Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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9 November 2010
22:2379382
Sorry about the title but I thought with all the doom and gloom on the forum at the moment I might try to cheer you all up a bit.
Now I have my very own private hide and the subjects no more than 3 feet away, I'll be able to get some triffic shots of birds.
It'll be very quiet over the next few months but will try my best to get as many as possible.
So I'll start with the Blue Tit.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
9 November 2010
22:3679383Lovely Ian
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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9 November 2010
22:5979390wold love a bird table and the pleasure that the visitors bring ian, alas my psychotic cat would see it as christmas and birthday rolled into one.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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9 November 2010
23:0279393Cheer up Ian? - the title had the potential but then what do I see, some feathered bird.... a downer...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
9 November 2010
23:0879396now now barry, we realise that you are the forum lothario, just a question of standards.
mind you i do have a life long interest in the thread title.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,883
10 November 2010
10:4179410I am looking forward to seeing some more lovely pictures Ian.
Watching the numerous different birds in the garden is one of the things I really miss since I moved back to Dover. I never thought I would say this but I even miss the extremely noisy rookery that was just over the road from my little bungalow up in Suffolk.
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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10 November 2010
12:2379432Barry.
If I where in a position to bring you any other sort I would oblige but I don't think the wife would approve.
Jan I shall try my best for you.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
10 November 2010
18:2179487They do say a man thinks of naughtyness every three minutes, I have some of them that visit my garden and robins to
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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10 November 2010
21:0779524You could do with rephrasing that again Mel.
Just how many men with naughty thoughts do you get visiting your garden then?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
10 November 2010
23:1479563ian,mels mind is in a loop about every 3 seconds at the last count.
11 November 2010
07:5179583Ian, you always make me smile!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
11 November 2010
08:2779589I bought those bird-feeding fat-balls and the eating frame for the birds, so hope to see tits and other birds in the garden soon.
Lovely photo Ian
Roger
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
11 November 2010
10:1579599The RSPB recommend those feeders so you can take the fat balls out of the nets, apparently some of the little dears have caught beaks and feet in them.
I usally buy a big tub of fat balls from the pet place in next to Nettos, more economical than small amounts and a useful tub when finished.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
- Posts: 635
11 November 2010
10:2779602Great title, Ian. Certainly made me click on it!
Nice tit pic, too.
11 November 2010
11:4079614Unfortunately up here on the ninth floor we only get blasted pigeons, seagulls and the occasional magpie. I was surprised to hear on Radio 4 yesterday afternoon that the Herring Gull is very near to going on the endangered species list. There has been a dramatic decline in their numbers over the lat 10 years.
I guessed that the title would refer to the feathered kind. We were lucky enough, when I worked in Canterbury, to have a pair of long tailed tits in the garden. Very pretty birds.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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11 November 2010
12:0279618First class picture Ian, and how pleasant to have them in your garden. Alas, in our garden with a nice hedgerow behind, the bird population has been decimated this year, the reason being that a sparrow hawk has been coming frequently since the Spring, and I`ve personally witnessed it snatching two thrushes and two other birds. I haven`t experienced this in over 20 years of living here, and at the moment, I have no love for this bird of prey, and sincerly hope it clears off before next Spring as our hedgerow will become devoid of birdlife for another year.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
11 November 2010
16:2679643Im blushing here guys cheers for that it did sound dirty didnt it ?
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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11 November 2010
17:2579660I sometimes wonder Mel what goes on in your little swede. (head)
Watch your postings hun or people will start talking.
Thanks for the comments, I have a sneaky feeling it will be a while before I get anything else more decent.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
11 November 2010
18:1079668I didnt intentionally mean to be naughty sounding and Ian inside my head is a scary place to be lol filled with handbags, shoes and all things pink and sparkly.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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12 November 2010
07:3279748
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
