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Re: Gardening
« Reply #660 on: May 02, 2022, 11:23:00 PM »
Super pictures! We have a couple of Piliateds hanging around, but I'll be darned if I can get a picture of them.
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Re: Gardening
« Reply #661 on: May 02, 2022, 11:33:52 PM »
Super pictures! We have a couple of Piliateds hanging around, but I'll be darned if I can get a picture of them.
Had to take a whole bunch, she kept pecking at the stump with head down, would only look up for a second, had lots of pictures of the back!  Fortunately she was there long enough and didn't mind movement so I could get the screen off the inside of the window and get clearer shots.  Couple years ago in the winter a Sharp Shinned Hawk got a Mourning Dove off the gutter (big cloud of feathers) and spent the next hour having lunch under the tree that is now that stump.
This was a great day out - the local Raptor counting group up at Braddocks Bay, a huge stopover point in migrations, held a photo shoot day as a fundraiser. They had one of the bird handlers that does educational shows come in and had the birds out in trees and such, with just a limited number of photographers there. Got a LOT of great pictures, but this one is my favorite, had a chance to fly a Harris Hawk. Thats me on the left if you were wondering which of us was which...  :Lol:   I was feeding him a spare shop gnome....!




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Re: Gardening
« Reply #662 on: May 02, 2022, 11:56:30 PM »
That's brilliant - I'd love to do something like that.
Stuart

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #663 on: May 03, 2022, 12:28:07 PM »
Hello Chris,

The wife and I had the privilege of attending a bird handling day at Falco near Chichester, a while back.

It's amazing just how light weight the birds are. I think my Harris Hawk was only youngster compared to your monster





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Re: Gardening
« Reply #664 on: May 18, 2022, 08:41:21 PM »
Wow ...saw this strange creature in my pond today ...the frog was quite interested and looked as though it would make a tasty snack ??

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« Reply #665 on: May 18, 2022, 08:52:22 PM »
Willy - that thing at the bottom looks like a slug or snail with duckweed stuck all over it.   

Possibly a telemarketer in its natural habitat?   :Lol:

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« Reply #666 on: May 18, 2022, 08:58:38 PM »
Hi "C" yes a strange  chap ..I have never seen anything like it before ...an alien perhaps  ?!!! :o :ROFL:

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« Reply #667 on: May 18, 2022, 09:17:40 PM »
Does it taste like chicken?    :o    :paranoia:

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« Reply #668 on: May 18, 2022, 10:25:03 PM »
Hi ":C"  I meant to say the frog  was looking for a tasty snack that might be the strange camouflaged creature / !!!

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« Reply #669 on: May 19, 2022, 03:44:52 PM »
Hi "C", Ok  it is a caddis fly larvae and they make wonderful "Houses" to hide in ?!!!  lots of pics on the web ?!!!!!

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #670 on: August 13, 2022, 10:20:24 AM »
Intermittently over the past few weeks / months I've bodged together a bird feeding table out of odd bits and scrap ends of wood ..  :shrug:

Here's the top bit. It does have a post to stand on but I now need to dismantle it and put some more paint on it and cover the roof with some DPC membrane I have. Hopefully a better job than it is now.

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #671 on: August 13, 2022, 10:22:54 AM »
Another view:

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #672 on: August 13, 2022, 11:13:34 AM »
Nice work - but I'm sure the Birds are more interested in fact that there is some grub for them every day  ;)

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« Reply #673 on: August 13, 2022, 12:03:57 PM »
Its looks rather nice Dave, like a new luxury Bert Bath house  :thinking: Is it correctly sized for his lordship  ::)

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« Reply #674 on: August 13, 2022, 12:36:23 PM »
Its looks rather nice Dave, like a new luxury Bert Bath house  :thinking: Is it correctly sized for his lordship  ::)

Jo

Dunno  :headscratch:  No Podgkins or Berts around. Too hot I think.

Those pellets have been there for a couple of hours together with some on the garden but none have been touched as far as I can see.

They'll be back ...

Dave

 

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