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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 23 2:16 pm Post subject:
like that but more of it it aint the countryfile style, nor is it a simple click the app look popular with some, even for nerds and a committee it would be too much to contemplate as the "my pouting face" template on most social media platforms a mix of AI and natural stupidity can be quite disturbing

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 23 2:47 pm Post subject:
that is less upsetting than sp2 sometime one needs to self censor for the safety of the public the best reaction i have had to my "art" was a cry of "es a dangerous satanist" before the "critic" fled from the images and premises very guilty pope, last judgement end wall, etc probably was not as funny as barnsley meets me and the "zoo" series

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16531

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 23 6:19 am Post subject:

I can't say the thing is very photogenic close up.

Went to have a closer look at the flowers down the road from us yesterday and the bit of downland turf on the bank is amazing. Some orchids; pyramid I think, but going over, harebells spreading from the hedge where they retreated during the regime of mowing at the wrong time of year, restharrow, bedstraw and a good few others. Really lovely. On the side road behind it there is a huge patch of wild thyme which will flourish in short grass and that bit is mown. The other patch which is regularly mown has a couple of scabious that have survived so far, and on my walk I also found some stemless thistles. Came back along a footpath that has hazel both sides and it was completely greened over. Useful as it was raining a bit so kept the rain off.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 23 4:48 pm Post subject:
for a fluffy little fledgling, it is jurassically upsetting in looks the full fat natural photo is even more disturbing than the tweaked and arty "prints" young chickens(many chickens)have a bit of a hard to love look, young pigeons take the ugly duckling fable to extremes that surpass most avian performers some dinosaurs might consider the dirty young bird rather plain

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 23 7:13 am Post subject:
Agree about chickens; they always seem to be looking down their beaks at you even through you know they are less intelligent than yourself.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 23 3:13 pm Post subject:
this year's end of terrace funnel spider has grown a lot since i last fed it next time i will set the camera on the tripod and work the button remotely in the second or so, very soon, after service that it needs to pop out and grab lunch the whole thing is usually under 5 seconds from serve to gone to its larder

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9279
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 23 6:11 pm Post subject:
I'm afraid we have to report the demise of the four robin chicks while we were away. It was horrendous weather while we were away, wet, cold and windy..so who knows what happened. Not enough food for the parents let alone the chicks? Did even the parents succumb to weather or predators?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 23 6:21 pm Post subject:
are you sure they did not fledge? i cannot remember how long since they first got a mention or how old they might have been by then they fledge at around 14 days after hatching and often change home if they chose to at that time. any forensic?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 23 7:44 pm Post subject:
4 wee corpses sitting there waiting for food....

dpack

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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 23 7:47 pm Post subject:
oh dear

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 23 7:41 am Post subject:

Rather sad, but with the weather we have had, not at all surprised. I saw the remains of some small bird yesterday under the tree where we had set up for the show. There was a bumble bees nest in the little grove of trees we were next to, and something stung husband, but not sure what it was. He thinks not a honey bee as there was no sting left in it and it came up. He is pretty well immune to bee stings having been keeping them for over 40 years. Did see a few butterflies when the sun came out though.

sgt.colon

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

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 23 9:13 am Post subject:
Would the robins have anymore chicks this year or is it just one shot per year they have at it?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 23 1:16 pm Post subject:

if they are alive, they will, but in a different nest.

happier birdtown news is that there are at least 4 justinson families, they total about 25 at the mo, and they all came for an afternoon seed party yesterday

rather nice, although the local diversity does seem heavily loaded to justinson male genes, that seems to have worked at the last major challenge, the next may be different and hard on them with few other genetic lines to fill the resulting gaps

i might have seen tweed 3, not sure , not seen it in a few days since first contact

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 23 4:37 pm Post subject:
If the robins are alive, hope they now find the des res we put up! A lot safer....but they do find odd corners, watering cans and the like attractive

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 23 7:24 am Post subject:
We had them nesting on a shelf in a shed once. The younger ones of any species seem to get the worst nest sites. Not sure if that is because the best ones are taken by the more experienced birds, or just learning curve of finding the best sites.

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