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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri May 10, 24 9:10 am Post subject:
without the camera one of the daws just popped in for some mealworms while i was sitting on my photobucket oops

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri May 10, 24 9:46 am Post subject:
grin just did a ready to lock on, fast, low altitude fly over no locals were taken locally, as to the result of shaking the buffet i do not know about how that went did i mention fast? even with the camera warm and both of us in a good place, that would have been a no snap or at best abandoned sky faster than a falling cabbage, an odd scale, but it makes sense to me

dpack

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Posted: Fri May 10, 24 12:01 pm Post subject:

i got a few snaps, the little black stripey thing is very fast, i got a less than a few of it, i might rescue the it and sparrow interaction pic

got a nice flying snap of it for certain

papping is a bit difficult(it really hurts), i will consider command snap at a place, and or how to best employ the posh tripod and remote control options

does the wifi button reach the end of the yard with the door and window shut is a good first question

the wire button has enough cables to go further but wires, routes, easy are difficult to put in the context of the relevant issue

a compromise with the video head, and the wire button while being "behind the camera" might work for birds in the same way as it does for spiders with gifts

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8653
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri May 10, 24 12:26 pm Post subject:
A blogging friend saw a cuckoo near Moffat last Wednesday...no sound of it here yet, but they usually come to the nature reserve by the village

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 4:31 am Post subject:
it shows behaviour, umm rubbish snap as the auto focus decided the herb robort was the place of interest i will try to find the in flight one as that could have more technical and artistic merit messy but understandable for behaviour is ok though with the pigeon B and W "boxing snaps" i somehow managed behaviour and style, a bit of skill but lots of luck

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sat May 11, 24 5:12 am Post subject:
fast wee things

dpack

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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 6:21 am Post subject:

after a quick check of raptor id i recon a pair of merlins flew over earlier

less than half the size of the grins, pointy wings, seems plausible

it was only me in birdtown spotted them

we have swifts as well, less than in the past but some which is jolly

the daws are "local" but not sufficiently "tame"yet, time to get the snacks out

once they accept there is a trade between snacks now and snaps or whatever, whenever, they will do daw things no matter what i do, same as most of the others

daws are very clever, chook times ten

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 6:35 am Post subject:
beaking news from bird town a sparrow was seen shopping for dried mealworms i thought there was a bit of cheepyfeedy noise

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 7:40 am Post subject:

Even out of focus, good pictures Dpack.

We may have a problem in the woods. Bluetits have been seen going into the door of one of the kilns. The outside of the outer doors gets burnt away and so there there is a hole between the two skins that is accessible by birds, and son had a quick look yesterday and said he saw two nests. No sign of them feeding young, but if they have eggs we can't run the kiln. The other has been in fairly constant use over the last few weeks, so that one is all right. Makes intensive firing a bit more tricky until the birds leave. Another of the joys of working in the great outdoors.

On the other hand, it was really lovely in the woods yesterday with the sun shining through the young beech leaves. Most of the beech are now in full leaf, although the odd one hadn't fully leafed up at the top. Ash trees still thinking about it.

dpack

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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 8:48 am Post subject:
birds stop play is not cricket instinct suggests that kiln is theirs until later, then you mend it for your later bad luck, good luck at least you are not feeling guilty after a tragedy and if the hole was there, it needed mending, so they have done a good structural survey report and need a home for a short while as fees

dpack

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Posted: Sat May 11, 24 8:58 am Post subject:
rastamouse had an attitude to making a bad ting good at first deranged thought there is potential for streaming a camera on that, or pitching a "green woodlicans" theme to telly a loss can be a gain if used right hope so

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sun May 12, 24 8:09 am Post subject:

The hole doesn't matter too much as it is unfortunately one of the problems with those kilns as the heat comes out from the stoking doors and affects the thin metal sheet on the outside. As soon as the birds have finished with it we will block the hole up either with some new metal of fill it with glass fibre and fire cement. In the meantime, luckily we have the other kiln, so it is nuisance value rather than disaster. I know one man whose mobile sawmill was out of action for a couple of months because of a nest in it. A bird nested on one of our tractors once, but didn't seem to mind going on little excursions as long as it always returned to the right place. Unfortunately it wasn't a very good spot and the nest got predated, so no chicks.

dpack

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Posted: Sun May 12, 24 3:51 pm Post subject:

as well as the little grey thing we have a great tit

pretty and busy shopping, the sparrows are shopping, mr b has been for a while

the daws seem to be eating and learning

the pigeons are doing dishpig and charm

all look in good condition

other folks snaps

nice they have got mice back after such a long gap, ace little critters and mostly* no bother at all

* mostly....
empty a comrade's pillow of hollowfil in about 3 weeks, just the holey case left for him

my neatly chopped off and stolen bootlaces, teeth marks on the difficult bits that they left, that was overnight

yellowhell hound's lunch was ruined by "that bit my nose and then ran over me to escape my food bag from which it was stealing, food in bowl please"

nesting in my mattress might have been ok, using it as a nut store not so much

etc, love em though, such charming wee critters, a few issues can be overlooked or mitigated

mostly harmless

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun May 12, 24 5:17 pm Post subject:
great tits really do sound like bicycle pumps my loss to dodgy vintage comedy aside, it is a very distinctive call and useful for knowing the species is around to be specific about the noise, the plastic and then better pumps with a greasy washer for 1970's basic practical iron bikes did a grand impersonation of them

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon May 13, 24 6:52 am Post subject:
The trouble with working with wildlife is that, as you say, they can do things you don't want. Examples are having to stop using equipment because a bird has nested in it, mice nesting in my besom material, badgers digging holes in unfortunate places and not seeing a badger latrine before stepping in it. They also go under, over or through anything put in their way, like fences and walls.

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