It's been a bumper year for blue tits this year round my way. Fledge after fledge all spring and still going today are bumbling about in the nearby trees. This one is taking in the sunshine and showing its still obvious fledgling gape.
Guess Where I am?
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Gregg and I are spending a long weekend in this city. We arrived here
around ten this evening.
It took us about four hours to drive here, the first pa...
First dibble with iKaossilator app
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Dansik1 by Weedons World
This lickle disco dance tune was whipped up on an app I got for my iPod
Touch yesterday called iKaossilator. I love it. It is ver...
Two Ninenty Nine
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I grabbed about three hours of birding this morning when I saw no sign of
spring migrants, hardly surprising in the stiff north westerly I guess, and
it is...
International Women's Day in Fairtrade Fortnight
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It's Fairtrade Fortnight! For those who don't know, Fair Trade is trade
that gives producers a fair wage for their products. The fair trade premium
that su...
Great Blue Heron
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We are quickly approaching the time of the year when the great blue herons
return to the area. I usually begin to photograph them at the local rookery
rig...
Home again, home again...
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Somewhere in Glacier National Park
We had an unremarkable but pleasant return trip via Amtrak. The crew was top-notch...our attendant was attentive and ge...
Stuff is blooming!
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Yeah, that's right. Stuff. It's blooming! Spring. It's here! Much better
than winter, things are looking up. Also saw and heard my first
Golden-cheeked Wa...
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*Mythbusters:*
Next week I'm going to see the Mythbusters Live show in Detroit! I'm a big
fan of the show and for what Adam & Jamie (and Tori, Kari, & Grant...
Hear the words!
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At long last, Beekeeping for Beginners is available on audio, here. Also
available in libraries, I understand. (It will be out in print as an extra
in th...
Just one
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Just a quick picture from this morning. A few more over on the other blog.
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*I'll be off-line for a few days, so play nice. I'll catch u...
easter patterned papers
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when i get the chance, i have been trying to sort through all the stuff i did at my old studio job. as i find some fun stuff, i'll keep posting samples of it...
Writing Short Stories
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With several bestselling novels on the shelf, I recently turned my hand to
writing short stories. Well, one short story so far to be exact. You
wouldn’t th...
The Dirty Streets of Heaven
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*The Dirty Streets of Heaven*, the first book in Tad’s new urban noir
fantasy series, The Bobby Dollar Books, will be released September 2012. Continue
rea...
Making an Arse of Myself in Wellington
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Power, responsibility and all that… Every now and again, what with me being
what I am (a human), I find myself hurled into the teeth of some sort of
twitte...
Moths are back
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It must be spring, because I put out my moth trap last night. I've never
trapped at this time of year before so it was a voyage of discovery.
It was a reas...
Moving Pictures!
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I've tried and failed to make use of the video capabilities of my compact
and DSLR, it all seems to come down to codecs, most of which my little
netbook ca...
Danny Douche Butters- Respect
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Well-done to co worker and top fellow animal lover Danny Douche for raising600 quid for the Dogs Trust.... He decided in January to forgo his lovely
(but th...
THE STARS ARE RIGHT!
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As was announced today over at SMH HQ - DEADBEATS is coming to a bookshop
near you this autumn, both in the UK and in the US. I first talked about
this Gr...
15th SPACE COAST BIRDING FESTIVAL, FLORIDA - DAY 6
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Pine Warbler, St Sebastian River Preserve
FREE OF OBLIGATIONS TODAY WE MADE A TOUR OF SOME CENTRAL FLORIDA BIRDING
SITES, adding another couple of goodies...
Gone but never forgotten
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This is Rachys mum, my beautiful daughter passed away at 20.45 on wednesday
26th october 2011, she was so brave as she knew time was running out, she
had e...
An interview with Susannah Conway, photographer
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This week we're pleased to bring you an interview with Susannah Conway.
This is part of our 'An interview with...' series.
Susannah is a photographer, wri...
Dance of the Adders
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This spring, some of Devon’s snakes will engage in spectacular behaviour
known as the ‘dance of the adders’, when two vipers rise up and sway back
and for...
April's State of the Thing
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I've just sent out the April State of the Thing, our monthly newsletter. Sign
up to get it, or you can read it online.
This month's State of the Thing intr...
Hehe looks a bit narky doesn't he ;-)
ReplyDeletehe looks as though he's yawning!
ReplyDeleteHe needs a 'Please Insert Caterpillar' t-shirt. :)
ReplyDeleteHad to laugh at your comment Michael. Great pic.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot :)
ReplyDeletePriceless!!! This is one GREAT photo!
ReplyDeleteBOBBLEHEAD HERON Come by and see!!
Have a great weekend!!!
Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteRegards!
nice shot
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute bird! Why is it called blue if it's really green?
ReplyDeleteThey go more blue and yellow when they mature.
ReplyDeleteThey are cuties, it is neat to see all the juvies. Lucky you!
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