tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post8592474140240245938..comments2023-10-26T06:54:49.978-07:00Comments on Am I through the ether yet?: The redwings have arrivedNorma Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-25227068539874446752007-12-07T05:48:00.000-08:002007-12-07T05:48:00.000-08:00I loved this post, lwb. I never used to watch bir...I loved this post, lwb. I never used to watch birds but there was so much birdlife when we came here it seemed a real gap in my knowledge not to know something about it. I can mainly identify the ones who come to the feeders but have never seen redwings - perhaps they don't get as far north as north wales?Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-90880174964564658122007-12-05T02:55:00.000-08:002007-12-05T02:55:00.000-08:00What a beautiful picture LWB. I don't think I have...What a beautiful picture LWB. I don't think I have ever seen redwings although I see Elizabeth did when she lived in Cornwall. Have noticed loads of jays in the wild here recently though xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-80008228665193533492007-12-04T12:41:00.000-08:002007-12-04T12:41:00.000-08:00i have never seen them in real life so very jealou...i have never seen them in real life so very jealous. i get to go (for work) to RSPB and Wetlands Trust places quite a lot and always marvel at the twitchers - they are so knowledgable! i love to watch but have no knowledge whatsoever!Ska, not a good mother but working on ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522546642642851279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-73545429420502647022007-12-04T06:47:00.000-08:002007-12-04T06:47:00.000-08:00Beautiful photograph, we see them here too, and th...Beautiful photograph, we see them here too, and the Bramblings, occasionally 30 or so turn up on a cold morning, although further up the lane clouds of finches roost together. I spend a fortune encouraging them to my small patch.Zoƫhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725740035246396812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-50061880721566088772007-12-03T10:01:00.000-08:002007-12-03T10:01:00.000-08:00I'm not really a bird person - but I am intrigued ...I'm not really a bird person - but I am intrigued now to read about redwings. They look lovely! Hope you are fully recovered now.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-81059139523883367242007-12-02T14:31:00.000-08:002007-12-02T14:31:00.000-08:00Beautiful! I understand what you mean about the bi...Beautiful! I understand what you mean about the birds being mythical - but so glad that you are finally home and able to enjoy the show!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-55752340472425625042007-12-02T02:20:00.000-08:002007-12-02T02:20:00.000-08:00What a lovely story and the most beautiful picture...What a lovely story and the most beautiful picture, each day I learn something new about bird life, where have I been hiding I knew very little about these until now.<BR/>Thanks.<BR/>BlossomBlossomcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341216100768538015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-63570425957549214862007-12-01T17:30:00.000-08:002007-12-01T17:30:00.000-08:00I agree that you have told a beautiful story. I a...I agree that you have told a beautiful story. I also very much like the lovely photo. I have never seen these birds over here in the States!<BR/><BR/>On another level, it is so interesting to think about the experiences that we daily miss by a minute, an hour or, maybe, by more than a minute.<BR/><BR/>Just before my career switch to the wondrous retail world, I gave myself four years' off to stay home and paint. And draw. And write in my diary daily. It was bliss.<BR/><BR/>What also was blissful was to discover what goes on in my building (seeings neighbors I had never before been able to even meet,) my neighborhood (ditto neighbors, but also just seeing Central Park and this neighborhood without the weekend crowding with which I was familiar.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, best of all was having daily access to the golden afternoon sunlight that streams through the windows of my tiny living room. It was so lovely just to sit on my sofa, with the sun coming in over my shoulder, and work on a drawing, or write in the diary, or read a book I'd not had time for before.<BR/><BR/>Now, with the shop and its offbeat scheduling demands, I can have at least a day each week that lets me enjoy that afternoon light. Today was one of those days.<BR/><BR/>See what your spotting of your holly-devoted bird has got me thinking about!<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/>xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-2220850270629866132007-12-01T14:34:00.000-08:002007-12-01T14:34:00.000-08:00Gorgeous picture, LBW. I wondered why our neighbou...Gorgeous picture, LBW. I wondered why our neighbour had suddenly put strips of tin foil up on her holly tree - perhaps they're here, too.LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-72304943615199055862007-12-01T09:10:00.000-08:002007-12-01T09:10:00.000-08:00That's a beautiful picture. We have a large holly...That's a beautiful picture. We have a large holly tree which is usually bare well before now but for some reason it has kept its berries this year. Do you think it's because these birds haven't been around? Fascinating. I'm getting quite into birds these days. It was only this morning that I was reading my little book about garden birds, trying to recognise the regulars that feast on the nuts I leave out in the feeders.<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-22068141334797159402007-12-01T08:20:00.000-08:002007-12-01T08:20:00.000-08:00that's a great story. are they only winter birds?...that's a great story. are they only winter birds? are they farther north in the summer?<BR/><BR/>there is something magnificent and special about catching a glimpse of an unusual bird. in our park we have the occasional bald eagle and snowy owl. <BR/><BR/>but a couple of summers ago someone put up bluebird houses on trees all through the park--and now on spring mornings, you catch glimpses of the bluebirds dipping and soaring. and oh, they are lovely to see.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-40726130470660296622007-12-01T05:37:00.000-08:002007-12-01T05:37:00.000-08:00Such beautiful birds. We used to see them in Cornw...Such beautiful birds. We used to see them in Cornwall.<BR/>We occasionally have a treecreeper in our garden.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384810277388336547.post-47751206653353250592007-12-01T05:34:00.000-08:002007-12-01T05:34:00.000-08:00What a lovely little story. Beautiful birds arent ...What a lovely little story. Beautiful birds arent they? I have a new visitor to my garden recently - a little nuthutch, cute little bird.<BR/><BR/>Hope you totally better soon.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.com