Hobbies and Crafts

I love Dolly (the puss) on the blog.Why do cats find the strangest places to sleep /sit.
We have had 2 Red Kites around today .My son said they were hovering just above the patio and were so low he felt he was eyeballing them lol.My daughter saw them too.Where was I ? I'm not sure.Obviously not in the right place with the camera lol.They were so low there were their shadows!

Lots of Woodpecker sounds around at the moment .I haven't seen one in the garden for a while but did spot one in the horses field just across the road.
I hope everyone is enjoying the Bank Holiday.

Jane it is no good, you will just have to stand in your garden with your camera until you catch them Lol!!!!

Jude, it was an exhibition in Ypsemite of black and white photos by Ansell Adams a fantastic photographer. Yes thanks we had a great holiday. Just downloaded my photos from two cameras, about 250 of them!!!

I am thinking of starting another blog, a photographic one, not for bird and animal photos of course as they belong on your blog, but for other photos. what do you think? I would possibly keep it closed or invitees only, or if not I would discourage photos of young children.


Have you sorted out the macro on the camera yet? I am really impressed with it.

I have just stood this minute again with camera poised lol.'cos one is back.But the wind is so strong it whipped it away so quickly.I have got one I will send for the blog.

Jane....no excuse, you must wear a camera round your neck permenantly from now on!!!! :o) That must have been a fantastic sight though:o)

Ann...l will have to look his name up!

Yes..that sounds a brilliant idea, go for it:o)
Invites only as with your craft one....you need to suss out how safe that is for child photo's!

No not looked at Macro yet:o(

jude x

Ooops forgot to say...your photo's are on the blog Ann:o))
Now that is a brilliant picture of the Moon:o))

jude

One pic sent Jude ,but not sure how clear it will be.It got whooshed off quick in the wind lol

OK will do that tomorrow.

Not a lot of birds to report .But I think we have a Bees nest in one of the Compost bins.Have looked it up on google and it says just leave them ,they will go by the Autumn!!

Hello birders

Nice redecoration job eh? Loving seeing a bit of colour added by the profile pics.

Jane, reading about your red kites being whooshed by the wind - we had a right hooley earlier in the week. A coaltit flew over to our balcony feeder, his little legs were poised in landing mode when, barely inches from gripping the wooden tray, he too was whooshed! Poor little coalie!

Jude and all, I really enjoyed the blog thank you. What a beautiful and varied collection. I have some pics ready to share but no addy to send them to!

Oops, nearly forgot.......
Jude, re Gigrin, yes, Chris is the son and runs the centre. Colin does the gate and feeding on Saturdays. Chris wears a trilby, Colin wears a cap.

Birds still feeding heavily here. Having to refil the feeders very often.
Not sure if we might have more as the Forests that are burning can't be inhabitable for them??

Sunny again today and no smoke so hung the washing out too.

Hope everyone is OK

Linda :-) <3

Hi Linda
You make a good point about the forest fires.
They are bound to have an effect on birds and other wildlife surely?
I can't see how they can be of natural causes as I've never heard of them in the UK before and we have had longer dry spells than the current one.
I don't remember the country being ablaze in 1976.

Hello Alix, good to see somebody new on the thread. Do you feed the birds in your garden? :-)

Ermm who's Alix??

Island...it has been said on TV that some of the fires (atleast) have been started by man!! sadly:o((

jude

I can't find an Alix either lol!!!
Still seems very quiet here on the Birdie front during the day.I know they are all there at 4.30 am lol.I just love the different songs,but would love them to hang on just for a bit longer before waking me.I can never get back to sleep properly and find I'm fading in the afternoon.Off to bed soon lolol.ZZZZZ

Oh Dear!.A small bird flew into the front of my car this morning.Hopefully it was an instant death for the poor thing.It left me with goosebumps.The Kites and Buzzards are still busy around here,and I noticed a couple of other hawk type birds earlier.
We had a huge downpour of rain in the night .It woke me up.The grass actually looks quite green again.I can't remember the last time we had rain like that here.But boy did we need it. :D

Alix must have deleted. She came on and just said 'ha ha! She'd added her photo but I think only had one post.

Hi Everyone
We've had some rain here overnight. Garden looks a bit refreshed. Not sure that it is enough.

Birds still feeding lots. Have seen goldfinch on the sunflower seeds, don't often get them. They are eating so much having to top up much more than usual.

Bit overcast still but not actually raining

Linda :-) <3

Sadly, we have decided not to feed birds in our garden as the feral cat that we have been feeding for a year has suddenly taken to catching them She has energy to spare now she is well fed. She carches mice and rats too, so not all bad.

Jean ,that's a shame.I think the birds are easy catch at the moment for cats.
Send her here.We have some rats down by the compost bins.
I'm sure your birds will find food elsewhere for now.
We have an Owl or two close by at night.They keep me awake with their hooting lol :D