Twitcher's thread

[remaha]

Quit ing about on my serious thread you two
es

[maringo]

remaha said:

Quit ing about on my serious thread you two
es

That is a lark and that is a twite. I am a serious ornithologist you know.

And no, I didn't just look at the urls.

[battybetty]

remaha said:

Quit ing about on my serious thread you two
es

Calm down, calm down remaha. Dont get too worked up. You'll only give yourself a funny old chap

[battybetty]

maringo said:

battybetty said:

** thinks it's been a bit too quiet in here for too long**

Thought you might appreciate me adding my beautiful pair of to the thread.

Impressive!

Here, take a look at my...



Oh no, I'm turning into Pete Bennett!

Ahem, I see maringo. Well you clearly have something in common with Pete but do you really have to brag about it. You just make remaha feel insecure and he starts his silly mating dance in order to try and win back the female attention

[remaha]

Water off a 's back. But what is the duck?

[maringo]

remaha said:

Water off a 's back. But what is the duck?

Rouen Clair Duck?

[battybetty]

There was quite an interesting programme on BBC2 this evening. About this guy who was training his to fly with

Typical . . the kids made me watch an old Pokemon movie. Ohh, how we laughed. remaha

Never mind remaha..it's BBC so it'll propably be repeated (possibly on the 'sign zone', late on BBC1 one night).

[remaha]

maringo said:

remaha said:

Water off a 's back. But what is the duck?

Rouen Clair Duck?

No, they're a farmyard breed that look like they're bred from Mallards. This is a wildfowl breed found in Britain in the summer.

[battybetty]

remaha said:

maringo said:

Rouen Clair Duck?

No, they're a farmyard breed that look like they're bred from Mallards. This is a wildfowl breed found in Britain in the summer.

Erm...I don't know either but I think it's name is Donald.

[odm]

I know this is a sacred 'Rem' thread so I will treat it with respect and not resort to posting orville or such like.. but two things I wanted to mention.

First of all I did,nt know that Mike Tyson was a pigeon fancier and that he has bred and been involved with pigeons for years.

Secondly I wanted to talk about Robins which are my favourite birds. It may sound corny but I had some lovely days working in Greenhouses and shared my time with one or two Robins. They would sit on the water pipes and wait for me to lift the plant trays so they could get the grubs from underneath. One of the Robins was quite an old one with a bald head..bless him..he would always pop out of nowhere to sit near me when I was eating my sandwiches and never seemed at all afraid of getting close. He would sit on the potting tables or anywhere handy to see what he could get. He was a lovely little thing. I would never make it up how tame this little bird was..but he would sing, then you would sing back and he would sing and it went on like that and he even used to sit on the gate waiting for me to arrive in the mornings...



Then the 'other' Robin came along who was bigger and plumper and if anyone knows much about these birds they will know they are very territorial..so they would tear around the tops of these huge greenhouses chasing the other off.. when I left my job there I had to leave my little friends and I actually missed them.

Birds are so often overlooked, particularly wild ones. We see them and very rarely do we watch their movement or their peculiarities. Robins do let you watch them, they are very curious little birds and they do come to trust you in time and will come very close to you particularly if you have a little bit of food.. they are very funny and very tame. If you get a Robin come into your garden, you should talk to it and leave a little something and he will keep coming back. They have a lovely voice and they become reliable company. It may sound ridiculous but I still think of those Robins and I miss the cold of an early morning mist trudging up the path in my wellies...

...i feel all nostalgic now...