tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post8001344838607880829..comments2010-03-02T22:15:05.346+00:00Comments on Notes from a little bird....: Holiday FindingsWrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849456491389451096noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-56816095214278234352008-07-28T10:33:00.000+01:002008-07-28T10:33:00.000+01:00Hobbit Ripley coughs politely to remind Malakyte a...Hobbit Ripley coughs politely to remind Malakyte and Mykyl and anyone else reading this that Wren will be back from holiday soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-53442945390246867082008-07-20T02:45:00.000+01:002008-07-20T02:45:00.000+01:00I always seem to have the habit of picking up pine...I always seem to have the habit of picking up pinecones, especially if its a nice day that I want to remember... I have one from a day when I took my two year old son to visit the ducks in the park. He was being especially cute, flapping his arms and quacking. I reached down and found a not too sticky pinecone. It is on my desk now in front of my computer next to my crystals.Damahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804604791294931757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-43138568844304864722008-07-18T12:09:00.000+01:002008-07-18T12:09:00.000+01:00Well, I will get us started then... but it might n...Well, I will get us started then... but it might not be my only posting! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Today I was in bed with a cup of coffee looking out of the window. My brother had given me binoculars and so I was enjoying looking at all the birds (the winged type!) across in the woods. To my amazement, I spotted 2 birds I had not only not seen before (knowingly) but one I had actually never heard of before! I can't put a picture in a comment so if you click on my name it will take you to a picture on my blog.<BR/><BR/>I looked through a guide book on birds. The first I thought was a dunnock... but then I read it's behaviour and this was not like that. Dunnocks are a bit like Wrens I think, and this one was behaving very oddly. It climbed up the bark of a tree, following cracks in the bark and pecking away like a mini-woodpecker. I think the bird I saw is known as a Treecreeper. The second fooled me at first. I thought it was a Blue-Tit. But when I looked through my binoculars, I saw it had a head a bit like a badger and it was in fact a tiny Coal Tit. <BR/><BR/>How this speaks to me? Well... it tells me that on my doorstep is a richer natural world than I could ever imagine and I just need to stop sometimes and look more closely. I think is true of people too - if you stop and look a bit closer, you'll see more than meets the eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-14531504763921708292008-07-15T23:35:00.000+01:002008-07-15T23:35:00.000+01:00Yes, I'm in too... but it's raining! I want to se...Yes, I'm in too... but it's raining! I want to see something exciting in the sun!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-87166073658536367922008-07-15T13:26:00.000+01:002008-07-15T13:26:00.000+01:00That's a neat idea! I'm in! :)That's a neat idea! I'm in! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788546408587375507.post-71471904598459140502008-07-14T16:40:00.000+01:002008-07-14T16:40:00.000+01:00*Chuckles* It almost sounds like an assignment giv...*Chuckles* It almost sounds like an assignment given as an acolyte of Parlamay.. *grins* <BR/><BR/>Sounds like a wonderful idea.malakytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304654561188501765noreply@blogger.com