Loose Feathers #791
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*Common Grackle / Photo by Diana Cosby/USFWS*
Birds and birding news
- The capture and selling of wild birds for their song is driving many
Asian...
End Of The Road
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We're near the end of our Linnet winter. To some, it may seem odd that
wintering flocks are breaking up during the cold days of early March, but
that's how...
Tianmashan, Shanghai in winter
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Shanghai is basically a very flat place. The highest elevations here are
all buildings, including the second-highest building in the world, the
Shanghai ...
Tears of a Baby
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For many people, the most familiar members of the plant family Urticaceae
are the stinging nettles. However, the nettles make up only one part of
this cosm...
Is A Coot A Duck?
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The American Coot seen here may look like just another duck to some. If you
look at their feet they have long, lobed-shaped toes. Their bill is very
smal...
Digiscoping with Oppo Reno 4 Pro smartphone
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28th December 2020
Got this smartphone a few days ago and decided to test its camera and video
function with my beloved Swarovski Optik STX95 on the V...
Beach walks
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Creamy mallows, and blushing Ipomoeas. Blue skies and a bright sun.
The waters glimmer and shimmer. I look hopefully. No dolphins sighted.
But hello,...
The Last Post
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So this is the end: my last ever post on this blog. My new blog is here
After almost exactly 12 years I've decided to wind up this blog. There are
vari...
October in the garden
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[image: The Urban Gardener | Dendrobium Orchid]
Come October and a gardener's mind turns to things colourful and bountiful.
My garden is flourishing in a gi...
Luang Namtha and Nong Khiaw
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We'd made our choice and decided to explore the far north of Laos starting
with a gruelling 4 hour minivan to Luang Namtha. We had a lot to learn
about t...
Waiting for Snow
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Tufted Titmouse 2-6-18
On this gray winter's morning I sit here awaiting the next winter storm. We
have been in a pattern of snow, warming rain, melt the s...
Cock of the Blue Rock
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Watching a Blue Rock Thrush on 1980s housing estate in the pretty Cotswold
town of Stow on the Wold on the 28th December wasn't where I expected to be
spen...
Take Part in The RSPB Big Wild Sleepout!
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This month the RSPB are encouraging us all to swap our comfortable homes
for nature’s home for a night and discover a secret world of wildlife by
taking pa...
A tiny voice
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I haven't posted anything here for nearly three years.
This blog used to be my daily journal, my far-reaching arms to hold close
to my friends. Facebook ...
An ending...a continuation...a beginning
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I've always hated when blogs I love just stop dead. I find myself wondering
what happened to the blogger. Did they die suddenly? were they taken ill or
hea...
Killdeer Chick in Yellowstone National Park
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These were taken at West Thumb Geyser Basis, along the beach. It was really
cool to get to watch these little chicks up close and personal. I had never
see...
Photo of the Week (10/03/2012): Safety Stop
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For the beginner diver this is one of the most discomfiting times of a
dive, the safety stop, 3 minutes at 5 meters with the aim of eliminating
microbubbl...
Painted Redstart in Ocean Springs, Mississippi!
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On Jan. 5, Nancy Madden found a *Painted Redstart* just east of Ocean
Springs, Mississippi, on the Jackson County Christmas Bird Count. The bird
has been...
Twitching a rarity
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Week 40 - 08 October 2011, Pivot Fields
There is nothing worse than getting news of a first and national rarity
whilst you are away on a business trip, so...
IBCM V - Lake Skinner and the Quino Checkerspot
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Wednesday was the final day of the IBCM California workshop. The weather
forecast had been marginal, however we woke to a gloriously sunny day as we
heade...
The Herd - Kala Wewa, Sri Lanka
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We watched these elephants having a bath and rolling around at the
waterhole for a few hours and they provided us with plenty of photographic
opportunit...
I'm No Dog Hater...
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..but it's the owners who sometimes get on my wick.
So I'd arranged to go out with my mate P the other evening. I've known him
for years and I suppose I'd...
Those not-so-fab "Mom" days...
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Ain't no shame momma.
Today was one of those mornings. I woke up to a shrill little
"YEAAAAAAAAAKKKKKGURGLE" in my ear. LO (little one) was wedged between ...
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