tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post4859082692802243860..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: Red in tooth and clawChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-45199274968169158972014-05-01T22:26:17.946+01:002014-05-01T22:26:17.946+01:00It was a sad ending for those thrush chicks but I&...It was a sad ending for those thrush chicks but I'm chuffed to see baby robins all over the place now at least!<br />... I have no idea why that line made you smile, OP ;-)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-27557415468417289732014-05-01T11:00:03.608+01:002014-05-01T11:00:03.608+01:00What a sad ending to a happy tale.....saying that ...What a sad ending to a happy tale.....saying that I did smile at the line ' But the shrubbery is thick and its undergrowth difficult to access;'Old Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-90160487206336817662014-04-29T08:43:22.624+01:002014-04-29T08:43:22.624+01:00I share your sentiments CA!I share your sentiments CA!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-78144031117031694282014-04-29T01:08:48.351+01:002014-04-29T01:08:48.351+01:00This is the first non-music related blog I've ...This is the first non-music related blog I've come across in a long while, that is actually fun to read. I like your style!<br /><br />MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-54481323675767563792014-04-28T21:35:57.597+01:002014-04-28T21:35:57.597+01:00I always get cross when people moan about the seag... I always get cross when people moan about the seagulls around here, if we hadn't eaten all the fish, built bungalows near their nesting sites and didn't leave all our rubbish out for them to plunder they wouldn't be nesting on our chimney pots and waking everyone up at dawn!Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-65031313691384458542014-04-28T08:53:12.739+01:002014-04-28T08:53:12.739+01:00Indeed it's rough! And then the cat went home...Indeed it's rough! And then the cat went home for its tea :-(<br />I haven't had a cat in 20 years but the one I had as a child, who wasn't very good at hunting at all, surprised me one morning by leaving an entire litter of dead baby mice in my bedroom. It wasn't a great thing to find, and before I'd had my breakfast too.<br /><br />I love woodpeckers, they look so comical - and your woodpeckers are much bigger than ours! I've now got the Woody Woodpecker song/laugh going through my head. I expect it will stay with me all day...Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-43311730946129967992014-04-28T08:47:21.155+01:002014-04-28T08:47:21.155+01:00Thanks, TS. I confess I was disproportionately mo...Thanks, TS. I confess I was disproportionately moved by the event and writing about it seemed the best form of therapy! I was delighted to hear a thrush singing again very defiantly yesterday afternoon too.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-89353954469939598822014-04-28T08:45:45.291+01:002014-04-28T08:45:45.291+01:00Nothing wrong with a bit of sentimentality in the ...Nothing wrong with a bit of sentimentality in the right place, SB!<br /><br />'Mavis' was a new one on me too. I love these old dialectal words!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-53791077875245351852014-04-28T08:43:02.863+01:002014-04-28T08:43:02.863+01:00I'm reassured by your experience with cats - t...I'm reassured by your experience with cats - the neighbour's one doesn't seem that bothered about hunting much of the time, either, he's more interested in getting his tummy rubbed!<br />I'm sure there are probably worse dangers for birds to face. It's so sad that our songbird numbers are dwindling; I think it may have a lot to do with more intense, efficient farming methods so they're having to rely more on gardens for food and nesting. That in turn is bringing the magpies in as well, so perhaps that's why we see more of them these days?Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-45189066591487540522014-04-27T14:06:34.620+01:002014-04-27T14:06:34.620+01:00I watched a similar scene unfold one morning...as ...I watched a similar scene unfold one morning...as a cat from the neighborhood made several trips up and down a tree to snatch baby birds. <br /><br />It's rough out there. <br /><br />In funner bird news...a big red headed woodpecker (of the Woody variety) flew in front of my car yesterday. Those are always fun...and I bet they don't get pushed around by Magpies or cats very often. Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-8595743711263761182014-04-27T10:43:51.319+01:002014-04-27T10:43:51.319+01:00What a lovely piece of writing C, I felt your joy ...What a lovely piece of writing C, I felt your joy and shared your sorrow. Let's hope that Mavis enjoys better fortune next time.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-20690920787559875332014-04-27T10:05:51.699+01:002014-04-27T10:05:51.699+01:00You are have been pretty privileged to have a thru...You are have been pretty privileged to have a thrush in your garden as they seem to be getting frighteningly scarce. Nature is a very harsh thing, isn't it? Makes you wonder why it has to work that way but I suppose that's just the awful sentimentalist speaking. I do hope mother thrush gets a chance to raise some little 'uns. Mavis? Never heard of that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-30403512561830381402014-04-27T08:35:45.219+01:002014-04-27T08:35:45.219+01:00Much as I love Magpies I often wonder if their gro...Much as I love Magpies I often wonder if their growing numbers, they were a rare sight when I was young and now they seem common, doesn't account for the dwindling songbird numbers more than the domestic cat, who in my experience seem far less interested in hunting than their forebearsCirce's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.com