10:45
It’s Granddaughter for a few days from
this aft. so I popped down to Oats Royd while the going was good.
It was a murky drizzly morning with poor
visibility at times.
It was pleasing to see 7 Blackbirds within
20 yds of each other nr. the park.
The usual species were about.
Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Swallow, Jay,
Chiffchaff, Moorhen, 2 Canada Goose one on a nest, Willow Warbler, Pheasant,
and a pr. Bullfinch - I haven't seen Bullfinch in a while.
A hawk flew silently past and landed
nearby, a Sparrowhawk I believe. I got a picture but the Hawk remained
partially hidden and soon left the scene.
A large raptor, high, moving fairly fast NE(ish)
came over - I did get a picture but its crapsville, I'm afraid.
Looking at the
cropped version I think it’s a Raven.
Bank Holiday Joke.
It's that time again.
Young Jonnie gets a new
cowboy outfit for his birthday and he is strutting his stuff down Bradshaw
Park.
He's shouting "I'm Jonnie
six pack", drawing his guns, pointing them at anything, and shouting
"Bang! Bang! you're dead" ,then holstering them, very quickly, and
repeating the actions again and again.
He hears Ice Cream Van music
and moseys on down the park.
He asks the lady for an ice
cream cone.
A very well endowed lady in
a tight white 'T' shirt serves him and leans over to ask " Do you want
crushed nuts?"
Jonnie six pack draws both
guns in a flash, points them at the ladies bazoomas and shouts:-
"Why - Do you want your
boobs blown off?"
Enjoy the break.
A very distant Soil Hill in the low cloud
A Chiffchaff in the murk
A 'raptor' a long way off
Cropped - possible Raven ???
Pleanty of food on this tree - I don't know what bird, if any might feed on these
Crossbill??
Carrion Crow John, a stonking Sparrowhawk if it had shown its head.
ReplyDeleteHave a good Bank Holiday.
OOPs, pressed twice again.
ReplyDeletePS Perfect tree for Crossbill
Cheers Bri - a Big Big bird.
ReplyDeleteJohn
I,ve heard of the headless horseman but it's a first for a headless sparrowhawk haha.
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