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Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6540
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 22 11:33 am Post subject:
Daffodils are just blooming here. Phoebes have started to nest on the shed again this year, thankfully not trying for inside it this time.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15598

Posted: Sun May 01, 22 8:30 am Post subject:

We have got quite good at tracking over the years. I still consider my best achievement was during a Scout night wide game where I only had a white jacket to wear, but by standing still became 'invisible' in a dark wood.

Knowing our own wood helps us to keep track of people and unauthorised vehicles if necessary. Have had quite a lot of success with tracking deer while in plain sight of them by standing completely still when they look up. As I have got older I have found the skills I learnt as a Guide and used in Guiding and Scouting increasingly useful in the countryside, and can see why some regimes ban the movements.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15598

Posted: Sun May 01, 22 8:44 am Post subject:
Sorry Slim, missed out replying to your post. I had to look up phoebes, as we don't have them in this country, but that is rather nice. Our daffodils are over now, but you have a rather cooler climate than we do.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Sun May 01, 22 3:21 pm Post subject:
still and listening is rather effective watching can be eyeball and or tech aided eyeball smell is useful reading signs properly and then knowing where to look is fairly basic and very sophisticated practice sneaking up on it, whatever it is, is a whole new world of fun ps jaws was very competent and he never eyeballed his big puss although he reckoned it watched him

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Sun May 01, 22 3:55 pm Post subject:

a good dog is an asset

the last two have not matched the abilities of the yellow hell hound, although he did just snooze and leave me to it at times

him playing hide and seek with me on his terms was educational, he could hide in plain sight a few feet away, i wonder where he learnt that

some comrades found him amusing as well, some had to be taught biscuit therapy so as he did not surprise them in a concerning manner

his mum was awesome and taught him quite a bit

even chomski can amble up to a bunny and whisper hello in its ear before ambling off back to me

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Tue May 03, 22 8:49 pm Post subject:
we have the patter of tiny feet, that was a very small smmison the leopard slug was the size of an anaconda

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Wed May 04, 22 12:07 am Post subject:

is flirting with a lady owl wrong?
asking for a friend

she was a bit confused when i wooed to her squawking and i felt rather pervy

after a couple of minutes we both decided we were not made for each other

a few times when doing that, i have been "visited" by an irate husband, which is interesting and possibly unwise

with wildlife i cant quite get the never interfere ethics of star trek, especially as they usually do interfere in some way

observe has effects, feed and chat do etc

suit of birds is the current ambition

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15598

Posted: Wed May 04, 22 6:41 am Post subject:
Son and I went for a walk in the wood yesterday as I had to put up some new signs and he wanted to do some videos of flowers. Found a good selection and did a bit on them. Various friends of his have asked for a vlog about flowers. Heard owl, we think only one, wren, thrush, blackbird and robin. Suddenly wherever we looked around our 'yard' was green. Like being at the bottom of the sea.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8615
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed May 04, 22 9:02 am Post subject:
Lack of garden birdlife at the moment...the local magpie pair seem to be targeting our garden ðŸ˜¡

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed May 04, 22 9:22 am Post subject:
Mrs C saw a Mistle thrush this morning. She has never seen one before, neither have I. I took to the Internet to see what they are like, what a lovely looking bird.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu May 05, 22 7:27 am Post subject:
Just looked up your Mistle Thrush - gosh they are pretty!

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri May 06, 22 10:17 am Post subject:
Saw the first dragon fly of the year - such lovely insects.. We get the red ones, blue ones and the sort of golden yellow ones.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 06, 22 12:39 pm Post subject:
i like the long flies, very scary children, we found one that had been in our water for a while by pouring it into a fortunately cold pan, it was returned to the spring

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45510
Location: yes

Posted: Fri May 06, 22 1:53 pm Post subject:

bird town is busy, all the regulars and a few extras

bluetits are popular with humans, birdtown won't tolerate them, although it is a very integrated multi species community they must do something that is "not birdtown"

grin is a visitation, like smaug, so tolerate is not an issue, not seen grin hunting here for a while, passed over a few times, one is probably sitting at the mo, once there 2 big and one voracious beeks to feed chances are they will hunt wider
once the chick fledges and is being trained they will be over this way quite a bit
it almost feels like they leave this patch as a rich hunting ground and flight school when it matters most

the daw and sparrows and woodies will all feed together.

the bracks get on with everyone except pushy townie pigeons

the woodies are mostly tolerant, rude townies meet kung fu pigeon

the townies compete with each other and "trample" those who do not oppose them, if told NO they usually dont before it gets beaky

a blackbird can be very stabby and a pack of sparrows is the stuff of nightmares for a rude intruder
they are not keen on dik either

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15598

Posted: Fri May 06, 22 2:53 pm Post subject:
During the winter we have flocks of mixed tits in our wood; bluetits, great tits and a few other small birds. Not sure why, perhaps for mutual protection.

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