tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post1515376236857245918..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: Another new visitor to our garden.Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-18934976588650045962013-01-25T07:29:17.694+01:002013-01-25T07:29:17.694+01:00"It had a enormous bill...
I hope you weren&#...<i>"It had a enormous bill...</i><br />I hope you weren't "pre-paired" to pay it... or was that why it hid it?<br /><br />Pauline reckons that a <i>"glimpse once... on an RSPB trip to Coldstream"...</i> when someone points to a shape high in the branches and says <i>"Look, <b>Hawfinch"</b></i>... is not counted as seeing it!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-69151489268634617162013-01-24T20:21:48.727+01:002013-01-24T20:21:48.727+01:00Tim. We know all about looking out and getting not...Tim. We know all about looking out and getting nothing done! But when you see something new it makes it worthwhile. Still on the lookout for it again, if its been once it may come back. Here's hoping.Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-72578310000039657992013-01-24T19:10:27.185+01:002013-01-24T19:10:27.185+01:00Right on...
I am now green with envy!!
I knew wha...Right on... <br />I am now green with envy!!<br />I knew what it was the moment I read your description... I've only ever had a glimpse once... on an RSPB trip to Coldstream [Scots Borders]<br />You lucky.....!! [fill in suitable exbleetive of your choice!]<br /><br />It certainly has the "frilly" feathers and dark feathers just in front of them... <br />female is white/pale just there... <br />in fact is paler altogether....<br />and don't believe the books when they talk about Summer plumage... the RSPB is more correct when it talks about breeding plumage.<br />It is clear that some birds get into their breeding finery at their Autumnal moult... <br />by the time they've bred and fed and midsummer is here they are usually looking quite dowdy.<br />Collins... <i><b>THE</b></i> Bird Guide uses summer and winter... <br />it would be better to say Spring and Autumn.<br /><br />Collins describe it as <i>"a flying pair of nutcrackers!"</i> The bill can generate 50Kg of nut splitting force... <br />GOOD SPOT... this is exactly why we are looking out of the windows all the time and getting little done!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com