Elen Sentier
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Mother keeps telling me it's the best time of my life too! Adult life must be horrible
I hated school too, Neils ... life gets better, honest! The older I get the better it gets
What animals (wildlife) have you seen today?
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I hated school too, Neils ... life gets better, honest! The older I get the better it gets
Elen, like the new Owl gif in your signature line. Makes me chuckle.
Spent a lovely half hour this evening with two Goldfinches taking it in turns to sit on my wiper blades (I was sitting in the car in the drive). The were taking it in turns to feed on all the profusion of Herb Robert that's gone to seed in the gravel patch. Just sat still and they didn't know I was 2 feet away. Great fun and so vibrant in the sun.
Spent a lovely half hour this evening with two Goldfinches taking it in turns to sit on my wiper blades (I was sitting in the car in the drive). The were taking it in turns to feed on all the profusion of Herb Robert that's gone to seed in the gravel patch. Just sat still and they didn't know I was 2 feet away. Great fun and so vibrant in the sun.
It's not the "school" from our school days that was neccessarily so great. It was our age and station in life. We were young and full of wonder. Also had no real bills or worries; no mortgage or rent, no car payments, no taxes, etc.
Oh we had troubles and/or worries; Jane turned us down for a date to the prom, My grades weren't what I'd hoped, etc. They all seemed so big at the time but looking back now, not so much. And for me at least, I really did like most of my classes, especially math and sciences.
As for what I saw today. Well, several whitetail deer. They were well hidden over the Autumn and Winter (hunting season) But now there are herds of them all along the roadways.
Oh we had troubles and/or worries; Jane turned us down for a date to the prom, My grades weren't what I'd hoped, etc. They all seemed so big at the time but looking back now, not so much. And for me at least, I really did like most of my classes, especially math and sciences.
As for what I saw today. Well, several whitetail deer. They were well hidden over the Autumn and Winter (hunting season) But now there are herds of them all along the roadways.
Just got buzzed by a sparrow hawk in the garden. I was standing still contemplating how nice the weeds are looking and it flew past me at shoulder height so close I could have reached out and touched it. It then sat in a tree a few yards away eyeballing the blackbirds.
Today I saw an oystercatcher. That surprised me, as I have never seen one around here and I live about 150 kms away from the coast. There are a few in a small nature reserve, but that is still 30 kms away and there is no obvious reason for the bird to come to a meadow close to the city and the motorway...
Bringing this thread full circle, I've just spied a weasel going about its business. Always raises a smile when I see one.
Got a chance to walk the dog between 2 piles of homework.
Saw a beautiful roe buck standing on my side of a dike with bushes. It had antlers and it was brown.
That's all I could see and then in one jump it was out of sight.
Saw a beautiful roe buck standing on my side of a dike with bushes. It had antlers and it was brown.
That's all I could see and then in one jump it was out of sight.
Not today but a fortnight ago we were leaving our friends house near Inverness at 10 am and a Pine Marten crossed the road in front of me. In the previous 5 days I saw:
Seals
Dolphins,
Red squirrel
red deer
roe deer
Ptarmigan
Red grouse
Greater spotted woodpecker
and then the marten..
and people ask me why I want to live in the Highlands....
Seals
Dolphins,
Red squirrel
red deer
roe deer
Ptarmigan
Red grouse
Greater spotted woodpecker
and then the marten..
and people ask me why I want to live in the Highlands....
Saw a magpie have a go at a newly fledged blackbird today, and the tremendous fight that ensued as the parents attacked the magpie to defend their chick. At least one other female blackbird joined in the fight, and the magpie was eventually seen off, although I don't know if the fledgling was injured or not.
Interestingly, both a great tit and a blue tit also flew towards the fight, and watched it from close range, only leaving when the magpie was driven off.
I've never seen that behaviour before, in either the blackbirds or the tits.
Interestingly, both a great tit and a blue tit also flew towards the fight, and watched it from close range, only leaving when the magpie was driven off.
I've never seen that behaviour before, in either the blackbirds or the tits.
I might just have seen my first white-tailed eagle from the bus. If not it was a very big buzzard as it was carrying a goose in it's claws.
I also think I saw an eurasian hobby. But of that too, I'm not sure.
I also think I saw an eurasian hobby. But of that too, I'm not sure.
Funny you should say that. I saw a thrush chase off a magpie a few days ago. To be fair to the magpie it wasn't really doing much. Maybe some birds are wising up to it - blackbirds and thrushes are same family.
