytime collisions. I have seen a sparrow fly into a window and looked round to see the hawk glaring at it from a fence.
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I've been trying to get on terms with hoodies who are nesting on next door's chimney stack and drop in for fast food from the bird feeders. I had some food ready to toss to them. Today one landed on my shed with an injured wing - it's dangling from his side and I could see the blood. He can fly a bit, but looks terribly vulnerable. I did chuck him some food, which he ate, and he can get on to fences and sheds - not sure if he can fly back to the chimney stack.
What could have attacked him? A cat? A sparrow hawk? Another hoodie?
I say "he" but no idea what sex he is.
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@Rosie: When you say "hoodie", do you mean hooded crow? That is one of the colloquial names for Corvus cornix but I've never seen one in Edinburgh.
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@ejstubbs - no you're right. It's a jackdaw. I've just looked him up.
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wood pigeon group sex shenanigans
don't look, it only encourages them
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@ bax
Ducks do it
Sparrows do it,
Pigeons with no smidgins of shame do it..Posted 4 years ago # -
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Mild if significant correlation suggesting females benefit from polyandry
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I risked walking along the canal towpath last night in the hope of seeing the latest cygnets, which had been spotted heading into town with their parents when I set out, but I later found out that they had turned around and headed out of town again so was disappointed. The towpath was getting uncomfortably busy between Boroughmuir Plaza and Harrison Park, but it was worth the risk to take in the difference in the plant growth and water quality since I last cycled that way over a month ago, but it was as busy as I've ever seen it beyond that so I returned to the roads thereafter.
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Thank you to whoever has identified, with chalk, the plants growing out of cracks in the pavement near The Water of Leith Visitor Centre.
I'd like to encourage this.
Cheers
ColinPosted 4 years ago # -
@Colin according to this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/01/not-just-weeds-how-rebel-botanists-are-using-graffiti-to-name-forgotten-flora-aoe
"In the UK it is illegal to chalk anything – hopscotch, art or botanical names – on paths or highways without permission, even if it educates, celebrates and fosters interest and knowledge in nature."
Which means that all of us who advertise PoP with chalk have been guilty of criminal damage...Posted 4 years ago #
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