What's your bestest BIRD?

[Trufflehound]

*waits. farts. walks around office. talks to boss. gets impatient. Clears throat*
As if this week hasn't been good enough already - vintage stuff. What are they doing now? I first watched Hitchcock's Birds in the company of my grandmother, who wasn't slow to point out that similar events had happened in real life. In Holland...

They're still just sitting there, giving me the eye. I reckon they're just biding their time while they calculate what combination of beak impact/wing power will break through the double glazing.

There's a shifty-looking magpie out there too. I think he may be the ringleader.

 

[NMH]

... I first watched Hitchcock's Birds in the company of my grandmother, who wasn't slow to point out that similar events had happened in real life. In Holland...

That's because you have one of those 'Quick Pointing Grandma' things. My Grandma died before they came out

 

[Trufflehound]

Around 20 collared doves have just arrived and begun perching in the branches of the tree right outside my window. And they're staring at me. More are joining them all the time.

I'm starting to get nervous in a Hitchcock kind of a way...

Uh-oh. The doves are back...







I think there's been a coo.

 

[Monkey Man]

I love Little Egrets

There's bloody loads down at the Cuckmere estuary these days. Haven't seen oystercatchers for a while though. Perhaps they migrate.

 

[NMH]

On 'Animal 24/7' they've just covered the issue of a bird's egg collector, who had about 8 Kingfisher eggs, 3 Osprey and 3 Hobby eggs. These were confiscated from him when he was given 3 years jail sentence for his activities (he probably got out in a few months) - and they said he is thought to be renewing his collecting activities!

I hope someone shoots the bastard.

 

[NMH]

post script; the named eggs were just a few among thousands from the same collection

 

[captainmorganrum]

I hope someone shoots the bastard.

Fair point - I read a story a few weeks back about Britain's most prolific egg collecter - he was scaling up a tree in Scotland to get his hands on some eagle eggs, thing was he fell off, hit his head and died.

 

[El Presidente]

Personally I think you can't go wrong with a BOOBY, even better if there are two of them

 

[Trufflehound]

Re: Re: What's your bestest BIRD?

Haven't seen oystercatchers for a while though. Perhaps they migrate.

The oystercatcher is the national bird of the Faroe Islands - FACT.

Never let anyone tell you that NSC isn't a valuable educational tool.

 

[Captain Pugwash]

Egrets for me to

 

[SussexSpur]

One thing about the puffin
Almost tickles me to death -
He always is a puffin
Yet he's never out of breath...